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Habitat

A. Colombia
B. Ecuador
C. Peru + E,F
D. Bolivia
Habitat
Species
Community
Ex-situ


Projects are listed under the following habitat types: 

Tropical grasslands
Dry Tropical Forest
Atlantic Forest
Amazonian Basin Tropical Rain Forest
West Coast Tropical Rain Forest
Cloud Forest
Andean Forest and Paramo
Marine Habitats
Fresh Water Habitats
Mixed Habitat Projects

Click one of these to see the relevant  project summaries.
You can link through to the field reports by just clicking the project name

Key to using the summary table:

1      Habitat Projects

Hab

Spp

Peo

Habitat

Species focus

Implement

Research

Tropical Grasslands: known as Savanah, Pantanal, Los Llanos

A4

Araguatos Primate Centre

I

I

I

Gallery forest in eastern Savannah area

Colombia Primates:
Red Howler monkeys
Capuchin monkeys
Squirrel monkeys

R

R

R

D2

Indigenous community conservation projects.

i

i

I

Community territory  of Bolivian Savannah

Peccary, tortoise, armadillo, bees and caiman. Sustainable use projects.

r

r

R

D4

WWF – Panatanal + Jungle programmes +  media campaigns

I

I

I

Bolivian Pantanal + Bolivian Amazon tropical rainforest.

Pantanal and Jungle spp. Inc. Guanaco + Maned Wolf

R

R

R

E2

Giant Anteater

 

I

 

Pantanal, Emas National Park, Brazil

Giant Anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla

 

R

 

E3

Keystone Frutivores

 

 

 

Pantanal, Brazil.

Eg: Hiasynth Macaw, Anodorhynchus hiacynthinus

 

R

 

Dry Tropical Forest

A5

Fundacion Ecolombia – La Pintada rehabilitation centre + reserve

I

I

I

Central Colombia

Red howler monkeys, and other Primates, Blue knobbed Guan (Crax alberti) + 2 toed sloth

R

R

p

A10

Casa Loma Private Reserve, tree nursery + community projects

I

i

I

N. coast Colombia

Jaguar, coati, caiman, Native tree nursery.

 

R

r

p

C2

Chaparri Project Bear Centre

 

I

I

I

Seasonal lowland dry forest + scrub. Coastal W Peru.

Andean bear, guanaco + condor, royal vulture, White winged guan.

r

R

P

Atlantic Forest - Brazil

E1

Atlantic forest Tapir

 

I

 

Atlantic Forest

Lowland tapir, Tapir terrestris

 

R

 

E4

Census of Game in Atlantic forest

 

 

 

Atlantic Forest

Cracids, woolly monkey, tapir, agouti, paca, peccary

 

R

 

Amazonian Basin Tropical Rain Forest

B6

b

Jatun Sacha Foundation
Private Jungle reserve

I

 

I

East Ecuador

Native tree nursery + botanical garden (live seed bank)

R

R

R

B8

Payamino Community conservation project

I

 

I

N East Ecuador 60,000ha community land

Community Jungle conservation project.

R

 

p

B9
Yachana tourist lodge

I

 

I

NE Ecuador, 1000ha Private reserve

Amazon Jungle spp. Hospital, 25 health centres, ambulance canoes, floating clinic, organic chocolate treat and jam factory.

r

 

r

B13

Sarayacu Community conservation project

I

I

I

East Ecuador

Amazon Jungle spp. Esp Tapir.

R

r

R

B15

Amazoonica, Wildlife Rescue Centre

I

I

I

1,115ha private reserve + centre, East Ecuador

A range of Amazonian wildlife – esp  primates

p

r

p

D7a

Noel Kempff National Park - Park guard support programme - FAN

I

 

I

Amazon tropical rainforest plateaux formation –endemisism.

largest pop of giant otter, spider monkeys – 14 other spp of primate, peccaries and other jungle fauna.

R

R

r

West Coast Tropical Rain Forest

B5

Playa de Oro Cat reserve

I

I

I

North West Ecuador

Ecuadorian Wild Cats: eg. Margay, ocelot, jaguar -

R

R

r

Cloud Forest

B1a

Cecia – Jocotoco Yanacocha

I

i

I

North Ecuador

Hummingbirds – esp Black Breasted Puff Leg.

