Thanks 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.
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The Tahuamanu – Orthon Departmental Natural Heritage Area was established on September 5th, 2024, protecting 762,248 acres (308,471 hectares) of Amazonian rivers and alluvial forests in Bolivia’s department of Pando.
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Gran 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.
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On July 26th, 2024, the “24 de Mayo” Municipal Conservation Area (Area de Conservacion y Uso Sustentable) was established spanning 37,019 acres (14,981 hectares) of important water sources and biodiverse tropical forests in the province of Manabí, Ecuador.
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On November 13, 2024, the Machángara-Tomebamba Wildlife Refuge, part of the National System of Protected Areas of Ecuador, was expanded by 41,667 acres (16,862 hectares) protecting fragile high Andean ecosystems in Ecuador’s provinces of Azuay and Cañar. This expansion ensures the conservation of the region’s ecological connectivity.
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In Ecuador’s Central Andes, where páramo wetlands flourish under the watchful gaze of Andean condors and rivers carve through mountains, a group of communities and local leaders, led by Chimborazo’s provincial government, decided to take conservation action. On November 21, 2024, Chimborazo’s provincial government established the Urcu Yaku Kamak Provincial Conservation and Sustainable Use Area spanning 52,681 acres (21,319 hectares) of biodiverse high altitude páramo wetlands and Andean forests.
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Andes Amazon Fund celebrates the latest expansion of the Río Negro Sopladora – Tinajillas Río Gualaceño National Park by 79,362 acres (32,117 hectares) on November 13, 2024. The National Park will now safeguard over 162,741 acres (65,859 hectares) of fragile montane ecosystems in the province of Morona Santiago, Ecuador, including páramos, mountain forests and rivers along Ecuador’s southeastern Andes and upper Amazon rainforest.
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Junín is home to remarkable biodiversity, including the vulnerable black-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps) and the Esmeraldas woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi), a rare, tropical hummingbird found only in this region. On December 16, 2024, the Junín Municipal Conservation and Sustainable Use Area was officially established, representing a significant milestone in protecting the ecosystems and water resources of the Manabí Province of Ecuador.
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We celebrate the establishment of the Alto Calima Regional District of Integrated Management in Colombia’s Valle del Cauca on May 27th, 2024, safeguarding 44,982 acres (18,204 hectares) of biodiverse ecosystems at the confluence of the Colombian Andes and Pacific.
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We celebrate the expansion of the Atuncela Regional District of Integrated Management which occurred May 27th, 2024, in Colombia’s Valle del Cauca. Atuncela was expanded by 3,262 acres (1,320 hectares) of shrubland transitioning to humid tropical forest.
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