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Today is crucial to save the Yasuní-ITT initiative, an innovative plan to protect the most biodiverse place on earth. Just 2.5 acres of Yasuní contain more tree species than the U.S. and Canada combined. The area is also home to the Tagaeri and the Taromenane, indigenous communities that have chosen to live in isolation. Contact with the outside world would put their cultures and their very lives at risk.
At 8pm this evening in Quito, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa will decide between protecting this global treasure and opening it up to oil exploration. Let's ask him to make the right choice.You can take action by posting on his Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/MashiRafael) and by tweeting him @MashiRafael with the hashtags #saveyasuninow and #notoquenyasuni.
Today is crucial to save the Yasuní-ITT initiative, an innovative plan to protect the most biodiverse place on earth. Just 2.5 acres of Yasuní contain more tree species than the U.S. and Canada combined. The area is also home to the Tagaeri and the Taromenane, indigenous communities that have chosen to live in isolation. Contact with the outside world would put their cultures and their very lives at risk.
At 8pm this evening in Quito, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa will decide between protecting this global treasure and opening it up to oil exploration. Let's ask him to make the right choice.You can take action by posting on his Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/MashiRafael) and by tweeting him @MashiRafael with the hashtags #saveyasuninow and #notoquenyasuni.
