*[Enwl-eng] Last chance to buy the most species-rich place on Earth!!?? (купить чтобы спасти)
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ecology at iephb.nw.ru
Sun Dec 14 20:30:26 MSK 2025
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We have great news – and one more call to action. Our partners
in Ecuador have almost everything they need to buy this species-rich
wonderland. Our support helped them make a down payment, and get grants from
major conservation funders.
Now they just need one last push before a December 27th deadline
to get every last dollar they need for the full payment!
This is what they told us: “This is a real deadline because if
we do not come up with the payment by then, the seller can decide to turn
around and legally sell the property to the miners or any of the other
interested parties.”
There’s real risk, but we can do this, Vladimir. Chip in to help
buy and protect this ecosystem forever.
I'll donate $3
I'll donate $4
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I'll donate $9
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This is mind-blowing: there’s a place in the Amazon that
scientists argue has more species per square kilometer than anywhere else on
the planet. Ferocious jaguars, emerald green boas, powerful harpy eagles,
shy tapirs, and more…all sharing the same forest home (see lots of pictures
below!!)
But this pinnacle of biodiversity is under critical threat: the
mouth of Ecuador’s Anzu River has been included in a concession to a gold
mining company, TerraEarth. The only way to stop a mine from being ripped
into the heart of this paradise is to buy the surrounding land, ensuring the
company can’t get the legally-required permissions from landowners…because
the landowners would be *US*.
Actually, we’d help our local partner, Khamai, buy the land and
incorporate it into the neighbouring Pitalala reserve. The newly expanded
reserve would be a haven for nature and scientific research, a rewilded
paradise protected forever. If we can act fast.
This sounds dramatic, but these are the stakes: can you chip in
to help us save what might *literally* be the most species-rich place on
Earth?
I'll donate $3
I'll donate $4
I'll donate $5
I'll donate $9
I'll donate another amount
Creating this protected area is urgent. Even aside from the
concession, illegal gold mining in the area is exploding and miners are
offering to rent or purchase land at above market value. Owners are looking
to sell and have already received offers from the miners. Our partners are
in touch with the landowners and have the opportunity to acquire the land
before the miners do (they prefer the land conserved!) – but only if we act
now.
This is what this incredible area should look like, pristine and
untouched – the part of the reserve that already exists:
But the surrounding land is being devastated:
And it’s happening fast:
It’s hard to find a more obvious case for urgent conservation
action. The place that might have more species density than anywhere else on
Earth vs total devastation to mine gold.
And we have great partners to do it. Khamai works with local
communities Mulchiyacu and Zatzayacu, to promote sustainable economic
alternatives to illegal mining, like ecotourism and conservation-based
employment, to ensure there’s incentive to keep the land safe. They’ll also
work to restore land that has already been damaged, and eventually to get
UNESCO protection status for this irreplaceable piece of the planet.
Vladimir, our community has bought critically-threatened pieces
of nature before. But never in a place with *this* much natural life…because
there might not be another place on Earth to match it. Can you chip in to
buy and protect this part of the Ecuadorian Amazon – and fuel campaigns like
this to protect people and the planet from profit-hungry corporations,
worldwide?
I'll donate $3
I'll donate $4
I'll donate $5
I'll donate $9
I'll donate another amount
We wanted to include a few more pictures of wildlife to share
the richness and beauty of this place.
Here’s a tapir, poking its head out:
A coiled Emerald Boa:
A hiding Spix’s night monkey:
And a spectacular tree frog:
Their home could be destroyed. Or we could prevent it. Join in:
I'll donate $3
I'll donate $4
I'll donate $5
I'll donate $9
I'll donate another amount
Your donation will help power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide
fighting for people and the planet.
Thanks for all that you do,
Danny and the Ekō team
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More information:
Gold mining in the Amazon has doubled in area since 2018, AI
tool shows, Mongabay 26 July 2024
Urgent expansion of the Pitalala Reserve: Saving the Amazon
rainforest from gold mining, Khamai Foundation
Illegal Mining in the Amazon: “Criminal Governance Is Expanding
and Becoming Increasingly Violent” Amazon Watch 02 March 2025
Ekō is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to
hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable
path for our global economy.
From: Nature Conservation Team, Ekō <us at eko.org>
Date: вс, 14 дек. 2025 г. в 09:14
Subject: Last chance to buy the most species-rich place on Earth!!??
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