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Protecting a rainforest and a people.
Rawr! Today's Friday Foto is a pic of a jaguar, caught by a camera trap in 2009 in Machintsaiqui in the Ecuadorian Amazon region.
Thanks to Cofán park rangers' efforts to patrol both Cofán ancestral territories and Ecuador's national parks, beautiful animals like these are less threatened by illegal poaching and their forest homes are kept intact. Keep our ranger program going by donating!
Take a peek at this photo of a grey-breasted mountain toucan enjoying a snack in the Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve, one of the areas patrolled by Cofán rangers, taken by Leo, an experienced Cofán ranger (and a good photographer!). This species of toucan is found in high, humid forest and has declined due to habitat loss.
Support the Cofán rangers and their work to save beautiful birds like this toucan by donating on our website.
A bit of nostalgia for today's Friday Foto. A pic of the school in the Cofán Dureno community, constructed in the traditional way high off the ground with a thatched roof, open sides and walls of bamboo.
Today's Friday Foto features one of the Cofán's greatest assets in their constant battle to keep their territories pristine and protected: the children. We know that without a strong next generation of Cofáns to take over the management of over one million acres of forest, the vast expanses of trees, rivers, plants, and animals will not survive.
Look at those smiles!
