Safeguard a Critical Gap in Protection for Jaguars and Giant Anteaters in Argentina
Donate NowDonate NowDeforestation from logging and cattle ranching presents an imminent danger to the rich biodiversity of the mountainous Yungas forests of Argentina.
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Species at Risk
Black-and-chestnut Eagle (EN), Giant Anteater (VU), Azaras’s Capuchin (VU), Baritu’s Marsupial Frog (EN), Epictia striatula (VU), Jenynsia alternimaculata (EN), Corydoras micracanthus (VU), Psalidodon endy (VU)
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Carbon stored
1,427,950 mT*
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Partner
Fundación Rewilding Argentina
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11,990 Proposed Acres Conserved by
Purchase
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Project Cost: $1,362,502
11,990
Deforestation from logging and cattle ranching presents an imminent danger to the rich biodiversity of the mountainous Yungas forests of Argentina.
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Species at Risk
Black-and-chestnut Eagle (EN), Giant Anteater (VU), Azaras’s Capuchin (VU), Baritu’s Marsupial Frog (EN), Epictia striatula (VU), Jenynsia alternimaculata (EN), Corydoras micracanthus (VU), Psalidodon endy (VU)
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Carbon stored
1,427,950 mT*
*(metric tons of CO2 equivalents) -
Partner
Fundación Rewilding Argentina
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11,990 Proposed Acres Conserved by
Purchase
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Project Cost: £1,081,350
11,990
Did you know? An estimated
Black-and-chestnut Eagles survive in the world today.
Forests that stretch from the flanks of the Andes mountains eastward to the Amazon basin shelter numerous threatened species like the Endangered Black-and-chestnut Eagle, Vulnerable Giant Anteater and Azaras’s Capuchin as well as endangered endemic frogs and freshwater fish. Tragically, 50% of this biodiverse habitat has been destroyed by logging, agriculture, and development, and a mere 8% of the land is currently protected.
Rainforest Trust and our partner Fundación Rewilding Argentina have seized upon an urgent opportunity to protect 11,990 acres of highly intact Yungas forest threatened by imminent logging and cattle ranching. The new reserve will complete a 229,538-acre core conservation area in the Yungas region and prevent the reopening of an impassable old road, which would lead to exploitation of the area.
Header photo: Giant Anteater with baby, by Lucas Leuzinger
Explore the Southern Andean Yungas
The Jaguar, by Edwin Butter
Black-and-chestnut Eagle, by Camilo Robayo
Azaras's Capuchin or Hooded Capuchin, by Reisegraf.ch
Two Jaguars, by Uwe Bergwitz
Giant Anteater, by Esdeem
Protect the Rugged Yungas Ecoregion and its Rare Species from Exploitation
The proposed Yungas reserve will fill a gap between two existing parks, Baritú National Park and Laguna Pintascayo Provincial Park, and safeguard a species corridor for jaguars and ocelots. The Giant Anteater will benefit from protection from hunting, roadkills, and fires. The project will safeguard habitat for the Black-and-chestnut Eagle, whose global population has been reduced to 1,000 individuals.
Once the land is protected, an existing timber concession will be revoked, preventing ecological degradation. With careful stewardship, this strategic site along the Bermejo River corridor has the potential to serve as both a refuge and a source of wildlife for the surrounding parks. It is part of a large continuous area of mountain forests in Argentina that connects to the contiguous forests of Bolivia, creating an expanse of over seven million acres of critical habitat for threatened species.
Build Community Support for Conservation
This project will assist communities surrounding the reserve in establishing an economy based on nature tourism and help them to resist outside pressure from logging interests. In doing so, it will build local support for the long-term conservation of these vulnerable forests.
Conservation work is critical, challenging, and can be costly. We work hard to ensure we raise only the funds needed for each project. In the rare case we raise more money than needed or a project comes in under budget, excess monies will be transferred to the Conservation Action Fund. This fund supports our important conservation work throughout the tropics.
Project Modifications
Rainforest Trust conducts extensive research and due diligence on each of the projects that we support, so that once a project is offered for public support we believe it will succeed. We work closely with our project implementers, offer support, and regularly monitor their progress. Given the nature of the work, projects may not progress exactly as intended and may be unable to meet all objectives. To respond dynamically to the needs of our project implementers and the realities of the landscapes in which they operate, Rainforest Trust expressly reserves the right to modify a project as it deems necessary, provided that donor intent is honored by ensuring that that the original project objectives are diligently pursued and that project funds continue to benefit the landscape and species identified in the project overview. Project modifications that we may need to make in certain circumstances include the specific project implementer, the size of the landscape to be protected, the type of protection to be afforded to the landscape, and the development of sustainability mechanisms.
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