# Fundación Jocotoco

> Ecuadorian reserve network that has planted 1.7 million native trees while protecting 42,000 hectares

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## Facts

- Type: Nonprofit
- Scope: National
- Headquarters: Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
- Founded: 1998
- Website: https://www.jocotoco.org
- Donate: https://www.jocotoco.org/giving/
- Countries where they plant: Ecuador
- Activity types: Reforestation (primary), Nurseries & seedlings, Research & monitoring
- Trees on record: 1,700,000 (larger of latest cumulative figure and sum of annual figures; trees planted or distributed)

## 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.

## Programs

- **Planting the Forest of Tomorrow (Buenaventura)** — Reforestation (2024–present): 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.
- **Reserve nurseries** — Nurseries & seedlings: Six nurseries on Jocotoco reserves growing species adapted to each site, with combined capacity above 120,000 native trees a year.

## Metrics

> Note: Jocotoco is primarily a land-protection organization; its 1.7 million trees are a lifetime total without a published annual series, and the 42,000 hectares it cites are reserves protected, not hectares reforested. The 120,000 figure is stated nursery capacity, not trees actually produced in 2024. The foundation's 2025 impact report and 2025 field notes are image-only PDFs whose figures could not be extracted.

| Metric | Year | Value | Cumulative | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|---|---|---|
| Trees planted | 2026 | 1,700,000 | yes (to date) | organization-wide | Self-reported | [source](https://www.jocotoco.org/our-impact/) Our 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 | no (that year) | Planting the Forest of Tomorrow (Buenaventura) | Self-reported | [source](https://www.jocotoco.org.ec/dct/tmp_adjuntos/noEn/000/067/ImpactReportJocotoco2024_compressed.pdf) Impact 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 | no (that year) | Reserve nurseries | Estimated | [source](https://www.jocotoco.org.ec/dct/tmp_adjuntos/noEn/000/067/ImpactReportJocotoco2024_compressed.pdf) Impact 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) |

Confidence: self-reported is the organization's own published figure; independently verified means a third party confirmed it; estimated means TreeRM derived it and the note says how.

## Links

- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fundacion.jocotoco/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fundacion.jocotoco/
- linkedin: https://ec.linkedin.com/company/fundaci%C3%B3n-de-conservaci%C3%B3n-jocotoco
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaPK9zMAF7E6f6IAxJqdVKQ

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