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PETROBRAS ROAD CONSTRUCTION AS IT NEARS YASUNÍ NATIONAL PARK

SPRING 2005

 

 

PETROBRAS ROAD CONSTRUCTION:

ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE AS PETROBRAS, THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL OIL COMPANY, BULLDOZES A ROAD INTO THE MOST BIODIVERSE FOREST ON EARTH KNOWN TO SCIENCE, AND HOME TO THE INDIGENOUS HUAORANI, WHO ARE OPPOSING CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD AND OIL FACILITIES. THE ROAD IS NEARING THE BOUNDARY OF YASUNI NATIONAL PARK, A DESIGNATED UNESCO BIOSPHERE RESERVE

         


CLEARING FOREST IN PREPARATION FOR PETROBRAS ROAD
June 5, 2005

 


BULLDOZERS SCRAPE THE EARTH IN PREPARATION FOR PETROBRAS ROAD

 


STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED ALONGSIDE PETROBRAS ROAD
June 5, 2005

 


 GIANT EARTH MOVERS DESTROY RIVER AND IRREPLACEABLE PRIMARY RAINFOREST
June 1, 2005

 


FINISHED PORTION OF PETROBRAS ROAD
June 4, 2005

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