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Posted Mon Jan 23 2012: from BBC: Race to save Ecuador's 'lungs of the world' park http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1327335422 The Yasuni National Park, known as "the lungs of the world" and one of the most bio-diverse places on earth, is under threat from oil drilling. The race is on to find the funds required to develop new sustainable energy programmes that would leave the oil - and the forest - untouched. [Read more stories about: carbon sinks, climate impacts, deforestation, global warming, rain forest depletion, oil issues] This item will appear in our PANIQuiz! New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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