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Ecuador Would Protect Oil-Rich Rainforest For Cash [1]

Ecuador, a member of OPEC, is willing to preserve a tropical forest with reserves of 900 million barrels of oil if rich countries pay it about $360 million a year to keep the petroleum in the ground.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2009
Planet Ark (Australia) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Carbon Tax [4], Climate Change [5], Green House Gases [6], Energy [7], Oil Exploration [8], United States Of America (US) [9], Ecuador [10], Developing Countries [11]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/ecuador-would-protect-oil-rich-rainforest-cash
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-tax
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oil-exploration
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecuador
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/developing-countries