The Curse of Abundance

In 2017, Ecuador launched a daring initiative to leave some of its Amazonian oil reserves in the ground in exchange for financial compensation from the international community. It was a revolutionary idea to save one of the Earth’s most vital ecosystems and two uncontacted indigenous tribes. For the first time The Curse of Abundance reveals the full drama of the failed Yasuni initiative which has far-reaching global as well as regional repercussions.