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Khamai Foundation is seeking your support to create a reserve in the most biodiverse quadrant of the Amazon rainforest, an undiscovered paradise that, sadly, is critically threatened by mining.
Events
APR. 12
BioBlitz, chapter III
Arlequín and Pitalala reserves
APR. 25
Ecuador Snake Census I
Cuyabeno reserve
MAY 12
Ecuador Snake Census II
Central coast
MAY 24
BioBlitz, chapter IV
Arlequín and Pitalala reserves
Urgent projects
Saving the Amazon from mining: Urgent expansion of the Pitalala Reserve
Help our foundation stop an open-pit gold mining operation by creating a 208-hectare rainforest reserve in the “biodiversity vertex,” the most biodiverse area in the world.
$343,417 raised of $966,562 goal.
49 backers. 54 days to go.
Rapid-response project to save the Mindo Toad: The creation of Arlequín Reserve
The goal of this project is to protect the habitat of the only known relict population of Atelopus mindoensis, a species that was thought to be extinct for more than 30 years.
$114,741 raised of $296,000 goal.
51 backers. 32 days to go.
Donate to Khamai
Choose this option if you wish to donate to Khamai Foundation in general. Your generous gift will help maintain the organization’s operations and will also help fund our current projects. Every donation helps.
Completed projects
Completed: Reptiles of Ecuador book project
This 14-year project concluded in July 17, 2024, with the publication of the book Reptiles of Ecuador, a comprehensive monographic catalogue about every single one of Ecuador’s 493 non-avian reptiles. The printed version is available for purchase in this link.
100% of goal raised. 390 backers.
Completed: Eyelash viper systematics project
This 10-year project concluded in February 8, 2024, with the publication of a research article in which Arteaga et al. (2024) provide a systematic revision of the eyelash vipers (genus Bothriechis), with description of five new species and revalidation of three. Read the press release.
100% of goal raised. 40 backers.
News
Hope for the Mindo Harlequin Toad: the finding of Soli-Tyrone
September 2024
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Five dazzling new species of eyelash vipers discovered
February 2024
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New species of coffee snake discovered in the cloud forest of Ecuador
December 2023
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DiCaprio and Sheth name new species of snakes, threatened by mining
January 2023
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Three new species of ground snakes discovered in Ecuador
September 2022
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