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Fundación Jocotoco contributes to expanding the Galapagos Marine Reserve
Fundación Jocotoco is now starting to develop the management plan to expand the designated Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR).
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Dec
Dec
NEWS
The recently discovered Blue-throated Hillstar is already critically endangered
In 2017, the Blue-throated Hillstar (Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus) was discovered by Francisco Sornoza, our first conservation director and one of Jocotoco founders.
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Nov
Nov
We created fire brigades to defend six vulnerable reserves
Fires starting on agricultural land threaten our reserves. Thus, protecting dry forests or paramo grasslands is a must. Years of reforestation efforts and countless work on saving endangered ecosystems in Ecuador could vanish in a blink.
08
Nov
Nov
Jocotoco held an all-staff meeting
After six years, more than 70 people from Jocotoco and Jocotours, including park guards, reserve managers, cooks, and hospitality staff, attended the first in-person meeting.
29
Oct
Oct
Thank you for supporting our initiative of LinkingForest2SaveSpecies in Buenaventura
The funds we have collected from this campaign will enable us to continue our conservation efforts to expand Buenaventura by #LinkingForest2SaveSpecies
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Oct
Oct
New and ambitious challenges for Jocotoco in the Galápagos Islands
This ambitious project will free the islands from invasive predators to preserve the unique ecosystem and its species.
11
Oct
Oct
Jocotoco is building the first scientific station in the Ecuadorian Chocó
The Chocó Lab will host a large group of scientists from ~20 universities to study the recovery and resilience of the highly diverse rainforests.
04
Oct
Oct
The climate crisis confirms Jocotoco strategy to expand the altitudinal span of our reserves
The research corroborates the need to expand the altitudinal span in the reserves wherever possible to guarantee sufficient habitat for species moving uphill due to global warming.
27
Sep
Sep
1,245 acres of Chocó forest newly protected
Thanks to many of you, our donors to the Save the Choco campaign, we now protect additional 1,245 acres of the Ecuadorian Chocó!
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Aug
Aug
