Thanks to the camera traps project, led by the Laboratorio de Ecología y Conservación de Carnívoros of USFQ, together with Fundación Jocotoco and other organizations, the presence of at least 20 different bears was recorded in the Metropolitan District of Quito.
This unique ecosystem, where wonderful Ceiba trees predominate, is home to more than 190 bird species, some endemic to the Tumbesian region.
This is the third year that this release has been carried out successfully, in our Buenaventura reserve.
Approximately 80% of the world population of Magnolia dixonii is ready to be planted in the Ecuadorian Chocó forest at our Canandé Reserve.
We are very excited with the discovery of an active nest of the Blue-throated Hillstar near our new Cerro de Arcos reserve.
Thanks to WWF, we were able to restore high-altitude habitat of the El Oro Parakeet and El Oro Tapaculo. We planted 4,000 native trees inside our Buenaventura Reserve and 2,000 more trees in surrounding areas. Read More.
Fundación Jocotoco, together with the support of the American Bird Conservancy and Rainforest Trust, acquired a total of 46 long-term lease agreements with Ecuadors Las Balsas community to protect the largest known population of the Lilacine Amazon Amazona lilacina.
Fundación Jocotoco acquired 110 acres (45 ha) to establish our new Cerro de Arcos Reserve. This new reserve will protect high altitude habitats, locally known as Andean páramo, critical to the survival of the Blue-throated Hillstar
Fundación Jocotoco with the support of the Loro Parque Fundación, has established a program of artificial nest boxes that have increased the regional population of this species by 30% in the last decade
