Within the framework of forest conservation and restoration actions, PROAmazonía, a program of the Ministry of Environment and Water and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, with support from UNDP,... read more →
The Ministry of Environment and Water (MAAE), with technical support from FAO through PROAmazonía, has developed dendrological studies and physical-anatomical properties of 51 prioritized forest species. This will be a... read more →
Planting a tree is often the most common practice when thinking about recovering a degraded ecosystem. However, ecosystems are very diverse. For this reason, reforestation is not a panacea. There... read more →
In the Ponce Paluguillo Water Protection Area, on March 23 in the province of Pichincha, a visit by the country's environmental authority was carried out, in commemoration of World Water... read more →
As part of the forest restoration actions carried out by the Ministry of Environment and Water, a Letter of Intent was signed on April 1 between the Minister of Environment... read more →
In November 2016, the Ministry of the Environment made official the REDD+ Action Plan “Bosques para el Buen Vivir,” whose objective is to contribute to national efforts to reduce deforestation... read more →
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“I am a myriad of emotions that wake up every day between the songs of the birds and the sunrise of Etsa, every instant is a new conquest... read more →
David Romo is a professor at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito and Director of the Tiputini Biodiversity Station. He has been a member of the REDD+ Working table for... read more →
Technical staff of the Ministry of Environment and Water trained in WordPress and Open Foris Collect
The Ministry of Environment and Water (MAAE) has several virtual spaces to collect and disseminate information to guide Ecuador's environmental policy. Among them are the websites: National Forest Assessment, REDD+,... read more →