Our Approach
We implement community-based projects that strengthen local capacity, support conservation initiatives, and model sustainable local enterprises.
Our conservation projects are built upon two key components: promoting human well-being and strengthening cultural practices.
We leverage our expertise as a platform to connect partner communities with allies around the world.
Our geographical scope
Fundación Mente works in Ecuador, implementing projects in the Achuar Rainforest within the Amazon Basin.
Our Projects
Nature Conservation &
Ecotourism
Ecotourism is one of the few sustainable development alternatives that directly contributes to the protection of the Amazon Rainforest, playing a decisive role in safeguarding its biodiversity.
Ecotourism assets — including pristine landscapes and wildlife observation opportunities — create powerful incentives to maintain healthy ecosystems.
We work collaboratively with local communities to design and implement ecotourism components and programs that align conservation objectives with community-led development.
Projects & Initiatives
Ecotourism Programs
Alternative livelihoods &
Community enterprises
When implementing community projects, we study our action plan to reduce human–wildlife conflicts, including actions such as:
Community Development Plans that identify local needs and community objectives, assess social and geographic contexts, propose land management strategies, and co-develop and finance legal status processes to strengthen local and regional organisations.
Capacity-building and Educational
programs designed to strengthen food sovereignty, ecotourism infrastructure and operations, and associative agroforestry-based productive partnerships through sustainable business modelling.
Fraternal Gatherings
to encourage dialogue on sustainability and the future of Achuar culture and Amazonian biodiversity, while validating, certifying, and branding community-based initiatives.
Culture preservation &
Community Cohesion
We collaborate with elders from the Achuar community to support the preservation of Achuar cultural heritage, encouraging the intergenerational transmission of knowledge through daily cultural practices.
We collaborate with elders from the Achuar community to support the preservation of Achuar cultural heritage, encouraging the intergenerational transmission of knowledge through daily cultural practices.
We organize sports tournaments within the Achuar Rainforest Region to strengthen social bonds, promote shared values, reinforce trust, and cultivate self-worth and a collective sense of belonging.
We organize sports tournaments within the Achuar Rainforest Region to strengthen social bonds, promote shared values, reinforce trust, and cultivate self-worth and a collective sense of belonging.
