Ecuadorian Rivers Institute

From the Andes to the Amazon: preserving Ecuador’s water resources

By increasing global awareness of watershed issues in Ecuador, we hope to minimize the exploitation of the environment and the people who depend upon it.

RallyUp to help protect free-flowing rivers in Ecuador!

Thanks to everyone who donated to our recent fundraiser on “RallyUp” and congratulations to Jen for winning the Jackson Clutch, in the Sweepstakes drawing. Special thanks to our incredible sponsors Jackson Kayak, for contributing the RallyUp Sweepstakes prize, and to Immersion Research and NRS for contributing prizes for the Jondachi Fest, and to Small World Adventures, for all of their help and support to protect free-flowing rivers in Ecuador!

January 17 – 19, 2025 (Upper Basin)

February 21 – 23, 2025 (Lower Basin)

Tena, Napo province, Ecuador

WORLD CLASS JUNGLE WHITEWATER  – CELEBRATING  THE FREE-FLOWING JONDACHI!

The 11th annual Jondach Fest will be held
January 17 – 19, 2025 (Upper Basin), and February 21 – 23, 2025 (Lower Basin).

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Thank you for joining us to celebrate, honor, and promote the Jondachi River as an invaluable resource of global importance for tourism and natural heritage, in Ecuador.

¡Salvemos al Río Jondachi!

The Jondachi, one of the last remaining free-flowing tributaries to the Amazon and Ecuador’s premier kayaking destination, is threatened by poorly conceived hydroelectric development.

The Jondachi was slated to be dammed in January 2015. The Ecuadorian Rivers Institute’s legal defense of the Jondachi and the exposure generated by the first Jondachi Fest have effectively stalled out dam development…for the time being.

We need global support to continue fighting for this legendary and iconic river. Our goal is to secure a protected river designation for the Jondachi watershed, which will set an important precedent for future conservation of threatened rivers within the Amazon Basin. 

The ERI’s defense of the Jondachi River represents a pioneering strategy for international river conservation, engaging local stakeholders and promoting a clear alternative for resource management by preserving the Jondachi as a wild and scenic, free-flowing ecological corridor from the Andes to the Amazon, and to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Jondachi Fest Afterparty

Learn more about our efforts and the Jondachi River below:

ABOUT THE JONDACHI  /  BIODIVERSITY  /  PADDLING
PROPOSED HYDRO PROJECT  /  OPPOSITION  /  ERI’S LEGAL ACTION  
PROPOSED ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR  /  MEDIA  /  JONDACHI ALL STARS

4 thoughts on “Ecuadorian Rivers Institute

  1. Please do everything you can to stop this project. The losses and devastation it would create are so monumentally large and long term.

  2. Great scenes of the Jondachi Fest and the gathering of local people and international kayakers, clearly showing the spirit of conservation and reaffirming it’s importance as both a cultural resource – core to the identity of local communities – and a world treasure in biodiversity and ecotourism!!!

  3. I stay in 12/2016-1/2017 the first time in equador.I paddled the pia tua for 4 runs.
    I like this river so much.Its one of the greatest river i saw ever.
    Hope we could save this river for us and the next generations.
    Jürgen from southgermany.

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