Our Work
The Ecuadorian Chocó encompasses nearly 500,000 hectares, including two national parks. Member reserves protect critical habitat, create buffer zones for the national parks to expand and enforce protected areas, and work with local communities to develop sustainable land use practices and research.
The Chocó Alliance was created to provide services to member conservation groups to allow them to work more efficiently and to focus on their core conservation work. The Alliance will expand their impact and visibility, create concrete opportunities to coordinate efforts and share resources, and leverage one another’s successes.
Strategic Cooperation
The Alliance works to create alignment and coordination between the members that are successfully preserving private, municipal, and indigenous-managed reserves. By coordinating conservation strategies of individual member organizations, and sharing knowledge and best practices, the Alliance improves operations and allows members to magnify their voice to influence policy and advocate for better protection.
Biodiversity Monitoring and Data Collection
The Alliance assists member organizations to centralize and coordinate parabiologist field data collection and biodiversity research to demonstrate the incredible variety of species (including critically endangered species) and the urgent need for protection. Alliance members also share remote monitoring technology to prevent incursions and deforestation in site locations and to visualize the impact of their work across the entire region.
Coordinated and Consolidated Research
All member conservation groups are doing research on site specific biodiversity species. The alliance seeks to establish research protocols on methodologies, and coordinate training of para-biologists from local communities.
Legal Services
The Chocó Alliance provides advice on relevant legal issues for field conservation organizations such as available legal protection measures (SNAP, municipal reserves and private reserve requirements), labor and contract law best practices, and updates on changes in relevant legislation. Members also coordinate efforts on potential legislation and other policy initiatives to improve protection for the region and across Ecuador.
Environmental Education
Environmental education for youth enhances understanding of the unique biodiversity of the region they call home, lays the foundation for social entrepreneurship and future conservation leaders, and catalyzes new initiatives and collaborations. Members can share curricula for environmental education programs for school and community centers, and facilitate teacher workshops to make environmental education available to a wider audience.
Questions?
Contact info@chocoalliance.com to get more information on the project.