Science and Environment

The Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands
Information about the Foundation, a scientific research organization.
http://www.darwinfoundation.org/

Conservation and Research in Ecuador
Information about the Omere Wiki Foundation, the El Chaco Forest Regeneration Project and photographs of frogs.
http://www.geocities.com/craspedopus/

El Pahuma Orchid Reserve
A cloud forest reserve located one hour from Quito, field courses, projects and contact information.
http://www.ceiba.org/elpahuma.htm

Los Cedros Reserve
Information about volunteering, visiting and doing research at a biological reserve in the cloud forest of the Ecuadorean Andes.
http://www.reservaloscedros.org

Maquipucuna Reserve
The Maquipucuna Reserve is at the core of the Choco-Andean Conservation Corridor. Close to 400 species of birds can be observed. Lodging and other travel details are described.
http://maqui.myweb.uga.edu/

World Twitch: Ecuador
Links to information on the proposed OCP pipeline, financed by Chase, Citibank and Deutsche Bank, which would bisect and destroy critical Andean cloud forest habitat in Ecuador.
http://www.worldtwitch.com/ecuador_pipeline.htm