Between two rivers
Regenerating Forest
Biodiversity Observation
Our Mission
Najempaim Playa was created with the intention of conserving a small biodiversity corridor between the Upano River and the Najembaimi River, within the surrounding landscape of the Kutukú-Shaimi Protected Forest.
The land is conceived as a place of respect for the Amazon rainforest, for observing the landscape and for following the natural regeneration of the forest.
The aim is not to intensively transform the territory, but rather to understand it, care for it and allow it to remain alive for future generations.
The Place
Najempaim Playa is an Amazonian property located in Logroño, Morona Santiago, Ecuador.
The land extends between the Upano River and the Najembaimi River, a mountain stream that descends from the Kutukú mountain range.
Within just two hectares several natural environments can be found: riverside forest, regenerating rainforest, humid areas and a black sand beach at the point where the Najembaimi flows into the Upano.
This combination of water, forest and terrain creates a small ecological corridor that is particularly interesting for Amazonian biodiversity.
Biodiversity
The surroundings of Najempaim Playa form part of the Amazonian landscape of the Kutukú mountain range.
The presence of the Upano River and the Najembaimi River creates different natural microenvironments where trees, birds, insects, amphibians and other species of the tropical forest coexist.
The natural regeneration of the forest makes it possible to observe how vegetation evolves and how different species use this small ecological corridor between the mountains and the valley.
Research and Collaboration
Najempaim Playa aims to become a small space for ecological observation and monitoring of the regenerating Amazon rainforest.
The project is open to collaboration with students, researchers and people interested in documenting the biodiversity of the area through inventories of flora and fauna, field observations and studies on forest regeneration.
Najempaim Playa
Between the Upano River and the Najembaimi River
Shuar Community of Najempaim – Shimpis
Logroño de los Caballeros · Morona Santiago · Ecuador