Paying Amazon's bounty for beauty, life and hope

By Melissa Fyfe
Updated November 10 2012 - 1:20am, first published October 28 2011 - 1:15pm
Navigating a waterway in Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park, the most species-rich habitat in the western hemisphere.
Navigating a waterway in Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park, the most species-rich habitat in the western hemisphere.

LUIS Garcia is close to tears. For three days, he has guided eight international journalists through a tract of Amazon so thick with wildlife that experts are yet to fully catalogue its riches. At a small Ecuadorean airport, Garcia gives a final, wet-eyed pitch on the threatened Yasuni National Park. Then, as he speaks, they appear: the flashy watches, slick sneakers and logo-stitched chambray shirts of the oil industry.

Subscribe now for unlimited access.

$0/

(min cost $0)

or signup to continue reading

See subscription options

Get the latest Taree news in your inbox

Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date.

We care about the protection of your data. Read our Privacy Policy.