iamSelva
Selva Vida sin Fronteras
25 years on the frontlines of the Amazon Rainforest
WE ARE SELVA VIDA SIN FRONTERAS
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, its ancestral indigenous communities and the Galapagos Archipelago and Marine Reserve. 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, SVSF 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
Acquisition
With donations, we purchase strategic acres of rainforest to stumble deforestation efforts
Reforestation
Oil companies have destroyed forest & soil in many areas, which we treat & make fertile again
Community
Educating & motivating local communities is the most crucial driver of sustainable change
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.