- Country
- Ecuador
- Landscape
- Imbabura
- Description
- The province of Imbabura includes the Mojanda Lake Complex, which is made up of three Water Protection Areas (HPA) declared by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Environment. The project area includes the Otavalo-Mojanda (created in 2023) and Mojandita-Curubí (created in 2020) HPAs, which provide water for more than 200,000 inhabitants. The intervention area is made up of grasslands and remnants of Andean Polylepis forests. Despite its water importance, the area has been highly degraded from humans and is under pressure from several factors: poorly managed tourism, logging for charcoal production, burning, invasive species, and off-road vehicles. Mojanda is one of the main natural attractions of the province and is part of Imbabura UNESCO Global Geopark.
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