- Jama Coaque Reserve Impressions
Rainforest Conservation, Reforestation & Carbon Sequestration in Ecuador
Third Millennium Alliance (3MAlliance) is a nonprofit Ecosystem Services organization working to preserve and rehabilitate the planet's lifeline. Our focus is the restoration of critically endangered ecosystems of exceptionally high biological value. The basis of our work is a dual approach that integrates conservation of intact forest with reforestation of previously-degraded land. The Choco-Manabi Corridor in western Ecuador - one of the most ecologically-diverse and endangered ecosystems on the planet - is our area of operations. 3MAlliance's Jama-Coaque Reserve protects one of the last remnants of rainforest and cloudforest in this global biodiversity hotspot.
Reforestation & Agro-Forestation Publication
"Permaculture in the Jama-Coaque Reserve" - Download a PDF version now
- The Choco-Manabi Corridor along the Pacific coast of South America
News
July 2: Paul S. Hamilton, the foremost herpetologist for western Ecuador, reports the discovery of 13 new species of frog in the Jama-Coaque Reserve and neighboring forest remnants.
June 22: We are no longer accepting applications for the Fall Internship program.
March 10, 2010: The Advisory Board for Third Millennium Alliance begins a one-year term today. For a list and brief bio of each member, please visit Advisory Board.
March 8, 2010: During the first two months of the rainy season, we have planted 119 fruit trees, including 31 different species, in the half-hectare agroforestry/permaculture demonstration site surrounding the Bamboo House research center. Also in this same zone, we have planted over 25 papaya trees, 20 yuca bushes, and 30 banana plants, which are intercropped with corn and beans. Elsewhere, we have planted over 100 native hardwood trees, including 14 different species, in degraded patches throughout the Jama-Coaque Reserve.
January 18, 2010: Local staff member Uver Vaca begins a four-month scholarship program sponsored by 3MAlliance.
November 12, 2009: Thanks to the financial support of our contributors, Third Millennium Alliance has just expanded the Jama-Coaque Ecological Reserve by acquiring another 91 acres of rainforest. This new addition includes the entirety of the Strangler Fig Creek and all land that drains into it. The creek is born in the cloud forest along the upper reaches of the coastal mountain range and descends 1,500 feet to the Rio Camarones. The Jama-Coaque Reserve now occupies 501 acres of forest, which means that we have (almost exactly) reached the midpoint of the goal we set ourselves two years ago - to bring the entire 1,000-acre upper river valley under protection.
October 11, 2009: The first-ever (short) documentary film on the Jama-Coaque Reserve is now available. It is a 5-minute preview of a feature-length documentary to be completed in 2010.
