Cooperative and Foundation for the Protection of the Ecuadorian Rainforest.
Support
Since 2019, the Freiburg, Germany-based rainforest conservation association AmaSelva e.V. has been supporting the Selva Viva project financially and with in-kind donations. We are a team of passionate rainforest conservationists, and some members have already
Summer clases
The long summer holidays in Ecuador have begun, and we kicked off our fourth summer school at Sacha Yachana Wasi Puerto Barantilla at the end of June. My own students in Switzerland were dismissed for
The Green Sky of Selva Viva
Rescuing 20 Years of Data to Understand How Andean Trees Respond to Climate Change By Andrea Chávez In its leaves, each tree holds a chemical memory of everything it has experienced: the rains, the droughts,
Meeting of the rangers of SelvaViva
It’s a weekly ritual. Every Friday, the forest wardens meet with coordinator Michael in Puerto Barantilla. This meeting is an important exchange among the wardens. Each warden submits a detailed weekly report on the conditions
From a Dream in the Amazon to 1,700 Hectares of Hope
It started with a journey. In 1990, Angelika Raimann traveled to the Amazon region of Ecuador — and never truly left. What she found there was not just a landscape of breathtaking beauty, but a
