Located in a 860 acre reserve we are an education and research center in Intag (outside of Otavalo). Students, researchers and the curious are welcome!
Located in a 860 acre Cloud Forest Reserve we are an education and research center in Intag (outside of Otavalo). Visitors can go on guided hikes, bird watch, conduct research on our under-studied biodiversity, swim in waterfalls, eat delicious food, and attend lectures by experienced conservationists. Our cabins, set among our shade-grown coffee trees, are rustic but comfortable.
29/04/2026
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Small is Beautiful: DECOIN of Ecuador - The Sentinel by Yuvoice In the Ecuadorian Tropical Cloud Forest, where wax palms sit high above the canopy, wreathed in mist above great green mountains, there lives a creature the size of your thumb. The Intag Resistance Rocket frog or Ectopoglossus sp nov., a species new to categorization, was first documented in 2019, t...
22/04/2026
HAPPY MOTHER EARTH DAY
20/04/2026
Si supieran la cantidad de concesiones mineras que se encuentran en los bosques nubosos... 👇🏼
Por qué la ciencia alerta que los bosques nubosos de América Latina podrían desaparecer para el año 2070 - Noticias Ambientales La desaparición de los bosques nubosos podría tener consecuencias graves. Conoce más sobre su importancia y amenazas actuales
05/04/2026
NOT IN MY NAME NO EN MI NOMBRE.. FIRMA Y COMPARTE // SIGN AND SHARE TO PROTECT THE NON-COMBATANTS IN THE MIDELE EAST
Firma para proteger a la población civil en Oriente Medio La población civil en Oriente Medio está pagando el precio de una escalada de violencia que no deja de crecer.
01/01/2026
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Intag preparado para la resistencia (versión número 4) Un corto por el maestro Pocho Álvarez, sobre la resistencia de tres décadas en la zona de Intag (Imbabura, Ecuador). Hoy, las comunidades se preparan para r...
12/06/2025
‘Mining companies will lie to your face’: Carlos Zorrilla on 30 years of fighting for Intag Valley Carlos Zorrilla has been living in an Ecuadorian cloud forest since the 1970s, and his last 30 years there have been spent fighting mining companies seeking to extract its large copper deposits. He and his community have successfully fought proposals by multiple firms in one of the most biodiverse r...
02/02/2025
The many faces of the Common Potoo
Las múltiples caras del Nictibio Común
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17/01/2025
Trompetillo Days +
Días de Trompetillo +
08/01/2025
Trompetillo Days (more to follow)
Torcaza y algunas tangaras
(Banded-tail pigeon and tanagers)
Trompetillo is a native small tree that produces small orange fruits that is one of the favorite snacks of Intag's birds
El trompetillo es un árbol pequeño nativo que produce una fruta pequeña color naranja que es uno de los alimentos favoritos de las aves de Intag.
06/01/2025