Parque Nacional Yasuni

Waorani Reserve

Amazon`

Equator

Andes

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Slide 1-A satellite image of Yasuní National Park and Huaorani Territory. The inset indicates where this area is in relation to the Amazon, Andes Mountains, and the Equator.

HuaoraniCommunities

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Slide 2- Location of 32 Huaorani communities

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Oil Blocks

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Slide 3- Eight oil concessions overlap Huaorani Territory and Yasuní National Park

Oil Roads

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Slide 4-Three oil roads now access Huaorani Territory and two more reach the northern boundary of Yasuní National Park.

Untapped Oil Fields

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Slide 5-At least 11 untapped oil fields lie in the Yasuní region

Boundary of Zona Intangible

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Slide 6 - Boundary of the Zona Intangible

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Awant ObeIshpingo

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Slide 7- One of the biggest achievements of the Decree was to include the Awant oil field within the boundaries of the Zona Intangible. Andes Petroleum, operator of Block 17, pressured the Ecuadorian Energy Ministry to change the limits of the Zone to allow extraction of Awant. Fortunately, President Palacio did not give in and kept Awant with the Zone’s boundaries, hopefully permanently off-limits. Petrobras’ Obe oil field was also included within the Zona Intangible, as was a large part of the massive Ishpingo field.

Boundary of Buffer Zone

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Slide 8- The Intangible Zone also includes a 10 km buffer zone around its boundaries. No oil access road construction is permitted within the buffer zone, but oil extraction is not prohibited.