The Curse of Abundance (2019)

Ecuador a South American oil rich country launched a daring initiative to leave some of its Amazonian oil reserves in the ground in exchange for financial compensation from the international community It was a revolutionary idea to save one of the Earths most vital ecosystems and two uncontacted indigenous tribes The proposal centred on the Yasuni National Park which contains a third of Ecuadors oil reserves It was a revolutionary idea to address climate change but it turned out to be ahead of its time and struggled to take off