Ecuador: No drilling in Amazon reserve

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 17:28 in Mathematics & Economics

QUITO, Ecuador, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Ecuador says it has agreed to refrain from oil drilling in an unspoiled Amazon rain forest reserve in return for $3.6 billion in payments from rich countries. Ecuador - South America - Amazon Rainforest - Quito - United States

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