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| Grantee | Fundación Jocotoco ↗ |
| Target | Mountain tapir, Jocotoco antpitta, black-and-chestnut eagle, golden-plumed parakeet, white-necked parakeet, spectacled bear,Bomarea longipes, Fuchsia scherffiana, Passiflora linda, Passiflora zamorana, Piper achupallasense, Piper valladolidense |
| Area Protected | 95 hectares |
| Location | Ecuador |
| Grant Amount | $25,000 |
Fundación Jocotoco has acquired a critical property in the middle of the Tapichalaca Reserve in south-eastern Ecuador, which protects the upper Andean cloud forests in the biodiversity hotspot of the Andean Amazon. This biodiversity hotspot is threatened by a 10% annual deforestation rate and home to at least twenty globally endangered or critically endangered plant species. The Tapichalaca Reserve further provides important connectivity between two large national parks.
