DONATE TODAY TO PROTECT ONE OF THE MOST THREATENED AND BIODIVERSE REGIONS IN THE WORLD.
Oophaga lehmanni, Critically Endangered
Our partners protect over 50,000 acres throughout the Chocó.
PROTECTING FORESTS FOR THE LONG TERM.
Save the Chocó's mission is to build awareness and collaborate with local and global organizations to help protect habitat and species throughout the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena and Tropical Andes hotspots.
E.O. Wilson once said, “I cannot imagine a more urgent conservation initiative. The Chocó plants and vertebrates are awe-inspiring in richness and heartbreaking in their endangerment.”
The late professor E.O. Wilson of Harvard University
Multicoloured Tanager (Chlorochrysa nitidissima), Vulnerable
A FOOTBALL-PITCH SIZED AREA OF RAINFOREST
IS LOST EVERY 6 SECONDS.
According to World Resources Institute (WRI) via Global Forest Watch, the tropics lost about 3.8 million hectares of humid tropical primary forest in 2019.
“The Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena hotspot, also known as the Biogeographic Chocó, is the wettest forested region on Earth. Nestled in a narrow strip between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountain range, its unique geographic and climatic conditions foster extraordinary biodiversity, with numerous endemic species of flora and fauna. Orchids, in particular, have thrived in this environment, as well as in the western foothills of the Andes, where they have evolved and diversified extensively. This has resulted in an exceptionally high number of species, many of which are micro-endemic—found only in extremely limited geographic areas—and highly dependent on the specific temperature and humidity conditions to which they have adapted.”
Sebastian Vieira-Uribe, Executive Director SalvaMontes
