The biological riches of Ecuador's Yasuní national park
Morning fog over the Yasuní national park's rainforest canopyPhotograph: Theo Allofs/CorbisA young Waorani prepares to use his blowpipe in the Yasuní national park Photograph: Dolores Ochoa/APA butterfly perches on a leafPhotograph: Dolores Ochoa/AP
A toucan Photograph: Alejandra Parra/GettyA monkey sitting on a branch Photograph: Lars-Olof Johansson/CorbisMoss growing on tree trunksPhotograph: Lars-Olof Johansson/Johnér ImagesA bush cricketPhotograph: Peter OxfordNPL/Rex FeaturesButterflies in the Yasuní national parkPhotograph: Lars-Olof Johansson/CorbisLeaf frogs Photograph: Pete Oxford/NPL/Rex FeaturesSpider on a tree Photograph: Lars-Olof Johansson/CorbisA wire-tailed manakin Photograph: Peter OxfordNPL/Rex FeaturesButtress roots of a ficus treePhotograph: Peter Oxford / Nature Picture Li/Rex FeaturesAn alligator at night in the Yasuní national parkPhotograph: Eduardo Leon/CorbisParrots perching on a branch Photograph: Lars-Olof Johansson/CorbisThe Tiputini river on the north border of the national parkPhotograph: CECILIA PUEBLA/EPAChildren swimming near oil pipelines in Orellana province, Ecuador, near to the Yasuní national parkPhotograph: Eduardo Leon/CorbisA waterhole contaminated by an oil leak near the Yasuní national parkPhotograph: Alejandra Parra/Getty
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