From tropical rainforests in the Amazon to snow-topped mountains in the Andes, Ecuador is one of the most diverse wildlife havens in the world. But its ecosystem is starting to show vulnerability to the rapid changes in climate.
In 2010, Ivonne Baki, the current Ecuadorian ambassador to the U.S., became the chief negotiator to Ecuador’s Yasuni Initiative, a plan to preserve the UNESCO biosphere reserve known as the Yasuni National Park. The park is home to thousands of species that are still being discovered today.
“If there is awareness in Ecuador for the environment, it’s because of the Yasuni. Even now, if you go and ask what is the best thing that we have done, it’s Yasuni,” Baki said.
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