ECUADOR, LIFE AT ITS PUREST

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Ecuador

Four worlds:Coast

HighlandsAmazonia

Galapagos Islands

Surface area: 256370 Km2Currency: American Dollars

Capital: Quito

Population: 13481 million Density: 52.6 Km2

Largest urban agglomeration: Guayaquil

Ethnic groups:MestizosWhites

Highland IndiansAmazonian Indians

Blacks

Social Conditions

SOCIAL INDICATORS (2005-2010) RATE %RURAL POPULATION GROWTH -0,9

GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE EDUCATION 1POPULATION GROWTH 1,1GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE HEALTH 1,7URBAN POPULATION GROWTH 2,1FERTILITY RATE (LIVE BIRTHS/WOMAN 2,6INFANT MORTALITY RATE 21,1SEATS HELD BY WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT 32,3EDUCATION: FEMALE THIRD LEVEL ENROLMENT 54,4URBAN POPULATION 65EDUCATION: PRIMARY GROSS ENROLMENT 82,3EDUCATION: SECONDARY GROSS ENROLMENT 82,9

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX (HDI) VALUE 0,806 RANK 80 out of 177 countries

Life Expectancy 74. 3 years Literacy rate 90,88

GDP per capita/year 7.449,18

HUMAN POVERTY INDEX (HPI-1)VALUE 7,9

RANK 38

GINI INDEX

VALUE 43,7

EXPORTS

IMPORTS

16500 17000 17500 18000 18500 19000

TRADE BALANCE

Foreign Trade

Crude oil

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Shrimp

Natural Flowers

Cacao

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EMPLOYMENT RATE

In industrial sector 21,8

In agricultural sector 8,3

UNDEREMPLOYMENT 47%

UNEMPLOYMENT 9,70%

Economy

GDP PER ANNUM (million of USD)DATE TOTAL GDP

2003 18219,4392004 19827,1132005 20965,9332006 21962,132007 22409,6532008 24032,49

2009 24119,453

FOREIGN DEBT (millions of USD)

YEAR PRIVATE PUBLIC2009 6017,508 7392,695

2010 5615,574 7861,845

FOREING INVESTMENT (million of USD)

DATE VALUE2006 146,568992007 -286,04582008 159,14468

2009 127,52218

Environment conditions

ENVIRONMENT

INDICATORS (2009) RATE

THREATENED SPECIES (numbers) 2211

FORESTED AREA (%) 37,9

CO2 EMISSIONS/CAPITA (metric ton) 2,3

ENERGY CONSUMPTION/CAPITA (kg oil) 340

NATIONAL PROTECTED AREAS 16

NATIONAL PROTECTED PARKS 10

Yasuni, unique bio-diverse reserve

A million of hectares of almost pristine forest.

A paradise of vegetation where flora and fauna took refuge during the last ice age

Home to Waorani, Shuar, and Kichwa indigenous peoples, and the Tagaeri and Taromenane – Ecuador’s last non-contact indigenous groups

A UNESCO bio-reserve and cultural heritage site

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Yasuni, an initiative to change history

To confront the challenge posed by climate change to the future of mankind Ecuador’s innovative proposal:

To leave beneath the Yasuni National Park 840 million barrels of oil there are within the ITT block by doing so, 407 million metric tons of carbon emission that would be released into the atmosphere by the burning of these fossil fuels are avoided.

In exchange Ecuador requests that the International community assumes its corresponsability by contributing no less than half of revenues that would have been received by selling these oil reserves.

Direct benefits of initiative

Non emission into the atmosphere of the 407 million of tons of CO2

Non exploitation of these petroleum reserves The conservation of the immense biological richness within

the Yasuni National Park , one of the most bio-diverse reserve on the planet

Respect for the cultures of the indigenous tribes who live in isolation within the boundaries of Yasuni National Park

Improve social development of areas of influence of Yasuni initiative project

Reforestation of one million hectares A decisive impulse to the country’s transition from an

extractive economy of petroleum exploitation towards a more sustainable development model with broad use of renewable energy, respect for biodiversity, and increased social equity.

THE YASUNI ITT FUND – THE CGY’S CERTIFICATES OF GUARANTEE

They will become a financial instrument issued to the contributors and donors by the Ecuadorian State.

They guarantee that all the oil reserves that are now underground will remain there permanently.

They are a non-interest accruing with no maturity date given their permanent nature.

They could only be redeemed if the Ecuadorian government were to order the exploitation of oil within the ITT fields.

All income generated by the nation’s sales of CGYs will be deposited in an international trust fund managed by the United Nations Development Program UNDP.

FUND’S SUPPORT

Donations from different sources:

Contributions of countries from all over the world and international cooperation

Responsible corporations concerned with the future of mankind

Philanthropist worried about the possible consequences of climate change

Small donors and global citizens through access to Yasuni Fund Website www.yasuni-itt.gov.ec

This is my Ecuador, you are all welcome!