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• 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 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

The Aliwa forests of Colombia are home to the Sikwani people of the Aliwa-Cupepe indigenous community. The area is abundantly diverse with at least 1,500 species of animals and about 1,100 species of plants. This unique forest was formed when a crater hit the earth over 30 million years ago. Initial … [Read more...] about An Expedition into the Aliwa Rainforest: Safeguarding the Biocultural Heritage of the Aliwa-Cupepe Indigenous Community

In the Ecuadorian Amazon, there is an indigenous nationality fighting to keep their culture alive. These ancestral guardians have persevered in the face of threats and conflicts, reclaiming their identity to become one of the 11 recognized indigenous nationalities in the Ecuadorian Amazon. They are … [Read more...] about The Andwa: A Resurging Indigenous Nationality

Nature and Culture International celebrates the declaration of a new conservation area in the department of Ucayali in central Peru. The newly established Alto Tamayo Communal Regional Conservation Area (CATA) protects 370,684 acres of threatened habitat, including the last remnants of bamboo forest … [Read more...] about Protecting Rare Bamboo Forests and Threatened Wildlife in Peru’s Amazon

Nature and Culture International has supported the creation of a new Water Protection Area in northern Ecuador! The newly declared Mojanda Water Protection Area conserves 15,066 acres and secures safe and abundant water for 39,000 people. … [Read more...] about A New Protected Area Secures Water Supplies for 39,000 People

Earlier this year, the Nature and Culture Community supported the establishment of a new conservation area in Cuenca, Ecuador. The declaration of Mazán Municipal Conservation and Sustainable Use Area protected nearly 5,000 acres in the Andes, including fragile ecosystems and critical water supplies. … [Read more...] about A Conservation Area Receives Highest Level of Legal Protection in Ecuador

Nature and Culture International celebrates the protection of 31,812 acres in southwestern Ecuador. The newly declared El Guabo Municipal Conservation and Sustainable Use Area (El Guabo) conserves critical water sources and biodiverse ecosystems – including habitat for three recently described frog … [Read more...] about Three New Frog Species, Critical Water Sources & More Protected in El Guabo Municipal Conservation and Sustainable Use Area

On May 22, 2021, the Provincial Government of Pastaza officially received the Letter of Approval for the REDD+¹ Measures and Actions Implementation Plan of the Province. The letter was issued by the Ministry of Environment and Water of Ecuador (MAAE) as the National REDD+ Authority and will … [Read more...] about A Roadmap to Hope: Ecuador Approves REDD+ Implementation Plan to Reduce Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Pastaza

Protecting land in collaboration with local cultures is at the heart of Nature and Culture International’s mission. With your support, we conserve our planet’s wild places so that nature and culture can thrive. … [Read more...] about Indigenous Shuar Gain Title to 14,000 Acres of Ancestral Territory

The Ministry of Environment, Water, and Ecological Transition of Ecuador recently declared 73,917 acres of Yacuambi Ecological Reserve as a Decentralized Autonomous Protected Area. This national status provides the reserve with the highest level of legal protection in the country and permanently … [Read more...] about Protecting a Biological Hotspot from Mining