Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa said Thursday that controversial oil exploration in a remote part of the Amazon rainforest will resume after the failure of a scheme to raise cash through international donations. By FRANCE 24 (text) Ecuador will go ahead with major oil exploration in a virgin Amazonian nature reserve – because an ambitious plan to raise billions of dollars to avoid drilling failed. The country's President Rafael Correa said on Thursday that he would seek authorisation from parliament to allow drilling in a region of the Yasuni National Park, which was designated a world biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 1989. "With deep sadness but also with absolute...
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