Protecting & Restoring The Most Endangered Rainforest On Earth

Saving Species, Storing Carbon & Improving Livelihoods in Ecuador

It’s Time to Get to Work

Mass Extinction

30% of all plant and animal species are on the brink of extinction.

Climate Change

Scientists warn that CO2 levels are on course to trigger catastrophic and irreversible changes by 2040.

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Deforestation

50% of the earth’s rainforests have disappeared in the last 50 years.

What We Do

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Protect

TMA protects the last remnants of the Pacific Forest of Ecuador by building and connecting nature preserves.

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Reforest

We provide local farmers with start-up capital and financial incentives to convert deforested land into regenerative forests.

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Manage

TMA combines state-of-the-art technology with on-the-ground fieldwork to verify performance and achieve results.

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blank blank blank Ecuador blank Where We Work Approximately 98% of Ecuador’s coastal forest has already been lost. It is one of the most endangered tropical ecosystems on earth. The Jama-Coaque Reserve (JCR) protects one of the last major remnants of rainforest and cloud forest in this critically-threatened region. JCR is located in the heart of the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena Biodiversity hotspot, about 10 km south of the equator line and 5 km inland from the Pacific Ocean. blank blank Jama-Coaque Reserve Repeat blank blank blank Ecuador blank Where We Work Approximately 98% of Ecuador’s coastal forest has already been lost. It is one of the most endangered tropical ecosystems on earth. The Jama-Coaque Reserve (JCR) protects one of the last major remnants of rainforest and cloud forest in this critically-threatened region. JCR is located in the heart of the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena Biodiversity hotspot, about 10 km south of the equator line and 5 km inland from the Pacific Ocean. blank blank Jama-Coaque Reserve Repeat

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Our Partners

Support TMA & Visit the Reserve

We welcome supporters to visit JCR and stay at the Bamboo House for an off-the-grid rainforest experience just a few kilometers from the beach.

Ways to give

Sponsor Reserve Expansion
Sponsor Reforestation
Carbon
Offset
Corporate Partnership
Major & Planned Gifts
Sponsor Reserve Expansion
Sponsor Reforestation
Carbon
Offset
Corporate Partnership
Major & Planned Gifts

Blog

Pile of Nacional cacao podsBlogReforestation
September 28, 2023

Catalogue of Cacao Cultivars in the Jama-Coaque Reserve

A showcase of Nacional cacao genetics in Ecuador
A survey of the genetic profiles of cacao trees grown by TMA in 9 different experimental cacao plots in the Jama-Coaque Reserve in coastal Ecuador--ranging from 100% pure Ancient Nacional…
Opening a cacao podBlogUncategorized
September 15, 2023

Capuchin Cacao

Using regenerative cacao farms to help restore the rainforest in coastal Ecuador
We’re using heirloom cacao trees to reverse deforestation and help restore a threatened rainforest in Ecuador. And we're inviting other chocolate companies to join this project and source their cacao…
Planting a cacao seedlingUncategorized
June 20, 2023

How TMA and To’ak Are Using Chocolate to Restore the Rainforest

How a rainforest conservation foundation (TMA) gave birth to a chocolate company (To'ak)...and how this relationship is being used to help restore the Pacific Forest of Ecuador.

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