The Ecuadorian regime have got their first drips of fossil oil from an untouched corner of the Amazon rainforest .
Yasuní National Park in easterly Ecuador is one of the mostbiologically diverseplaces on the planet . However , it also dwell on top of40 percentof Ecuador ’s try oil colour reserves – around 1.67 billion barrels . After massive protests against the oil field of Ishpingo Tambococha Tiputini and months of pumping , thestate - owned oil company Petroamazonashave lastly draw off barrels of oil for the first time .
" Today , a new era is beginning , a new horizon for all Ecuadorians , " Vice President Jorge Glas exalt at a ceremony at the Tiputini vegetable oil field on Wednesday , AFPreports .
On the other hand , environmentalists and group representing indigenous rights groups were not so proud of . Along with the huge total of biodiversity aboriginal to the area – admit more than150 amphibian speciesand nearly 600 chick species – the arena is dwell with legion indigenous peoples . The nomadic Tagaeri - Taromenane are literally surround by oil drilling sites , so much so thatAmazon Watchsay theirvery creation is hanging in the balance .
" This is the bad conceivable home to be drilling for oil . The world can just not give to recede a position like Yasuní , " Kevin Koenig , Ecuador programme manager for indigenous right group Amazon Watch , said in astatement . “At a fourth dimension when scientist verify we need to keep more than 80 percentage of all raw reserve in the ground to avoid catastrophic climate change , this is the last place on Earth they should be drilling . Many species in Yasuní survived the last trash age . Whether they survive the oil long time remains to be see . "
According toAmazon Watch , California processed 60 percent of Ecuador ’s oil exportation last twelvemonth , and it ’s very likely that is where this oil will stop up too .
Huaorani human race in the Waorani Reserve In Yasuni National Park . Ammit Jack / Shutterstock
