YASUNI, ECUADOR – Was happy to work on this podcast about the Yasuni referendum in Ecuador, where the country voted to stop oil drilling in one area of the national park.
I traveled to the Amazon, where locals actually voted to continue oil drilling here to find what was up with that.
The situation is complicated, as too many people – including Indigenous communities – are concerned about jobs, as there really isn’t any other economy here.
Can this transition away from extraction in Yasuni happen smoothly? My fieldwork starts around the 24:00 mark, but listen to an insightful interview with Kevin Koenig first.
Kimberley Michelle Brown 