Our Organization
The Chocó Alliance is committed to accelerating and enhancing the impact of local conservation organizations protecting and regenerating the highly biodiverse forests, foothills, and lowlands of Northwest Ecuador.
The members of the Alliance are all exceptional field conservation organizations, led by dedicated and passionate individuals who are part of the communities where they live and operate. This intimate knowledge of the landscape, with its endemic species and traditional customs, allows for flexible and adaptive conservation efforts, tailored to what works locally.
Our Values
All members of the Chocó Alliance operate according to the highest ethical standards, and have a proven track record of outstanding conservation, restoration and regeneration work. Led by members of local communities, our organizations have been protecting their regions for many years from illegal loggers, mining exploitation, and unsustainable agricultural practices.
Participatory Management
Inclusive Governance
Regenerative Livelihoods
Rights and Access
Meet our members
Fundación EcoMinga
Fundacion EcoMinga is dedicated to the conservation of the unique foothill forests, cloud forests, and alpine grasslands (“paramo”) of the Andes. With its reserves, EcoMinga protects 8,000 hectares of highly biodiverse areas, together with the support of local communities. protege la biodiversidad, defiende la vida y busca la sostenibilidad de las comunidades.
Fundación Tesoro Escondido
The Tesoro Escondido Reserve protects over 2,000 hectares of primary forest in the Chocó lowlands. This area is highly threatened by timber extraction, monocrops and mining concessions. The reserve protects one of the last healthy populations of Ecuadorian brown-headed spider monkeys, as well as Great Green Macaw, the Banded-Ground Cuckoo, the Harpy Eagle and the magnificent jaguar.
Fundación Great Leaf
Great Leaf is headed by an interdisciplinary team converging in the same interest, nature preservation. In the Chocó, Great Leaf manages La Esperanza Forest, a biodiversity refuge that is disconnected from other forest remnants. Its conservation and restoration contributes to the health of many species, such as the endangered howler monkey and new discovered tree species, and to the provision of ecosystem services.
Third Millennium Alliance (TMA)
Since 2007, TMA has protected and restored more than 1,600 hectares of forest with local communities, conservation partners, scientists, and international supporters. The TMA’s approach merges active forest preservation, community-based restoration and regenerative agroforestry, with the vision to create a 40,000 hectares ecological corridor (“Capuchin Corridor”) over the next decade.
Fundación para la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales (FCAT)
FCAT is an Ecuadorian NGO composed of local residents and scientists to collect and use reliable information to conserve endangered habitat and species and promote social and economic well-being. FCAT combines capacity building and educational activities with scientific research, land purchase, and income diversification to take an integrative approach to conservation.
Defensa y Conservación Ecológica de Intag (DECOIN)
For nearly 30 years, DECOIN has empowered the communities of Ecuador’s Intag Valley to preserve and enhance their watersheds. With support from local residents and volunteers, DECOIN has established 38 local government and community-owned and managed reserves, protecting 12,000 hectares that provide clean water for dozens of communities, as well as protecting pristine forests and hundreds of species facing extinction.
Questions?
Contact info@chocoalliance.com to get more information on the project.