Ecuador Starts 30-Month Amazon Biocorridor Conservation Plan

Ecuador has started the participatory planning process for the Amazon Biocorridor Conservation Plan, a 30-month roadmap tied to the country’s debt-for-nature commitments.

The process is led by the Ministry of Environment and Energy with technical support from The Nature Conservancy and specialists from the EcoCiencia-USFQ consortium.

Debt-For-Nature Link

The plan is intended to guide actions required under Ecuador’s conservation commitments from the December 2024 debt-for-nature conversion.

The planning process includes public institutions, Indigenous peoples and nationalities, academia, civil-society organizations and other actors connected to sustainable management of the Ecuadorian Amazon basin.

Conservation Targets

The methodology will prioritize conservation objects and areas, with a geographic scope covering the Ecuadorian Amazon basin. The reported target is at least 1.8 million hectares of terrestrial territory and wetlands, plus opportunities to conserve 18,000 kilometers of representative and connected rivers.

The technical team was selected through an open competitive process involving 11 proposals evaluated by representatives of MAE, Inabio and TNC.

What To Watch

For investors and policy watchers, the key indicators are governance quality, Indigenous participation, eligibility criteria for conservation areas and whether the plan creates measurable compliance outputs under Ecuador’s debt-for-nature framework.