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Sumak Kewesay: Vida Plena
an article by Montserrt Homs, Johanna Barba & Pamela Barrera

En 2007, el presidente de Ecuador, Rafael Correa, propuso ante la Asamblea General de la ONU un proyecto sin precedentes: la iniciativa Yasuní ITT.


Reserva Yasuní

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La reserva natural que lleva el mismo nombre, se calcula cuenta con alrededor de 846 millones de barriles de petróleo -lo cual se traduce en 107 mil barriles al día durante 13 años- en un área de 982 mil hectáreas.

Es importante notar que el crudo representa el 53% de las exportaciones del país, sin embargo el uso de los hidrocarburos de la reserva impacta en la abundante biodiversidad de la zona así como los asentamientos indígenas como Kichwa, Waorani, Tagaeri y Taromenane del parque.

La alternativa propuesta por el presidente Correa, consisten en que el Ecuador se compromete a no explotar los recursos a cambio de que los países del norte geopolítico, la mayoría suscritos al protocolo de Kioto, proporcionen una cantidad no menor al 50% de las rentas que recibirían en el caso de si hacerlo.

Dicho monto se destinaría a un fideicomiso internacional del Fondo de Desarrollo de las Naciones Unidas, organismo de las Naciones Unidas que se encargaría de recibir y administrar las aportaciones que se invierten exclusivamente en un plan de sustentabilidad con energía renovable únicamente para Ecuador.

Es importante agregar que entre los beneficios de esta propuesta, se evita la emisión de 407 millones de toneladas cuadradas de CO2 y tanto los grupos indígenas como la flora y la fauna de la zona permanecen en su hábitat.

Entre los países que han apoyado monetariamente la iniciativa se encuentran los Estados Unidos, Japón, Alemania, el Reino Unido y Francia.

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What is the relation between the environment and peace?,,

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LATEST READER COMMENT:

One way to understand the relation between environment and peace is to turn the question on its head and ask what is the relation between the environment and the culture of war.  Here is what I say in my book The History of the Culture of War :

The exploitation of the culture of war involves not only exploitation of people, but also exploitation of the environment. In recent years everyone has become more aware of the dangers of environmental pollution, with special attention to carbon emissions which have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide and resulted in global warming. This is also related to the loss of the world's forests which redress the problem by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Insufficient attention has been paid, however, to the great environmental destruction and pollution caused by military activity.

Historically, military-related activity has been one of the primary causes of deforestation. This was already evident in ancient times as described above in the case of Greece and Rome. More recently, the British Empire was a major destroyer of forests, as described for India in an article by Budholai (available on the Internet) :

"The early days of British rule in India were days of plunder of natural resources. . ...more.


This report was posted on 22 Febrero 2012.