Government claims oil extraction is causing minimal disturbance to the Unesco biosphere reserve in the AmazonEcuador has confirmed that oil drilling has begun under the country’s Yasuní national park, one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots.
But the government claims that there has been only minimal disturbance to the Unesco biosphere reserve in the Amazon rainforest since extraction of 23000 barrels of oil a day began final month.
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Source: theguardian.com