Holmer Machoa looks at a butterfly that landed on his hand at the riverside of the Tiputini River in the Yasuni national park.
Holmer Machoa looks at a butterfly that landed on his hand at the riverside of the Tiputini River in the Yasuni national park.
A frog rests on a leaf by the Pillan Concha lake at the Yasuni National Park, one of the world's most biodiverse places.
Kuri Machoa inspects a Wayruro tree branch held by her father, Holmer. The seeds are used to make traditional bracelets and necklaces. The Yasuni National Park, considered one of the most biodiverse places on earth.
Sasha Machoa enjoys the rain while returning home on her dad's canoe after a walk through the Yasuni National Park. She wants to be a tourist guide when she grows up to show everyone how beautiful her home is.
Drone view of Llanchama, a small community in the riverside fo the Tiputini RIver, deep in the Yasuni National Park.
Kuri Machoa plays at a makeshift pier on the river Tiputini, in the Llanchama community.
A spider walks on Sasha's fingers at the Yasuni National Park, one of the world's most biodiverse places.
Henry Grefa plucks the feathers of 20 chickens with the help of his family and neighbors. He will sell these chickens in order to buy school supplies for his daughters, who will start their school year a couple days later.
The sun shines through a dense forest very close to Llanchama, a small community in the Yasuni National Park, considered one of the most biodiverse places in the world.
A cleaning team of Petroecuador dug the ground around a broken oil pipe that leaked and caused an oil spill in the outskirts of Lago Agrio, Ecuador.
Libardo and Luis Tangoy, father and son, look out their door in Tiputini, the closest comunity to where the extraction is taking place.
Motor boats travel along the Coca River. The passenger boat industry will be one of the most affected after oil drilling stops in block 43 of the Yasuni National Park.
Donald Moncayo reviews legal binders in the NGO UDAPT where he works as a coordinator. Lago Agrio, Ecuador.
Drone view of an oil extraction complex in Lago Agio, Ecuador.
Donald Moncayo, the coordinator of the UDAPT, an environmentalist ngo, shows with his hand the petroleum residues left by oil companies at the Aguarico 4 pozo at the outskirts of Lago Agrio, Ecuador.
Two green pet parrots stand on a branch outside their owner's house in Llanchama while local kids try to catch their attention.
A Petroecuador worker cleans the Teteye river, contaminated by a recent oil spill. The workers use high pressure water to separate the oil from the side of the rivers and its bottom, and another worker collects the floating oil further downstream.
A torch burns gas at the Drago Extraction Camp in the outskirts of Lago Agrio, Ecuador.
Drone view of the oil extraction operations in Block 43 of the Yasuni National Park. In a popular consult, the Ecuadorians voted to stop the operations at this part of the amazon.
Yes to Yasuní
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This Story focuses on the "yes" vote victory in a referendum, ensuring the preservation of Yasuní, a paradise facing the consequences of reckless extraction in other provinces. Holmer, a father in the remote Orellana jungle, has valiantly defended his territory against oil companies for decades. Despite the majority in the province supporting ongoing extraction, Holmer's family finds solace in being spared from the disasters associated with extraction. The story includes a tour of Lago Agrio with defenders challenging giants like Texaco, illustrating the disasters averted by halting further oil extraction in Orellana. This situation has left communities divided, and many indirectly affected individuals, like river transport providers, face an uncertain future. Additionally, the state not only bears the substantial cost of closing operations in the national park but also forfeits the income derived from extraction.