Defensa y Conservación Ecológica de Intag

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Defensa y Conservación Ecológica de Intag ( DECOIN ) is an Ecuadorian environmental protection organization founded in 1995 , which is committed to the preservation of the rainforest in Intag by purchasing forest areas and promoting measures for environmental protection through training of the local population.

The organization is based in Otavalo , Imbabura Province . The president is Silvia Quilumbango. In Germany the organization v. a. von Lichtblick in cooperation with Geo protects the rainforest (since 2004), supported internationally by Rainforest Rescue .

Description of the intag

View into the Intagtal (2018)
Small parish church in the Intagtal with a protest sign (“No a la Minería”) against the development by mining companies

Intag is a subtropical , extensive river valley, which is surrounded by the mountain ranges of the Andes and volcanoes. In the north, the Intag region borders the Cotacachi- Cayapas Nature Reserve, where around 28 endangered species of mammals and birds live.

How the DECOIN works

By purchasing the forest areas, DECOIN wants to prevent the local rainforest from being destroyed by mining mines in order to mine the prospected copper and gold deposits.

By 2001, 1,000 hectares of rainforest had been purchased. To date (02/2013) DECOIN has already protected 9,412 hectares of rainforest in Ecuador .

DECOIN is also committed to environmental protection by training the local population in order to avoid water pollution and to use the forest resources sparingly.

literature

  • Barbara Rose Johnston: Water, Cultural Diversity, and Global Environmental Change, Springer, January 1, 2012, Co-published with UNESCOA product of the UNESCO - IHP project on Water and Cultural Diversity, p. 436 f. On-line

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Forest Conservation and Development in the Intag Region, Ecuador , website of Geo magazine , January 2013
  2. ↑ a b Afforestation in the Irubí catchment area, Intag, Ecuador , website of the Geo magazine , January 2013
  3. ↑ Buying montane rainforest in Ecuador's Intag region ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Rainforest Rescue website  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rainforest-rescue.org
  4. ↑ Rainforest protection is climate protection ( memento of the original from November 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website from Lichtblick @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lichtblick.de
  5. ^ Study of the bird species on the BirdLife International website birdlife.org
  6. ↑ Buying a mountain rainforest in the Intag in Ecuador ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , regenwald.org  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.regenwald.org
  7. ↑ We buy the forest: On the Rio Intag, over 1000 hectares already went to villagers , Deutschlandfunk , December 21, 2001
  8. ↑ http://www.decoin.org
  9. ↑ Yearbook 18 (PDF; 367 kB) of the Heinz Kühn Foundation , p. 238 ff.