Rainforest Concern

The Gran Sumaco Buffer Area

Rainforest Concern's partnership with the Ecuadorian organisation, the Foundation for Integrated Education and Development (FUNEDESIN) is stronger than ever. We have added approximately 1,500 hectares of land to a reserve in the Gran Sumaco National Park and have purchased 53 hectares as a site for an environmental education centre. We also protect the forest from loggers and poachers, encourage overseas volunteer programmes and assist Funedesin's self-sustainable, community projects with the indigenous Quichua people which include the processing and marketing of cacao.