Ecuador has tremendous natural wealth and biodiversity due to its variety of ecosystems, which include tropical rainforests, rivers, and biosphere reserves. It is one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world, containing a great variety of plant and animal life. The Yasuní Biosphere Reserve in particular contains exceptionally high levels of genetic diversity and is home to indigenous groups like the Waorani and Kichwa people.

1. ECUADOR NATURAL HERITAGE

2. NATURAL HERITAGE
NATURAL
ELEMENTS
PHYSICAL
FACTORS
NATURAL
WEALTH

3. BIODIVERSITY
POPULATION
LAND ECOSYSTEM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM
MARINE ECOSYSTEM

4. BIOLOGICALLY RICHEST COUNTRY OF
THE PLANET
MEGADIVERSE AND MOST BIODIVERSE
GREATEST VARIATY OF LIVING THINGS
GENETIC DIVERSITY
VARIATY OF ECOSYSTEMS

5. YASUNI
BIOSPHERE RESERVES
TROPICAL RAIN FOREST
PRECIPITATION
3000 mm IN A YEAR
TEMPERATURE
24 TO 26 C
RIVERS
YASUNI, TIPUTINI, NASHINO, CONONACO,
CURARAY

6. POPULATION
HUGE CULTURAL
DIVERSITY
INDIGENOUS
NATIONALITY
WAORANI
SHUAR
KICHWA
TWO ISOLATED
VILLAGES
AFROECUADORIANS
VILLAGERS AND
PEASANTS

7. YASUNI ITT
BIOSPHERE RESERVE
• ORIGINAL PROPOSAL OF THE ECUADORIAN
GOVERMENT
• CONTRIBUTIONS:
– FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
– MULTIDIMENTIONAL: ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL
AND ECONOMIC ISSUES
– CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY