Features

Map
Click on the map to see where the Conservancy works in South America
photo for corp sustainability pageCorporate Sustainability in Latin America
The Conservancy is collaborating with corporate partners across the region who have decided to make a commitment to conservation in Latin America. 
View a slideshowMove over, Galápagos!
View a slideshow of a new 135,000-acre marine reserve in Ecuador that will protect a wider array of marine species than the Galápagos, the country's only other marine protected area.

Rio Claro BrazilWater funds for people and for nature 
The Nature Conservancy is revolutionizing the way people value their water by launching water funds across South America.


Science


Turning biofuel threats into opportunities: a new report.



Saving Colombia's endangered monkeys in the dry forests.



Can a computer program predict the future of fresh water in Brazil?  

Strategies


Amazon deforestation is bad for business. Responsible sourcing is good for business. Read the new Conservancy report.



Read a new Conservancy report on the Why REDD works in the fight against global climate change.

Vista

New! Watch a video of Conservancy staffer Victoria Alonso on a day out and about around Chile's Mediterrean forests and coasts.


Cowboys around the world, from Ecuador and Argentina to Mongolia and Utah, are working with the Conservancy to protect the lands and waters most meaningful to them. Meet them a narrated slideshow.


ziplining tourists
Accompany professional photographer Bridget Besaw on her journey through Ecuador's alpine grasslands and volcanoes.


View a slideshow of frogs and snakes!
See a spectacular snake and frog slideshow. If you think snakes and frogs are cute, you'll love the reptiles that are protected through our work to save Bolivia's forests. 

 

On Location


The Conservancy works in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela to protect nature found nowhere else on Earth.



planting seedlings in Brazil's Atlantic Forest
Help us Plant a Billion Trees
to restore the world's most endangered tropical forest - Brazil's Atlantic Forest.