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Cheers for the Ecuadorian Government, which has extended its deadline for saving the Yasuni rainforest, but boos to their new plan, which will turn it into a giant carbon offset.

Photos and a report on everything that’s happened during the Yasuni campaign launch this week.

Should we throw our weight behind President Correa’s request that rich countries pay Ecuador not to exploit its oil? Not unreservedly, argues Georgie Donati from the Yasuní Green Gold campaign.

A key government official responsible for developing the Yasuní-ITT proposal to keep some of Ecuador’s oil in the ground, has recently handed in her resignation. Juana Ramos resigned her post citing ‘personal reasons’. This follows the resignation of Alberto Costa, the main architect of the groundbreaking proposal from his position as chair of Ecuador’s Constituent Assembly.