Help Save Rainforests in Ecuador: Support the Tropical Forest Project

The Tropical Forest Project helps protect rainforests and other tropical and sub-tropical forests, such as this one at Tapichalaca, Ecuador. See a larger image here.

Project Partner Organisations:

Contact a WLT partner organisation

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.

Take Action: Support the Tropical Forest Project

Project resources:

How the World Land Trust is helping

Learn more about the existing wildlife reserves supported by the Tropical Forest Project, Ecuador and how WLT and our partners are working to expand them and protect further wildlife habitats.

Project news updates

You can get up-to-the-minute project news updates on our website, or why not subscribe to our monthly email newsletters?

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 Tropical Forest 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

• Project Briefs (downloadable pdf leaflet)
• Background to the Tropical Forest Project
• External links to our Ecuador Partners:
  • Fundación EcoMinga
  • Fundación Jocotoco
  • Fundación Pro-Bosque