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In April 2006, Fundación Jocotoco inaugurated its eighth habitat reserve with the purchase of about 200 hectares of tropical forest near Narupa in Napo Province. It protects some of the remaining foothill forest at an altitude of 1100m on the east slope of the Andes, just above the Amazon lowlands.
This is another endemic-rich zone, where several globally threatened bird species are found. Of special note are the presence of Military Macaw, and Coppery-chested Jacamar. The reserve is close to the Rio Hollin, between the volcanoes Antisana and Sumaco. There is a plan to provide visitor facilities there in the future, and to increase the area and altitudinal range protected.
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Read about Fundación Jocotoco's other reserves in Ecuador
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