Protect Rainforest in Ecuador from Deforestation
Support more work like thisSupport more work like thisThe Chocó in Ecuador experienced some of the highest deforestation rates in the country – 98% of this rainforest has been cleared.
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Species at Risk
6 Species
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Carbon stored
80,963 mT*
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Partner
Fundación para la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales (FCAT)
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398 Proposed Acres Conserved by
Purchase
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Project Cost: $276,077
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The Chocó in Ecuador experienced some of the highest deforestation rates in the country – 98% of this rainforest has been cleared.
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Species at Risk
6 Species
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Carbon stored
80,963 mT*
*(metric tons of CO2 equivalents) -
Partner
Fundación para la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales (FCAT)
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398 Proposed Acres Conserved by
Purchase
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Project Cost: £201,495
398
Save rainforest and coastal wilderness in Ecuador
The Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena biodiversity hotspot extends along the Pacific coast, all the way from Panama to the tip of Peru. This expansive region includes a range of habitats from mangroves, beaches, and rocky shorelines to coastal wilderness and, in Ecuador, some of the world’s wettest rainforests.
The Chocó in Ecuador experienced some of the highest deforestation rates in the country – 98% of this rainforest has been cleared. With escalating rates of deforestation from unsustainable development and agriculture, it is only a matter of time before this critical forest is lost forever and the unique species that rely on it are faced with extinction.
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Banded Ground Cuckoo, by Agami Photo Agency
A species of frog from the genus Pristimantis, by Juan Pablo Reyes
Mache Cochran Frog (NT)
Create a corridor of protection
In order to halt habitat destruction and preserve what remains of the Chocó, Rainforest Trust and our local partner Fundación para la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales (FCAT) are working to safeguard 398 acres of rainforest to create a corridor of protection between two existing protected areas: the Mache Chindul National Ecological Reserve and the Cube Lagoon Conservation Area.
The new protected area will not only provide connectivity for wildlife, but also increase the security of the existing reserves and the local communities’ land from encroachment. This project is of national significance, because it would improve the ability to manage and patrol one of the most threatened habitats of Ecuador.
Safeguard threatened birds
The new site is within an Important Bird Area that will help support the Chocó’s more than 360 bird species—of which 23 are endemic, and 14 are on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species such as the Endangered Banded Ground-cuckoo.
Your support will help protect critical habitat for several threatened amphibians, including the Endangered Mache Cochran Frog, Coastal Ecuador Smoky Jungle Frog, Greater Dwarf-gecko (Lepidoblepharis grandis) and the Rosado’s Robber Frog.
