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Tiputini Biodiversity Station: a biological treasure trove in western Amazon rainforest

Estación Biodiversidad de Tiputini, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador. As the most biodiverse place on Earth, the Yasuni National Park and its people face imminent threat from oil companies. Drilling in the Ecuadorean Amazon will lead inevitably to the point of no return for this unique and most fragile ecoregion. For more information, please visit Tiputini facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tiputin…), watch Dr. Kelly Swing’s video: Can Yasuni go on for ever? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhdSUx…) and read this: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/….