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Ecuador

News

30th October 2018

Face-to-face encounter with Andean bear

Biologist Tashkin Meza meets a female Andean bear and her cub at Rainforest Concern's Neblina Reserve....

Ecuador

News

18th October 2018

The importance of canopy microclimate in cloud forests

When you delve into the many layers of tropical montane cloud forests, you'll discover how this unique ecosystem depends upon complex relationships between water, humidity and moss...

Chile

News

31st August 2018

Chile bans plastic bags

Chile has become the first Latin American country to legally ban the commercial use of plastic bags...

Peru

Spectacled Bear On Camtrap La Pena Perydryforest

20th August 2018

Spectacled bear recorded by camera traps in Salas and La Peña dry forest

The adult bear was spotted in La Peña reserve in the Lambayeque province of Peru in July 2018. Here, there are a goup of spectacled bears who are restricted to the dry forests of P...

Ecuador

24th July 2018

Neblina Reserve, Ecuador is granted 'Protected forest' legal status

On 24th July, Rainforest Concern's Mauricio Bustamante received our second Declaration of Protected Forest Status (Bosque Protector) for the Neblina Reserve from Ecuador's Minist...