Jatun Sacha Foundation
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The Jatun Sacha Foundation is a private Ecuadorian Non profit NGO (nongovernmental organisation) founded in 1985. The purpose of this organisation is outlined on its website as follows.
"Foundation Jatun Sacha is dedicated to the conservation, investigation and management of ecologically important habitats, environmental education and community development."
A major part of this foundation's function is the ownership and management of nine biological reserves which are found throughout Ecuador, which range in size from around 400 hectares to just over 2500. Each reserve has an associated Biological station with Infrastructure to support volunteers who come to help with such tasks as reforestation, environmental education at nearby schools and research into sustainable agricultural practices. Volunteers may also assist with scientific studies of the local flora and fauna undertaken by biologists at these stations - the facilitation of scientific research being another function of the biological stations-. Of the nine reserves, three are located east of the Andes in the Amazon basin, two in high altitude ecosystems in the Andes mountains, three in the west of the country in more coastal ecosystems, and one station on the Galapagos islands.
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The foundation works cooperatively with many other conservation groups such as the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and Conservation International (CI), while volunteers are found and placed through their New Zealand based partner organisation, the Global volunteer network.
