Creature Feature: Yasuni National Park

Yasuni, the Cradle of life from Diego Mosquera on Vimeo.

Diego Mosquera shows us the diverse wildlife living in Ecuador's Yasuni National Park which is under threat from oil exploration.  The state oil company, Petroamazonas, plans to drill in Block 31, deep in the heart of the Park.  Satellite imagery shows the company building access roads contrary to environmental protection measures in its license.  Mr. Mosquera conducts a camera trap program for the Tiputini Biodiversity Station of the University San Francisco de Quito.  His cameras captured a wide range of species from armadillo to jaguar and the rare nocturnal curassow (1:38), believed to be the first film evidence ever of this bird in the wild.