WORKING TO KEEP
THE RAINFOREST ALIVE
THE PROJECT
Fundación Fauna de la Amazonía (FDLA) is a registered Ecuadorian non-profit organisation that works for the protection of wildlife in the Andes-Amazon region of Ecuador - a biodiversity hotspot with a remarkably high level of species endemism.
We are located in the buffer zone of the Llanganates National Park in Mera, in the Pastaza region, where we are developing a wildlife conservation centre while increasing established protected areas working closely with other like-minded projects.
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During the past ten years we have been involved in a wide diversity of nature conservation projects and movements in Ecuador, through which we have learned a lot, formed lifetime networks and created optimal ideas and programmes to efficiently benefit the ecosystems and ecology of this beautiful part of Ecuador.
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Our goal is to continue offering volunteer opportunities while building our new centre which will be a base for wildlife rehabilitation, research and documentation, educational initiatives and sustainable development activities involving the local communities.
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Many of the projects that we work with are maintained and funded by volunteer workers and volunteer collaborators, whom are a vital part of our work team. Thank you all greatly.
AN ESTIMATED 30%
OF THE STILL-TO-BE-DISCOVERED SPECIES OF VASCULAR PLANTS ARE TO BE FOUND IN ECUADOR AND PERU
36%
OF THE COUNTRY'S SPECIES ARE IN THREAT OF DISAPPEARING
In 1 Km2 of Ecuador's tropical forest you can find 1,250 species of plants of 136 different families (Buitrón 1.999). It's megadiversity makes it a country full of opportunities, resources and beauty, but there is still a lot of work to do.
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According to the IUCN "Ecuador is the country is South America with the highest number of threatened species - more than a third of it's total number of species." The sad total of 2,306 threatened species is made of: 45 mammals, 96 birds, 26 reptiles, 174 amphibians, 52 fish, 48 mollusks, 17 invertebrates 1,842 plants and 6 protists.