We have just been notified that a lumber company in has placed a bid on five tracts of primary and secondary rainforest in the area that FUNEDESIN and GVI are working in so that they can cut down the trees and sell the wood for profit! FUNEDESIN has made a counter-offer to purchase the land for conservation and education purposes and the final decision on the sale will be made by May 31^st, 2006. We’ve got to act fast and need your help! Any money raised after this date will go to further conservation of the Yachana reserve, and if necesssary will help make up any shortfall if the decision is favourable. As of the 30^th May 2006, $96,000 had been raised.  We have opened our fundraising until the 31^st July in order to help secure these purchases and the continued conservation of the area.

 CALL TO ACTION!!!!!

The GVI-CT aim to help FUNEDESIN to raise $100,000 to purchase five tracts of primary and secondary rainforest in the Ecuadorian Amazon that are threatened by the recent construction of a road that cuts directly through the Yachana Reserve. GVI and other researchers working in the Reserve over the past six months have documented the endangered ocelot, the endangered neotropical otter, a new variety of the Amazonian earth snake, and what may turn out to be a new species of frog! Most importantly, this land is part of the Yachana Technical High School ’s campus for training in conservation and sustainable development so that local youth can learn to be better stewards of their own resources.

FUNEDESIN’s supporters have already helped to raise $75,000 to purchase three tracts (125 acres each) of valuable rainforest land, and the GVI-CT hope to help with raising the remaining $25,000 needed to purchase the last two tracts in just 1 week!  

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For as little as £20 (or whatever amount you choose), help us to reach our goal!

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