An old practice
Nowadays overexploitation
Main factor Industrialization
Oil extraction
Mining exploitation
Key information
55 million years
The lung of the planet
390 billion trees
forest contained within: Brazil (60%), Peru (13%), Colombia (10%)
8 million square Km
60000 vegetables species
1000 birds species
250 000 people
enormous oil reserve
Part I
Issues
increase of food commodities price.
Lack of laws.
Local farmers extend their pasture and land
The urbanization of Brazil
Construction of roads and hydroelectric dams
Mining operations
Oil and gas extraction
pollute watercourses
Part II
Long-term Consequences
Loss of biodiversity
Deterioration of the nature : aridity and fires
Contribution to global warming and loss of water
(oxygen) emitted by the forest
Social impact on the populations who took advantage
of the Amazon forest to live
Part II
Origins and goals of the project
The Yasuni park: one of the richest biosphere
reserve
920 million barrels of crude oil
Creation of an international fund
Part III
composed by former minister
of Ecuador and economists.President of Ecuador
announced in September 2007
to the UN (the United Nations)
Expectation : $3.6 billion
Initiated by the
president of Ecuador
Creation of a team
Deadline
31 December of 2008
The context
Favourable ideological outlook
Unfavourable economic outlook (the sub-prime crisis)
Project abandoned
Donation : $13.3 million (0.36%)
Pledges : $116 million
The promise of Rafael Correa : « Less than 1% »
The evolution of the project
Part III
Conclusion
Remember
Issues and consequences concerning the forest
New ideas and concepts (the Yasuni initiative)
Solutions
Legal exploitations
No new industrial activity
A new brainstorming
Mundial fund for developing countries
Which alternative to oil to avoid deforestation ?
Website : www.geo.fr
www.wwf.be
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com
http://terresacree.org/foretamazonienne.htm
Video & Documentary: « Une idée simple et révolutionnaire» by ‘Laëtitia Moreau’
« La déforestation de la forêt Amazonienne » by ‘Dessous des Cartes’
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