iamSelva
Selva Vida sin Fronteras
25 years on the frontlines of the Amazon Rainforest
LET'S RECLAIM, REFOREST AND PROTECT
Guided by the principle that Nature and all forms of life have the inalienable right to exist, the mission of SVSF is to protect the flora and fauna of the Amazon Rainforest and its ancestral indigenous communities. Across the globe, we partner with civil society, multilateral & bilateral Organisations, Universities, research institutions and NGO’s in order to attain our objectives.
Over the past 25 years, Selva Vida sin Fronteras has transcended the realm of hypothesis, as all our Programs and Projects are successfully being implemented in the field for at least ten years.
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What we do
Reclaim
With donations, we purchase strategic acres of rainforest to stumble deforestation efforts
Reforest
Oil companies have destroyed forest & soil in many areas, which we treat & make fertile again
Protect
Protect the Amazon Rainforest with its ancestral indigenous communities through Medicin Aid, Food Relief and Education
Fight Oil & Mining Giants
Is not an easy battle
Oil is the primary sector of the Ecuadorian economy accounting for 50% of export earnings and 34% of tax revenues. However, the ecological and human cost of Amazonian oil is incalculable.
SVSF research statistics speak for themselves:
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Since 1980, 1 billion gallons of toxic brine are drained annually into the watershed;
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With a daily oil discharge of 2,100-4,200 gallons, the industry has dumped 35 million gallons of crude into the rivers;
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Four million gallons of untreated toxic waste enter the watershed per day;
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Three billion cubic feet of gas has been burnt without emission controls;
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in drinking wells reaches 423,000 nanograms per litre; 28 nanograms equals a lifetime cancer threat, US and European health agencies recommend that the presence of PAHs in water be close to 0.
Reforestation is a long process
You cannot just plant a lot of trees...
While the Ecuadorian Amazon is the most species rich tract of Rainforest in the world, Ecuador has the highest deforestation rate and worst environmental record in South America. Oil exploration, logging, and road building have had a disastrous impact on the country’s primary rainforests, which now cover less than 15 percent of the land mass. In 2020, 10, 700 hectares of primary forest were cut and 27,237 hectares of tree cover disappeared in the Amazon region.
Consequently, SVSF is especially active in monitoring deforestation, illegal logging, forest fires and implements reforestation projects. We are pleased to be able to successfully reforest devastated lands with primary forest hardwoods and Bamboo (guadua). We provide technical assistance to Indigenous communities to facilitate and stimulate similar projects in their ancestral lands.
DONATE A TREE
Let's go from CO² emission to CO² absorption.
We will plant a hardwood tree for you to reforest the Amazon Rainforest.