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Petroleum "development" in Ecuador

Petroleum "development" in Ecuador

Arco-Oriente, Arco's affiliate in Amazonian Ecuador, during the construction of a major pipeline. In this scene a swatch of rainforest has been deforested and the pipeline is being buried. At the base of this hill is the drainage of the Jondachi River, which was heavily silted by these operations.

This pipeline now carries approximatley 80,000 barrels of crude from the Villano oil reserve in Amazonian Ecuador oil to the TransEcuadorian pipeline system that eventually brings oil to Ecuador's western port at Guayaquil. Ruptures to pipelines in Ecuador have discharged over 18 million gallons of oil, more than the 10.8 million galloon Exxon Valdez spill.

Giant river otter Sky Gardens Caught in the act Rainforest Alert Ahi de Monte Brown-throated three-toed sloth Blue-crowned motmot Volcano in the Amazon Medicinal plant use Orchids of the new world tropical forests Petroleum "development" in Ecuador Cultural Impacts Huaorani hunter, Yasuní National Park & UNESCO Biosphere Reserve The mechanics of deforestation Petroleum Impacts to the Yasuní National Park & UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve Icon of the Amazon river basin Eye of the Piranha Black piranha after the catch Piranha on the Barby Amazon fish tales Rainforest salad Local foods Snail soup Boa constrictor White-lined leaf frog Breeding ecology of the poison dart frogs Camouflage on the rainforest floor Rainforest predator Gecko Bullfrogs in the Amazon Animal trafficking Biological Diversity Pailón del Diablo canyon, Ecuador Specacled caiman at twilight Cultural experiences in the upper Amazon basin Gray-winged trumpeter