Yasuní National Park

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Yasuní National Park is a highly biodiverse protected area in the Ecuadorian Amazon, renowned for its exceptional species richness and for being home to Indigenous communities, including groups living in voluntary isolation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biosphere reserve
national park
protected area
area approximately 1,000,000 hectares
approximately 10,000 square kilometers
borders Waorani Ethnic Reserve
climate humid tropical
conservationIssue deforestation risk
oil exploration
road construction impacts
contains Yasuní-ITT oil block
continent South America
country Ecuador
designatedAs Biosphere Reserve
surface form: UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
ecosystemService carbon storage
climate regulation
freshwater regulation
established 1979
governingBody Ministry of Environment of Ecuador
surface form: Ecuadorian Ministry of Environment
hasConservationStatus threatened by oil extraction
hasFeature Indigenous communities living in voluntary isolation
hasResearchActivity biodiversity research
hasResearchSite Tiputini Biodiversity Station
Yasuní Research Station
hasTaxonomicRichness high amphibian diversity
high bird diversity
high insect diversity
high mammal diversity
high tree species diversity
hasTourismType ecotourism
inhabitedBy Kichwa people NERFINISHED
Tagaeri people NERFINISHED
Taromenane people NERFINISHED
Waorani people
IUCNCategory II
knownFor endemism
exceptional biodiversity
high species richness
languageRegion Kichwa
surface form: Kichwa language

Waorani language
locatedIn Amazonía Ecuatoriana
surface form: Ecuadorian Amazon

Napo River basin
Orellana Province NERFINISHED
Pastaza Province NERFINISHED
locatedInBiome tropical moist broadleaf forest
partOf Amazon Basin
Amazon rainforest
tropical Andes
surface form: Tropical Andes biodiversity hotspot
recognizedAs one of the most biodiverse places on Earth
subjectOf Yasuní-ITT oil block
surface form: Yasuní-ITT Initiative
traversedBy Napo River
Tiputini River NERFINISHED
Yasuní River
UNESCODesignationYear 1989

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Orellana Province contains Yasuní National Park
Orellana Province hasProtectedArea Yasuní National Park
Yasuní River flowsThrough Yasuní National Park
Yasuní River withinProtectedArea Yasuní National Park
Yasuní River associatedWith Yasuní National Park
this entity surface form: Yasuní Biosphere Reserve
Yasuní River partOf Yasuní National Park
this entity surface form: Yasuní watershed
Yasuní River indigenousLanguageRegion Yasuní National Park
this entity surface form: Waorani territory
Amazon region of Ecuador hasProtectedArea Yasuní National Park
this entity surface form: Yasuni National Park
Amazonía Ecuatoriana hasProtectedArea Yasuní National Park
this entity surface form: Parque Nacional Yasuní
Amazonía Ecuatoriana hasProtectedArea Yasuní National Park
this entity surface form: Reserva de Biosfera Yasuní
Amazonía Ecuatoriana hasInternationalRecognition Yasuní National Park
this entity surface form: Reserva de Biosfera UNESCO (Yasuní)
Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas del Ecuador includes Yasuní National Park
this entity surface form: Parque Nacional Yasuní
Puerto Francisco de Orellana isGatewayTo Yasuní National Park
Aguarico Canton hasProtectedArea Yasuní National Park
Loreto Canton hasProtectedAreaNearby Yasuní National Park
Oriente (Ecuadorian Amazon region) containsProtectedArea Yasuní National Park
this entity surface form: Yasuni National Park