ABOUT CANANDE RESERVE
Andrius Pasukonis
| Province: | Esmeraldas |
| Nearby communities: | La Yuca and Hoja Blanca |
| Limits: | South of the Esmeraldas province |
| Creation year: | 2000 |
| Area: | 20,974 acres |
| Temperature: | 30°C |
| Ecosystem: | tropical forest of the Choco |
| eco-region, lowlans evergreen forest | |
| Climate: | tropical |
| Altitudinal range: | 100 - 500 masl |
Fauna and flora: Great Green Macaw, the Baudó Guan, Plumbeous Forest Falcon, Banded Ground-Cuckoo, Long-watled Umbrellabird, Scarlet-breasted Dacnis and the Yellow Green Bush-Tanager are registered. The enigmatic Sapayoa is observed, along with the Black and White Hawk Eagle, the Chocó Poorwill and the Great Jacamar. Amphibians such as the Kiki, the Horned Marsupial Frog and glass frogs are also protected in the reserve.
We established the Canandé Reserve with the aim of protecting one of the most important and threatened biodiversity hotspots the Chocó, known as the non-Amazonian locality with the largest herpetofauna in the world.
The population centres located in the surroundings of the reserve include Zapallo east of Quinindé / Rosa Zárate and the small towns of Puerto Nuevo where the barge crosses the Canandé River, La Yuca that is next to the reserve, and Hoja Blanca. The Jocotoco Foundation seeks to work with these communities in ecology and environmental care workshops.
