Environmental conservation work in Ecuador

Latest news and publications

Bigeye Tuna for sale at the fish market in Hawaii.

27 Nov 2008
Pacific tuna face risky fisheries meeting
Yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna fisheries in the western and central Pacific also face collapse if a forthcoming management meeting doesn't dramatically change the way they are harvested, WWF warned today.
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17 Oct 2008
Towards the Creation of a Regional Conservation Vision for the Amazon
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Some 200,000 endangered loggerhead turtles (<i>Caretta caretta</i>) drown annually on longlines set around the world for tuna, swordfish, and other fish.

26 Aug 2008
Fishing Technology That’s Letting Turtles Off the Hook
Santiago de Cali, Colombia - Alternative fishing technology has been shown to save turtles while not affecting fish catches, according to a report released by WWF and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC).

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New or updated projects

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Jul 2004

Fishermen-Based Marine Turtle Bycatch Reduction in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

In 2004 WWF started a joint venture project with the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) to save marine turtles from long-line fisheries b... » Read more

Modified: Feb 2008 - Started: Jul 2007

Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation in the Andes/Amazon Region

In the Andes/Amazon region quite a number of past and ongoing research and development projects have been focusing on environment and/or poverty reduc... » Read more

Modified: Jan 2008 - Started: Sep 2001

Forest Conversion Programme

The Forest Conversion Initiative (FCI) was conceived in 2001 with the goal of reducing conversion of high conservation value forests (HCVFs) and other... » Read more

Contact

Irma Larrea
(Program Officer – Galapagos)
WWF United States,
Washington DC

T: +202 778 9644

Website

www.fnatura.org

Offices

Fundacion Natura,
Guayaquil
Av. Carlos Julio Arosemena Km 2 1/2 Edificio Investamar. 2do piso Guayaquil Ecuador
Ecuador

T: +593 4 2205 152
F: +593 4 2206 777

Fundacion Natura,
Quito
Avenida Republica 481 y Amalgro Casilla 17-01-253 Quito
Ecuador

T: +593 2 2503 385 94
F: +593 2 2503 385 94

WWF Galapagos Ecoregional Office,
Quito
Edif. Fundacion Natura Piso 2 Avenida Republica 481 y Amalgro Casilla 17-01-253 Quito
Ecuador

T: +593 2 25033 85
F: +593 2 254 5639