DECOIN (Defense and Ecological Conservation of Intag)

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DECOIN (Defense and Ecological Conservation of Intag) was founded in January 1995 as a grass-roots environmental organization to find ways to conserve the unique biodiversity in the Intag area of northwestern Ecuador. All of DECOIN’s members live permanently in the Intag area. The area is part of two of the world’s most important biotic regions, the Tropical Andes, and the Chocó-Darien Western-Ecuadorian Biological Hotpots.
The area of influence of our work encompasses several life zones, including tropical rain forests, and cloud forests. One of the main reasons for the creation of our organizations was to confront a large-scale mining project, which still threatens to destroy Intag’s environment and communities, and the sustainable development example it is creating.

Our main areas of work are:
• Direct Conservation
• Support of Sustainable Development
• Environmental Education

Projects:
• Community Ecological Reserves.
• Watershed Reserves
• Economic/Sustainable Alternatives: Chicken and egg production; Fish farming; The shade-grown sustainable coffee project; Ecological Tourism; Women’s Groups; Solidarity Store
• Environmental Education: Grade school writing and painting contests on ecological themes.
• Legal Remedies: The Ecological County
• Stop the JUNIN mining project

Carlos Zorrilla is the Executive Director of DECOIN (Defense and Ecological Conservation of Intag).

For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.