*[Enwl-eng] Amazon land protection project making gains

Fri Dec 19 21:30:16 MSK 2025

"The creation of the reserve will stop a network of colossal open-pit gold mining operations."
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      Amazon land protection project making gains
      "The creation of the reserve will stop a network of colossal open-pit gold mining operations."
                        Eoin Higgins 

                        Dec 19 

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      Hello and welcome to Ekō News.

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      Alejandro Arteaga is the CEO of Khamai Foundation, a US and Ecuador based nonprofit which advocates for biodiversity and saving rainforests. Working with Ekō, the organization has developed a reserve in the Amazon, but much remains to be done. 

      We caught up with Arteaga and asked him some questions about the work—and what challenges remain. 

      How is the land protection project going? 

      The Pitalala Reserve urgent land expansion that will incorporate the 78-hectare land lot into the reserve should be completed thanks to an upcoming grant from Ekó. The next step is to obtain funding to pay for taxes and legal fees necessary for recognition of the purchase of the land. 

      However, this is just the first step, as we seek to protect an area of over 10,000 hectares that will create a wildlife corridor between the Llanganates National Park and the Jatun Sacha Reserve.

      What challenges are you facing?

      The protected land is surrounded by many land lots that may be destroyed with incredible speed and without notice, which would render the saved plot isolated.

      What successes have you had this year?

      Thanks to Ekō and 152 other backers, we will have protected the first 150 hectares of Pitalala Reserve. 

      This is just the beginning. Ultimately, we seek to create a protected area inside the “biodiversity vertex,” a 100 km2 quadrant holding the ABSOLUTE greatest number of animal and plant species per unit area anywhere on Earth, hoping to secure its designation as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. 

      The creation of the reserve will stop a network of colossal open-pit gold mining operations through the direct purchase of various rainforest land lots totaling 2,200 hectares.

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