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La tarde de este miércoles 01 de febrero del 2023, durante sesión ordinaria del Órgano Legislativo del Gobierno Autónomo Descentralizado Provincial de Morona Santiago (GADPMS), se aprobó en segundo y definitivo debate, de manera unánime, la Ordenanza que establece el Territorio de Vida y Uso … [Read more...] about Se aprobó la ordenanza de creación del Territorio de Vida y Uso Ancestral Tarímiat Pujutaí Nunka

On Wednesday, February 1, 2023, The Provincial Government of Morona Santiago, Ecuador and four Indigenous nationalities agreed to the creation of the Territorio de Vida y Uso Ancestral “Tarímiat Pujutaí Nunka.”   … [Read more...] about Historic Creation of the Tarímiat Pujutaí Nuṉka Reserve: Indigenous Nationalities and Provincial Government Agree to Protect Over 3 Million Acres in the Ecuadorian Amazon

… [Read more...] about DiCaprio y Sheth nombran nuevas especies de serpientes arborícolas amenazadas por la minería en Ecuador

… [Read more...] about DiCaprio and Sheth name new species of tree-dwelling snakes, threatened by mining

El 9 de diciembre de 2022, el Gobierno Municipal del cantón Arenillas estableció su nueva Área de Conservación Municipal y Uso Sostenible, ACMUS-Arenillas. En el área se protegerá la biodiversidad, ecosistemas degradados y servicios ambientales como las fuentes abastecedoras de agua. El … [Read more...] about Arenillas ya cuenta con un Área de Conservación Municipal y Uso Sostenible

… [Read more...] about The Declaration of the Portovelo Municipal Protected Area Raises Hope to Minimize Threats in the Region

Our strength as an organization lies within the passion of people around the globe who share our same dream. As part of the Nature and Culture community, you help us achieve so much — diverse vibrant cultures; wild places alive with plants and animals, and clean water and other ecosystem services … [Read more...] about Nature and Culture’s Fall Newsletter: A Roundup of Conservation in Action

On August 31st, 2022 the Santa Elena Provincial Protected Area was approved. The process to establish this area was led by the Provincial Government of Santa Elena and the Sustainable Landscapes Foundation, with support from Nature and Culture and Andes Amazon Fund. … [Read more...] about Newly Declared Coastal Conservation Area in Ecuador Protects Primary Water Source for Entire Province

• El 31 de agosto fue aprobada la creación del Sistema Provincial de Áreas Protegidas de Santa Elena, un proceso que fue liderado por el gobierno Provincial de Santa Elena y la Fundación Paisajes Sostenibles, con el apoyo de Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional y Andes Amazon Fund. • Las nuevas … [Read more...] about Nuevas Áreas Provinciales De Conservación En Santa Elena

• Tiwi Nunka es el área número 69 del Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas y la tercera en el Subsistema Comunitario. • El Centro Shuar Kiim, encargada del manejo de esta área, está ubicada en la parroquia La Paz, cantón Yacuambi, en Zamora Chinchipe. … [Read more...] about Tiwi Nunka se convierte en la primera Área de Conservación manejada por una nacionalidad en el Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas

The Shuar nationality will be in charge of the management of Ecuador's newest protected area, "Tiwi Nunka". In a ceremony, which took place on July 20th at the Shuar Kiim Center, the Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (MAATE) officially announced that Tiwi Nunka will be the … [Read more...] about First Indigenous-Led Conservation Area in Ecuador Announced

Nature and Culture has earned a coveted 4-star rating from Charity Navigator and is shortlisted as a highly-rated environmental non-profit under the category of environmental protection and natural resource conservation. … [Read more...] about Nature and Culture International is Recognized as a Highly-Rated Environmental Non-Profit

On Saturday, June 18, 2022, with the support of Nature and Culture International, the Municipality of Loja announced the expansion of its Municipal Conservation and Sustainable Use Areas. This expansion adds an additional 109,279 acres to the 73,700 previously protected acres.  … [Read more...] about Loja Expands its Municipal Conservation and Sustainable Use Areas

Nature and Culture International’s strength is in people who share the same dreams: of diverse vibrant cultures; of forests and savannas alive with plants and animals; of clean water and air and a livable climate.  … [Read more...] about Nature and Culture’s June 2022 Newsletter: A Roundup of Conservation in Action

… [Read more...] about New Quilanga Municipal Conservation Area Preserves Water Sources and Biodiversity

Nature and Culture International celebrates the incorporation of the Cuiriquingue-Gallocantana Municipal Conservation Area of Cuenca into Ecuador's National System of Protected Areas. On February 11, 2022, Curiquingue-Gallocantana was officially declared by the Ministry of Environment, Water and … [Read more...] about Critical Páramo Ecosystem Receives Highest Legal Protection in Ecuadorian Andes

Newly declared Quinllunga de San Simón-Guaranda Water Protection Area secures clean and abundant water supplies for 683 people. Nature and Culture International has supported the creation of the first Water Protection Area in Bolivar Province, Ecuador. The newly declared Quinllunga de San … [Read more...] about New Water Protection Area safeguards water for Indigenous Guarancas Kichwa

On December 28, 2021, Nature and Culture International and the governors of Morona Santiago, Pastaza, and Zamora Chinchipe signed an agreement to begin building and implementing the proposed "Amazonian Platform for Forests, Climate and Human Wellbeing." The idea behind the Amazonian Platform is to … [Read more...] about Three Amazonian Provinces take the first step to create the largest biological corridor of continuous forest in Ecuador