Help Save Rainforests in Ecuador

Why protect Ecuador's tropical forests?

Incredibly high species diversity:

• Over 1600 species of birds. This is about 17% of the world’s total
• A wide variety of mammals, including Spectacled Bear, Woolly Mountain Tapir, Two-toed Sloth, Jaguar, Ocelot, Jaguarundi and a wide variety of bats and monkey species.
• Over 400 species of amphibians.
• Well over 16,000 species of plants (25% of which are endemic), including 4,000 species of orchids.

Wildlife under threat:

• Very little intact habitat remains, perhaps as little as 10% in the Andean and western coastal provinces of Ecuador, due to relatively high human population density in this area.
• This area is also high in endemic species and consequently many species here are classified as globally threatened.

How you can help:

Project Resources

Photos, Maps, Videos and more

This map shows the locations of the Ecuador reserves, including two proposed locations of future reserves. Our sister site Wildlife Focus has a photo gallery with images from the Ecuador Rainforest Project area, as well as videos taken in the Ecuador reserves. One of the reserves, Buenaventura, can be explored through a number of virtual tours.

Other project resources and links

• The wildlife reserves supported by this project
• Project news updates
• Project Briefs (downloadable pdf leaflet)
• Background to the Ecuador Rainforest Project
• External links to our Ecuador Partners:
  • Fundación EcoMinga
  • Fundación Jocotoco
  • Fundación Pro-Bosque