This reserve enables a strategic expansion that forms part of a critical corridor, enhancing the reserve’s ecological integrity and connectivity.
Acres Saved
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“From January 2025 to December 2026, Puro’s support to Fundacion EcoMinga will enable strategic expansion of the Machay Reserve through the purchase and protection of two key areas. The Machay Reserve lies within a biodiversity hotspot, home to an exceptional variety of flora and fauna, many of which are endemic and threatened.”
Reserve:
Machay Reserve
We have saved:
169 acres
Total reserve size:
4680 acres
Biodiversity:
The area is home to species such as the Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus, VU), Mountain Tapir (Tapirus pinchaque, EN), Black-and-chestnut Eagle (Spizaetus isidori, EN), and critically endangered and endemic amphibians such as Atelopus palmatus (CR). The reserve also safeguards several recently described amphibians including Seth MacFarlane’s Torrent Frog (Hyloscirtus sethmacfarlanei), Pristimantis burtoniorum (named in honour of WLT’s founders) and Simpson’s Plump Toad (Osornophryne simpsoni, EN). In addition, the area exhibits high levels of plant endemism, particularly within the orchid family and Magnolia species.
Habitat type:
The reserve encompasses a range of montane forest types, ranging from lower to higher montane forest, situated between the north bank of the Rio Pastaza and the Cerro Mayordomo.
Elevation:
Ranges from 1300-3400 meters a.s.l.
Location:
Situated near Banos in Tungurahua in central Ecuador, the reserve lies entirely within Llanganates-Sangay Ecological Corridor, which is a key Biodiversity Area, and the reserve is also fully a Tropical Andes hotspot.
Saving the Rainforest
We have been buying and protecting rainforest in partnership with World Land Trust, since 2005. Take a look at all the Puro Rainforest Reserves we have created together so far.
