| Conserving Tropical Dry Forests
In Ecuador, NCI has
purchased more endangered coastal dry forest than any other
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Tropical dry forest ecosystems are a conservation
priority because of their many unique species and because they have
lost over 95% of their former extent.
 In
Ecuador, NCI has purchased more endangered coastal dry forest than
any other organization, protecting a wealth of endangered species.
NCI buys high priority lands for biodiversity that conserve the
habitat of endangered species, or protect endangered ecosystems
that have lost more than 90 percent of their original habitat. NCI
owns and manages the 25,000 acre La
Ceiba Reserve and the 4,000 acre Laipuna
Reserve, and is working with adjacent communities to expand
this protection over even larger areas.
NCI also works with communities to conserve the
endangered dry forest at Limon
in Peru and with the Pozul community in Ecuador, that has established
an 8,000 acre community reserve. NCI is currently working with the
community to establish conservation management programs and sustainable
development alternatives.
In Northwestern
Peru, NCI is working with state governments to designate and
protect critical sites for rare and endangered species, including
the coastal dry forests at Talara
and Limon.
At Alamos, Mexico,
NCI has purchased land to create a 12,400 acre reserve to protect
the northernmost tropical dry forests in the Americas. We are working
with local groups to conserve the upper watershed of the Rio Cuchujaqui,
a nearly pristine tributary of the Rio Fuerte (the headwaters of
which have been made famous by the Barranca del Cobre railroad).
This is an area of spectacular scenery and species-rich forests.
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