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1989 Maquipucuna
1989 Maquipucuna
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OUR STORY
In the mid 1980's, Rodrigo Ontaneda and Rebeca Justicia, a young and mission-driven couple from Ecuador were inspired to save a small piece of the tropical Andes after seeing unprecedented deforestation in the Northern-Ecuadorian cloud forest. From this desire to conserve one of the most beautiful and diverse parts of our planet, Maquipucuna was born.
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WHAT WE STAND FOR
OUR VISION is to enable the people of the Chocó - Andean Corridor, one of the earth’s top five high-biodiversity regions, to be able to thrive in harmony with nature.
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We have embarked on a journey to create a sustainable institution based on sound business and ecological principles — utilizing a traditionally for-profit structure, our ecolodge, to help give continuous funding to our Non-profit Fundación Maquipucuna
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This creates a sustainable FOR PURPOSE relationship.
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