Ecuador's Yasuni: Paid not to drill? Not so fast, by Carmelo Ruiz

http://whowhatwhy.org/2015/06/29/paid-not-to-drill-not-so-fast/

Ecuador was the site of one of the world’s most innovative and inspiring efforts to protect rainforests. Sadly, it failed. In the wake of this failure, environmental activists nevertheless insist the rainforest must be protected while the government argues that natural resource exploitation is necessary to fight poverty.