R

R

p

B1b

Quito City Park

I

I

I

Reforestation of Eucalyptus back to cloud forest

Humming birds

R

R

p

B12

Rainforest Concern – inc. St Lucia community + INTAG

I

i

I

North West Ecuador

Cloud forest spp inc: Andean bear, puma, cock of the rock, 300spp of bird, orchids.

R

r

R

Andean Forest + Paramo

A8

Fundacion RenaSer – National Condor Programme

i

I

I

All over Colombia

Condo, other highland spp inc Andean Bear, coati and guan.

r

R

p

B6

a

Jatun Sacha Foundation
Private Highland reserve

I

 

I

North Ecuador

a) Haven for Andean bear + other spp inc. 100spp bird

R

R

R

B7

EcoCiencia Bear Project

I

I

I

North East Ecuador

Andean Bear + Tapir conservation + research

R

R

R

B10

Fundacion Cordillera Tropical, nature reserve, bear rescue and community wk.

I

I

I

Central Ecuador

Andean Bear, Andean tapir, Condor, puma etc

R

r

p

D9a

 

b

Quipus foundation
a) Highland wildlife centre
(Proposed projects)
b) Community Vicuna reserve

 

I
r

I

a) SW Bolivia over 4000m asl. Natural paramo, salt lakes and lagoons.
b) By lake Titicaca (1hr from La Paz)

a) Vicuna, 3 spp of flamingo, vizcacha.
b) Vicuna, guanaco, llama + alpaca

I

I
r

I

Marine Habitat: inc Mangrove

A9

Isla de Rosario Oceanarium, research + community projects.

I

I

I

Colombian Caribbean Coral reef + islands

Turtles, lobster, conch, coral reef and commercial open water fish species.

r

R

p

Fresh Water Habitat: inc Flooded forest, lagoons and rivers.

A13

Fundacion OMACHA – Aquatic Mammal conservation.

 

I

I

Colmbian Amazon + Orinoco rivers, their tributaries, flooded forests + lagoons.

Aquatic mammals : Pink river dolphin, Grey river dolphin, Manatee and giant otter.

R

R

R

A14

Proyecto Piuri –Conservation of the wattled curassow.

I

I

I

Colombian seasonally flooded island in Amazon river - 2500ha

Wattled Curasow, Crax globuloso

R

R

r

Mixed habitat projects

A12

Bucaramanga Zoologists,: forming new National Park + associated community projs.

I

i

I

Arid canyon through tropical forest, up through, cloud forest into Paramo.  East Colombia

Edible ants, native bees, National park to protect Howler monkeys, jaguar, Andean bear, mountain pacca etc.

R

R

r

B4

Awacachi corridor project – linking two National Parks.

I

 

I

NW. Ecuador. Coastal tropical rainforest up to cloud forest

Biological corridor between reserves inc: jaguar, tapir, spider monkey, Andean bear etc.

R

 

p

B11

Cuenca vivarium and in-situ projects (in planning phase)

i

I

i

Ecuadorian mangroves, coastal dry + Amazon forest

Eg. Botrops, boas, vine snakes, poison arrow frogs, locally endemic lizard etc. Future: live corals

 

R

 

B16

Fundacion Natura –Sangay National Park Community captive breeding

I

I

I

Sangay National Park – from Paramo to Amazonian jungle. C Ecuador

Dasyprocta punctata Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris
Agouti paca

R

r

R

D5

Arubai nature reserve education programme

I

p

i

Mix of Dry forest + tropical rainforest, S. Bolivia

Environmental education programme

r

 

 

D8

 

Madidi Living Landscapes Programme
- Wildlife Conservation Society

I

 

I

Andean paramo + forest, cloud forest, to tropical rainforest + savannah, NE Bolivia.

The five landscape spp. Are: Andean condor, bear, jaguar, white lipped peccary + lspp. of large catfish

R

R

R


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Key to using the summary table:
Hab
= Habitat conservation  
Spp = Species conservation 
Peo = People / community conservation
Implement = Implementation of conservation strategies 
I = This approach to conservation is being implemented and is a major part of the conservation strategy 
i = This approach to conservation is being implemented but is a minor part of the conservation strategy 
p = There is a potential for this approach to conservation to be implemented
Research = Research being done by the project 
R = Research is being done on this aspect of conservation and is a major part of the project 
r = Informal research is being done on this aspect of conservation but it is not a major part of the project 
p = There is a potential for research to be done on this aspect of conservation with in this project
Colour code:
Orange = The main activity/focus of this project  
Green = An in-situ project  
Blue = An ex-situ project
   

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