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Browse to learn more about innovative, community based conservation in Ecuador. Click on slider arrows or tabs to see specific projects.

Visit and bird our sanctuaries and see how you can contribute.

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Milpe & Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuaries

Click on the underlined links to learn more about these must visit spots for all birders in Ecuador. Milpe in the Andean foothills and Río Silanche in the lowland tropics have excellent birding infrastructure, services and staff. Their birdlists are even better!

Ecoroute

The Ecoruta el Paseo del Quinde a 45 kilometer eco-scenic birding route. Please click on underlined link to learn more.

Carbon Offsets

Thanks to support from the Flemish Fund for Tropical Forests, MCF is beginning Strategic Reforestation with small-holder farmers between the Mindo and Los Bancos-Milpe Important Bird Areas.

Shade Coffee

MCF is planting Shade Coffee at our bird sanctuaries.