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Cazaderos-Progreso Forest Campaign

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Cazaderos-Progreso Forest Campaign

The Cazaderos-Progreso area in southwestern Ecuador is a region of tropical deciduous forest that is 10,000 hectares. This is equal to about 136,000 football fields! Even though this area seems HUGE, it is a small fraction of what once was there. The entire tropical deciduous forest still standing in Ecuador is only about 1% of how big it used to be and this area is just one section

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Black Caiman – Getting by with a little help from it’s friends

Monday, August 4, 2008

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Black Caiman – Getting by with a little help from it’s friends

The Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger) is the largest South American crocodile and the Amazon’s biggest predator. But despite its size and power it can be hunted with ease and the species has been reduced in numbers by 99% over the last…

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Jatun Sacha Biological Station

Friday, August 1, 2008

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Jatun Sacha Biological Station

The 7,500 acre forest, designated in the early 1990's as the Second World Children's Rainforest reserve, is situated in the narrow Tropical Wet Forest Life Zone of Eastern Ecuador, where the Eastern slopes of the Andes merge into the vastness of the Amazon basin.

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