News about Ecuador

All four of the young Jocotoco Antpittas. Top: Two birds almost in adult plumage. Middle: At a few months old. Above: The recently discovered nestling, just before it left the nest...

Latest World Land Trust news:News from the WLT supported reserves in Ecuador:First video of Banded Ground CuckooThe first video of the Banded Ground Cuckoo has been recorded in Río...

Screenshot from the video. Watch the the Banded Ground cuckoo video on YouTube.The first video of the Banded Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus) has been recorded in Río Canandé...

Young River Otter in the Río Zuñac (top) and the new Blakea tree species (above). Click on the images to see larger versions. Photos by Israel Valencia and Lou Jost respectively....

See a larger image of the wild cat photo here. The photograph of the wild cat on the right was taken by Aldo Sornoza of Fundación Jocotoco (FJ), who was helping with t...

Top: The four new species of frogs discovered in the EcoMinga reserves. Above: The colourful underside of the frog second from the top. Photos by Juan Pablo Reyes...

The White-breasted Parakeet (Pyrrhura albipectus) Also known as the White-necked Parakeet, this species is only known to occur in three areas in south-east (Amazonia) Ecuador...

In the recent eBulletin, two new land purchases were announced: A further 4 properties in the 'Matumbo Gap' have been purchased by REGUA, WLT's partners in Brazil. In E...

Recognising the wealth of wildlife protected by Fundación Jocotoco Reserves, Ecuador's Minister of Tourism, Veronica Sion de Josse, together with her husband and son,...

The Ayampe River valley (top), home of the Esmeraldas Woodstar hummingbird (above). Click on the images to see larger versions. The Northern Ghost Bat, about which li...

John (in the foreground) and Sally meeting with the Jocotoco Foundation at Tapichalaca Reserve. In the background, from left: Niels Krabbe (ornithologist) and Rene Rivas (For...

This is the first camera trap photograph of a Mountain Tapir taken at Tapichalaca, although they are occasionally seen. The tapir is the largest native mammal in South Ameri...

A round-up of last year's activities by World Land Trust (in the UK and USA) in our conservation project areas around the world. Brazil Partner organisation: REGUA Land Pu...

New land has been bought in Ecuador adjacent to Yanacocha (top), and in Paraguay in San Rafael (middle) and in the Dry Chaco (bottom). (Click on the images to see larger v...

These photographs record the growth of the World Land Trust's 'exhibit tree' in the Buenaventura Reserve, Ecuador, owned and managed by WLT partners Funda...

Lou Jost and Sir David Attenborough with an image of the flowers of a newly discovered tree species that will be named in honour of Sir David. Sir David Attenborough, Patron...

Bats taking advantage of nectar feeders put up in Ecuador to attract hummingbirds. (Photos © Gustavo Morejón.) Click on the images to see larger versions...

Cochranella buenaventura sp. nov. - a new species of glassfrog in Ecuador. (Photo by Mario Yánez of MECN.) A new species of glassfrog has been discovered in Buenaventu...

Tree nursery, Buenaventura Reserve, Ecuador. Click on the image to see more of the nursery. Latest news from our Ecuadorian partners: The tree planting is well under way for...

Golden-plumed parakeets in a palm tree. Click on the image to see a larger version. The Golden-plumed Parakeet (Leptosittaca branickii is classified as Vulnerable in the IUCN...

(Top) Mountain Agousti being fed in Tapichalaca. (Bottom) One of the animals visiting the reserve. See a larger image of the Agouti (use your back button to return here.)...

Some of the animals captured by the cameras at Río Canandé and Bunaventura. Click on the images to see larger versions. Volunteer Ivan Samuels has been busy...

Antpitta being fitted with transmitter. The Jocotoco Antpitta is the emblem of Fundación Jocotoco (FJ), WLT's partner organisation in Ecuador. This species of antp...

WLT has recently signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with two new project partners in Ecuador: Pro-Bosque, who administer the Cerro Blanco Protected Forest, near Ecuador...

El Oro Parakeets on top of one of the nest boxes (top) and eggs laid by one of the parakeet pairs. Click on the images to see larger versions. The El Oro Parakeet was only d...

Botanist Lou Jost, who has been surveying the orchids on FJ reserves for the past few years, has been working on three important botanical sites in the Pastaza valley, in an unprot...

Summary The World Land Trust is now supporting three projects in the Atlantic forest of Brazil – one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world – working with REGU...

The Jocotoco Foundation (FJ), WLT's partner organisation in Ecuador, has recently been awarded an environmental medal by the town of Macara, in south-west Ecuador. Macara lies...

News has just come in of a Tamandua (Collared Anteater) found in Buenaventura reserve, Ecuador. Unfortunately the animal was dead, after having been in collision with a car, but th...

NEWS FLASH: The Jocotoco Antpitta has just been found in the Christopher Parsons Rainforest. WLT's partner organisation in Ecuador, The Jocotoco Foundation, owns and manages th...

Dr Nigel Simpson, WLT trustee and founder of the Jocotoco Foundation. Dr Nigel Simpson was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours L...

View over Jatunpamba. See larger image here. (Use your back button to return.) Working through local partner Jocotoco Foundation (Fundación Jocotoco) in Ecuador, the W...

Fundación Jocotoco, WLT's partner organisation in Ecuador, is featured in the latest issue of Plant Talk (No. 37, August 2004). The article, "Saving threatened plan...

The future of the endangered El Oro Parakeet is now more secure thanks to the Jocotoco Foundation, the World Land Trust's partner organisation in Ecuador. The El Oro Parakeet,...

Christopher Parsons, OBE (1932-2002) WLT Trustee 1991-2002. When WLT Trustee Chris Parsons died last November, we pledged to honour his life and work in the most effective...

The World Land Trust announced today the purchase of the first part of the Christopher Parsons Rainforest. The WLT's partner organisation in Ecuador, the Jocotoco Foundation ha...

Only two months ago Sir David Attenborough launched the World Land Trust's "Christopher Parsons Rainforest Appeal". Chris Parsons, who died in 2002, was not only a Tr...

Sir Attenborough pictured with the late Christopher Parsons, producer of "Life on Earth" and former WLT trustee. On the 3 July Sir David Attenborough launched the a...

It was with great sadness that the World Land Trust learned of the death of Christopher Parsons OBE, on the 8th November 2002. David Attenborough described Chris as probably the mo...

Jocotoco Antpitta, first discovered in what is now the Tapichalaca reserve. Doug Wechsler/© VIREO Dr Niels Krabbe recently wrote to the WLT with some exciting findings f...

The new rainforest - the orange dots show the border with the existing reserve, and the yellow dots show the extent of the new land purchased. See larger image. (Use your back b...