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The Yasuni Plan is unique as it ----.

Yasuni National Park in Ecuador is considered by many
scientists to be the single most biodiverse spot on the
planet, but one in danger of being lost. Oil companies
have found rich deposits beneath the park’s trees and
rivers worth billions of dollars. Ecuador is a small
country in which a third of the population lives below the
poverty line and petroleum already makes up more than
half of its export revenue. It badly needs the money that
oil companies and consumers will be only too happy to
provide if further drilling is allowed to go forward. If
Ecuador follows the usual path of development, that’s
exactly what will happen, with disastrous consequences
for the park. However, there may be another way.
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa told the
international community that his country would be
willing to cease drilling and leave Yasuni intact in
exchange for donations equal to $3.6 billion over 13
years, or about half the expected market value of the
park’s oil deposits. The Yasuni Plan, while conserving
the park’s unique biodiversity, would be a first for global
environmental policy, recognizing that the international
community has a financial responsibility to help
developing nations preserve nature.