Redacción: 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, en la parroquia Colonche del cantón Santa Elena, provincia de Santa Elena. La comuna se estableció desde el 22 de febrero de 1936 y, mediante…
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Nestled 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 operated by Miguel Bellota and his wife, Katia Mejía. The fragile inter-Andean forests protected within the santuario’s expanse are home to over 200 endemic species. …
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Andes 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 Napo. The new conservation area is located at a unique point in Ecuador’s central Amazon, where the Andes cascade towards lowland rainforest, and the mighty…
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Andes 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 landscape of páramos, or high mountain wetlands, which provide critical wildlife habitats and water storage for half a million people. The new conservation area will…
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Andes 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 a habitat for several endangered species in Bolivia. The municipality of Guanay’s decision to establish Puerta Amazónica presents an opportunity to restore and protect critical…
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In 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 civil society organizations, government institutions, and local communities. The Peruvian government’s decision to create this reserve underscores its commitment to preserving marine biodiversity, supporting local…
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Andes Amazon Fund celebrates the creation of Cotuhé, Peru’s largest conservation concession. Spanning 491,104 acres (198,743 ha) of Amazon rainforest in Peru’s northern Loreto region, this conservation concession provides critical biodiversity protections for endangered species, safeguards the buffer zone of the 2.1 million acre (nearly 900,000 ha) Yaguas National Park, and secures a bio-cultural corridor,…
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While on the way to the Gaia Amazonas Foundation’s first Intercultural Dialogue event this past October between Indigenous authorities, the Colombian government, and civil society organizations, Andes Amazon Fund Program Officer Peter Oesterling accompanied an overflight of Colombia’s Chiribiquete National Park – whose second expansion of 3.7 million acres in 2018 was supported by AAF.…
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Andes Amazon Fund applauds the creation of the Dowara Kanda Tech Uyapï municipal conservation area in Bolivia. Spanning 61,168 acres (24,754 ha), the new conservation area represents a major victory for the Leco people, an Indigenous ethnicity with roots in the western Bolivian Amazon. The Leco people have fought for years to gain stronger legal…
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Andes Amazon Fund celebrates the creation of the Fuente de Vida municipal protected area, which spans 19,065 acres (7,715 ha) in the El Torno Municipality near Santa Cruz, Bolivia. “Fuente de Vida” translates in English to “Source of Life”, and refers to the new area’s protection of a critical water corridor, which safeguards freshwater sources…
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