Yasuní Photos

These photos were shown at the Amnesty Human Rights Action Centre at the campaign launch last week. The Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon is one of the most bio-diverse place on the planet. It is home to many indigenous people including some who voluntarily maintain no contact with the outside world. Unfortunately the Yasuní also sits atop between 412 and 920 million barrels of oil and the oil companies are desperate to start drilling. Yasuní Green Gold is an international campaign born with the support of the people of the Yasuní, with the aim to raise awareness of the region and create a network of people and organisations across the world to support the conservation of the Yasuní and the protection of its indigenous and local people. In May 2007 Ecuador’s government announced they were prepared to leave the oil in the ground but would need financial and political support from the international community. Yasuni Green Gold want to make sure the proposal goes forward in its best and most representative form, respecting the indigenous people and their human rights, with hope of creating a principal that can be used across the world.