Fundación Jocotoco
Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador · Nonprofit · National · since 1998
Ecuadorian reserve network that has planted 1.7 million native trees while protecting 42,000 hectares
About
Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco, founded in Quito in 1998, buys and manages a network of private reserves across Ecuador, from the Chocó and Andean páramo to the Tumbesian dry forest and Galápagos. Where purchased land has been cleared it actively restores forest: six on-reserve nurseries can grow more than 120,000 native trees a year, and the foundation reports over 1.7 million trees planted of 140 native species. Its 'Planting the Forest of Tomorrow' project at Buenaventura Reserve aims to add 200,000 trees to former pasture to give cloud-forest species room to move uphill.
What they run
Adds 200,000 trees to previously cleared pastures at higher elevations of Buenaventura Reserve so cloud-forest species such as the El Oro Parakeet can shift uphill; the first 20,000 trees were grown in 2024 and planted in early 2025.
Six nurseries on Jocotoco reserves growing species adapted to each site, with combined capacity above 120,000 native trees a year.
Trees by type of work
| Activity | Trees | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 🌲 Reforestation | 20,000 | 2025 |
Only figures attached to a named program count here. Organization-wide totals sit in the table below.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trees plantedto date | 2026 | 1,700,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceOur Impact page: 'We've planted over 1.7 million trees using 140 native species'; same page: reserve network 'covering more than 103,784 acres (42,000 ha)' |
| Trees planted | 2025 | 20,000 | Planting the Forest of Tomorrow (Buenaventura) | Self-reported | sourceImpact Report 2024, PDF p.20: 'We started growing the first 20,000 trees in 2024 and planted them in early 2025. With 200,000 trees, we will be able to restore 1,000 acres (400 ha)' |
| Seedlings produced | 2024 | 120,000 | Reserve nurseries | Estimated | sourceImpact Report 2024, PDF p.20: 'We have six nurseries... Combined, we have the capacity to grow more than 120,000 native trees at our nurseries every year' (stated capacity, not a production count) |
How they report
What earned it
- 5/20 Publishes annual tree figures: 1 year of annual figures on record (5 points each, up to 4 years)
- 15/15 Figures are recent: Latest annual figure is for 2025
- 10/10 Every figure has a public source: 3 of 3 figures link to a source
- 0/15 Publishes financials or cost per tree: No financial figure recorded
- 0/15 Reports survival or monitoring: No survival or monitoring figure
- 0/10 Independently verified figure: All figures are the organization's own
- 10/10 Breaks figures down by program: Figures attached to named programs
- 0/5 Reports volunteers or events: No volunteer figures or events
- Latest annual figure
- 20,000 trees in 2025
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