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PETROBRAS THREATS Slide Show — SLIDE 12
   
 
 
 

Construction of Petrobras Road north of Yasuni National Park, spring 2005.     Photos courtesy of Finding Species.


SLIDE 12

In conclusion, the proposed Petrobras road into Yasuni National Park threatens the region’s incredible biodiversity and wilderness characters, as well as remote Huaorani communities. In fact, if Petrobras is permitted to construct the initial road to the Nenke and Apaika wells, there will nothing stopping them from eventually building a road down to the doorstep of the Intangible Zone, home of the uncontacted Huaorani tribes.

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