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![]() It’s been a summer of wildfires and record temperatures. Positive News: Climate leaders on what brings them hope Scientists say that just one hectare (2.47 acres) of Yasuní land boasts more tree species than there are in all of North America. It’s home to the Tagaeri and Taromenane, tribes that choose to live without contact with the outside world. The Park is a 3,800-square-mile reserve in the Ecuadorian section of the Amazon rainforest. In a historic referendum held over the weekend, Ecuadorian voters said no to oil drilling in a swath of Yasuní National Park, a protected part of the Amazon rainforest that’s home to at least two self-isolated Indigenous tribes.“Yasuní gives life to our world, and Ecuadorian society has finally woken up to this,” Nemonte Nenquimo, an Indigenous Waorani activist and winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize, said in a statement. Grist: 60% of Ecuadorians vote to stop drilling in Amazon rainforest
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