Medio Putumayo Algodón protects 700,778 acres (283,595 hectares) of Amazonian forests in an area considered a global center of biodiversity: the Putumayo-Amazonas landscape. Home to rare and endangered wildlife including jaguars, river otters, pink dolphins and woolly monkeys, the new regional conservation area aims to protect these species from threats such as illegal gold mining and logging.
Read MoreOver 1.3 million acres of threatened Chaco ecosystems are now protected with the establishment of the Parapetí River and Isoso Wetlands Integrated Management and Connectivity Area known in the Guaraní…
Read MoreThanks to the joint work between Indigenous authorities, the Colombian government, and civil society organizations, a new, first-of-its-kind, formalized territory will safeguard Indigenous Peoples in Isolation (known as PIA based on the Spanish acronym) in a biodiverse region of the Colombian Amazon.
Read MoreGran Vaupés is the largest Indigenous Reserve in the Vaupés department of Colombia. This expansion covers a territory with dense Amazonian primary forests protected by the ancestral practices of the Indigenous Peoples of the Gran Vaupés Reserve.
Read MoreRedacción: Shirley Pozo, Edición: Ana Coral La Comuna Palmar es un pueblo de origen huancavilca con una población aproximada de 6.000 habitantes que se asienta en el perfil costero ecuatoriano,…
Read MoreNestled within the Sacred Valley of Cusco, Peru, at the foot of the snow-covered mountain that shares its name lies “Santuario de la Verónica”, a private conservation area owned and…
Read MoreAndes Amazon Fund celebrates the creation of the Pueblo Kichwa de Rukullakta (PKR) Provincial Conservation and Sustainable Use Area, which encompasses 103,509 acres (41,889 ha) in the Ecuadorian province of…
Read MoreAndes Amazon Fund applauds the creation of a new conservation area in Ecuador’s Bolivar province. Spanning 105,978 acres (42,888 ha), the provincial conservation and sustainable use area safeguards a continuous…
Read MoreAndes Amazon Fund celebrates the creation of the Puerta Amazónica municipal conservation area in Guanay, Bolivia. The protected area encompasses 105,392 acres (42,650 ha) of tropical Yungas forests, which is…
Read MoreIn a momentous stride towards marine conservation and biodiversity protection, Peru has established the Mar Tropical de Grau National Reserve. This decision is the culmination of a decade-long collaboration between…
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