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Yasuní -Western Amazon - Publications
Papers, Reports, and Letters About Yasuní and the Western Amazon by Save America's Forests Staff Ecologist Dr. Matt Finer and other Authors

 

Publications

April 2012 - PEER REVIEWED PAPER
"Proliferation of Hydroelectric Dams in the Andean Amazon and Implications for Andes-Amazon Connectivity"
Authors: Matt Finer, Clinton Jenkins
Published by: PLoS ONE
Article Available at:

- Abstract and Full Text - Open Access -
          http://www.saveamericasforests.org/WesternAmazon/Dams/index.html

"Proliferación de las represas hidroeléctricas en la Amazonía andina y sus implicaciones para la conectividad Andes-Amazonía"
Authors: Matt Finer, Clinton Jenkins
Published by: PLoS ONE
Article Available at:

- Resumen Texto y Full - Acceso abierto -        

February 2010 - PEER REVIEWED PAPER
"A second hydrocarbon boom threatens the Peruvian Amazon: trends, projections, and policy implications"
Authors: Matt Finer, Martí Orta-Martínez
Published by: Environmental Research Letters
Article Available at:

- Abstract and Full Text - Open Access -
          http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1748-9326/5/1/014012

- More information on Western Amazon- New biodiversity & oil block maps, papers -
          http://westernamazon.org/

January 2010 - PEER REVIEWED PAPER
"Global Conservation Significance of Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park"
Authors: Margot S. Bass, Matt Finer, Clinton N. Jenkins, Holger Kreft, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia,
Shawn F. McCracken, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Peter H. English, Kelly Swing, Gorky Villa, Anthony
Di Fiore, Christian C. Voigt, Thomas H. Kunz
Published by: PLoS ONE

Information and Article Available at:

- Abstract and Introduction - html

- Press Release - with information about paper - PDF

- Boletin de Prensa - PDF

- Full Paper PDF

- Links to Articles About this Paper

October 2009 - PEER REVIEWED PAPER
"Leaving the Oil Under the Amazon: Ecuador's Yasuní-ITT Initiative"

Authors: Matt Finer, Remi Moncel, Clinton Jenkins
Published by: Biotropica
Information and Article Available at:

- Press Release - with information about paper - PDF

- Abstract - Other Information - html

- Paper PDF

- More information on Yasuni-ITT Intiative -
          http://www.saveamericasforests.org/Yasuni/News/ITT/Index.html

September 2009 - PEER REVIEWED PAPER
"Ecuador's Yasuní Biosphere Reserve: a brief modern history and Conservation challenges"
Authors: Matt Finer, Varsha Vijay, Fernando Ponce, Clinton N Jenkins, Ted R Kahn
Published by: Environmental Research Letters
Article Available at:

- Abstract and Full Text - Open Access -
          http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1748-9326/4/3/034005


- More information on Yasuni history and biology - http://Yasuni.ws


May 200
9 - Report
"ConocoPhillips in the Peruvian Amazon"
Authors: Amazon Watch, Save America's Forests
Published by: Amazon Watch
Article Available at:

- ConocoPhillips in the Peruvian Amazon PDF


October 2008 - LETTER
"Last Chance To Save One Of The World's Most Species-Rich Regions
"
Authors: Max Christian, Matt Finer, Carl Ross
Published by : Nature
Available at:

- NATURE Vol 455 16 October 2008

- Full text of letter

August 2008 - PEER REVIEWED PAPER
"OIL AND GAS PROJECTS IN THE WESTERN AMAZON: Threats to Wilderness, Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples"
Authors: Matt Finer, Clinton Jenkins, Stuart Pimm, Brian Keane, Carl Ross
Published by : PLoS ONE Journal
Article Available at:

- Western Amazon Website - WesternAmazon.org - includes:

- Original "Oil and Gas Projects in the Western Amazon" paper in English
- En Español - Original "Western Amazon" paper En Espanol
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News articles about or citing the Western Amazon paper
- New and Updated Maps and other information on the Western Amazon

- Original Paper at PloS ONE Journal site http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi/10.1371/journal.pone.0002932


May
2005 - Article
"Yasuní Blues: The IMF, Ecuador and Coerced Oil Exploration"
Authors: Matt Finer, Leda Huta
Published by : Multinational Monitor
Available at:

- Reprint Online html with links to photos

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