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 UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
linked to: Biosphere Reserve
ecosystemService carbon storage
climate regulation
freshwater regulation
established 1979
governingBody 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 language
linked to: Kichwa

Waorani language
locatedIn Ecuadorian Amazon
Napo River basin
Orellana Province NERFINISHED
Pastaza Province NERFINISHED
locatedInBiome tropical moist broadleaf forest
partOf Amazon Basin
Amazon rainforest
Tropical Andes biodiversity hotspot
linked to: tropical Andes
recognizedAs one of the most biodiverse places on Earth
subjectOf 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 Biosphere Reserve
linked to: Yasuní National Park
Yasuní River partOf Yasuní watershed
linked to: Yasuní National Park
Yasuní River indigenousLanguageRegion Waorani territory
linked to: Yasuní National Park
Amazon region of Ecuador hasProtectedArea Yasuni National Park
linked to: Yasuní National Park
Amazonía Ecuatoriana hasProtectedArea Parque Nacional Yasuní
linked to: Yasuní National Park
Amazonía Ecuatoriana hasProtectedArea Reserva de Biosfera Yasuní
linked to: Yasuní National Park
Amazonía Ecuatoriana hasInternationalRecognition Reserva de Biosfera UNESCO (Yasuní)
linked to: Yasuní National Park
Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas del Ecuador includes Parque Nacional Yasuní
linked to: Yasuní National Park
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 Yasuni National Park
linked to: Yasuní National Park