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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment

The biological riches of Ecuador's Yasuní national park

Yasuni National Park: Tropical Rainforest Canopy in Morning Fog
Morning fog over the Yasuní national park's rainforest canopy Photograph: Theo Allofs/Corbis
Yasuni National Park: A Waorani indigenous youth prepares to use his blowpipe
A young Waorani prepares to use his blowpipe in the Yasuní national park Photograph: Dolores Ochoa/AP
Yasuni National Park:  a butterfly perches on a leaf
A butterfly perches on a leaf Photograph: Dolores Ochoa/AP
Yasuni National Park: Ecuador Seeks To Preserve Rain Forest Oil Field
A toucan Photograph: Alejandra Parra/Getty
Yasuni National Park: Monkey sitting on branch
A monkey sitting on a branch Photograph: Lars-Olof Johansson/Corbis
Yasuni National Park: Moss growing on tree trunks
Moss growing on tree trunks Photograph: Lars-Olof Johansson/Johnér Images
Yasuni National Park: BUSH CRICKET
A bush cricket Photograph: Peter OxfordNPL/Rex Features
Yasuni National Park: Butterflies on mud, close-up
Butterflies in the Yasuní national park Photograph: Lars-Olof Johansson/Corbis
Yasuni National Park: LEAF FROG
Leaf frogs Photograph: Pete Oxford/NPL/Rex Features
Yasuni National Park: Close-up of spider on tree
Spider on a tree Photograph: Lars-Olof Johansson/Corbis
Yasuni National Park: Wire Tailed Manakin
A wire-tailed manakin Photograph: Peter OxfordNPL/Rex Features
Yasuni National Park: Fig Tree
Buttress roots of a ficus tree Photograph: Peter Oxford / Nature Picture Li/Rex Features
Yasuni National Park: Yasuni National Park in Ecuador
An alligator at night in the Yasuní national park Photograph: Eduardo Leon/Corbis
Yasuni National Park: Parrots perching on branch
Parrots perching on a branch Photograph: Lars-Olof Johansson/Corbis
Yasuni National Park: Yasuni National Park in Ecuador
The Tiputini river on the north border of the national park Photograph: CECILIA PUEBLA/EPA
Yasuni National Park: Yasuni National Park in Ecuador
Children swimming near oil pipelines in Orellana province, Ecuador, near to the Yasuní national park Photograph: Eduardo Leon/Corbis
Yasuni National Park: Ecuador Seeks To Preserve Rain Forest Oil Field
A waterhole contaminated by an oil leak near the Yasuní national park Photograph: Alejandra Parra/Getty
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