Jatun Sacha (Kichwa: hatun sacha, "big forest", Southern Quechua: hatun sach'a, "big tree(s)", "great wilderness", also written with j, sounding "h") is best known as the name of a biological station established in the Ecuadorian Amazon in 1985, the Jatun Sacha Biological Station. The management of this station and its associated nature reserve is undertaken by Ecuador's Jatun Sacha Foundation, which since its birth in the 1980s has grown to be Ecuador's largest national level conservation organization with projects distributed throughout mainland Ecuador as well as on the Galápagos Islands.
In the 21st century the name Jatun Sacha was also adopted by the Bolivian government for their Proyecto Jatun Sach'a, a forest conservation initiative in collaboration with FAO, USAID, and the United Nations.
In 2007, a U.S. affiliate of Ecuador's Jatun Sacha Foundation legally titled 'Jatun Sacha USA' adopted the English translation "Great Wilderness" as their public name in the United States.
Quechua people or Quecha people, may refer to any of the indigenous people of South America who speak the Quechua languages, which originated among the indigenous people of Peru. Although most Quechua speakers are native to the country of origin, there are some significant populations living in Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.
Mizque is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Mizque.
Apu Mallku is an Aymara title meaning "supreme leader" or "king" conferred on a Mallku or "prince". The Apu Mallku's mandate is to oversee the vast network of Ayllus, an ancient Andean system of governing councils that predates even the Inca empire. It appears that the mandate of the Apu Mallku was initially restricted to the Collasuyu but it could now be interpreted to extend to the bounds of the much larger former Inca realm of the Tawantinsuyu which stretched throughout the Andes incorporating the modern states of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Argentina. The self-appellation for the people of this combined territory is Qullana.
The Jatun Sacha Foundation is a private Ecuadorian non profit NGO founded in 1985. The purpose of this organisation is outlined on its website as:
Tena, the capital of the Napo Province, is a city in the Amazon rainforest. Known as the “cinnamon capital" of Ecuador, and founded by missionary explorers, Tena has emerged as a major commercial center of Ecuador. It is home to a regional hospital and many tourist related businesses, including a small airport and a vital bus terminal.
The Congal Biomarine Station is a protected nature reserve created in 2000 and is located in southwestern Esmeraldas Province, close to the town of Muisne in northwestern Ecuador. The Congal Reserve is managed by the Jatun Sacha Foundation and features beach, estuarine, mangrove, wetlands and humid tropical forest habitats, accounting for the region's high biodiversity and local endemism. The station was founded by the Quiroga family in partnership with conservationist, Arlo Hemphill.
The Guandera Biological Station was established in 1994 and is situated in the northern inter-Andean valley of Ecuador. The station is managed by the Jatun Sacha Foundation and is located in Ecuador's Carchi Province..
Oophaga sylvatica, sometimes known with its Spanish name diablito, is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae found in southwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Its natural habitat is lowland and submontane rainforest; it can, however, can survive in moderately degraded areas, at least in the more humid parts of its range. It is a very common frog in Colombia but has disappeared from much of its Ecuadorian range. It is threatened by habitat loss (deforestation) and agricultural pollution. It is sometimes seen in the international pet trade.
Jatun Wila Qullu is a mountain in the Andes in Bolivia, about 5,214 m (17,106 ft) high. It is located south east of Poopó Lake in the Oruro Department, Challapata Province, Quillacas Municipality, Soraga Canton, east of Sevaruyo and near the border to the Potosí Department.
Jatun Mayu which upstream is called Tinkipaya is a Bolivian river in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Tinkipaya Municipality, Tinkipaya Canton, north of Potosí. It is a left tributary of the upper Pillku Mayu. The confluence is about 10 km south east of Tinkipaya.
Jatun Mayu is a Bolivian river in the Cochabamba Department, Tiraque Province, Tiraque Municipality and south of it in the Arani Province, Vacas Municipality. It is one of the most important tributaries of Parqu Qucha, a lake north west of Vacas. It originates north east of Punata. It changes its directions from north west to north, then near Palca it abruptly turns to the south east.
Jatun Mayu is a Bolivian river in the Cochabamba Department, Esteban Arce Province, in the Anzaldo and Sacabamba Municipalities. Its waters flow to Laguna Angostura.
Jatun Kunturiri is a mountain in the Potosí mountain range of the Bolivian Andes, about 5,008 m (16,430 ft) high. It is situated south-east of Potosí in the Potosí Department, José María Linares Province, in the south-west of the Puna Municipality. It lies between the Sip'uruni River in the north and the Khunurana in the south, north-west of the lake T'ala Qucha and the village Talaco.
Jatun Mayu which downstream successively is named Challajtiri Mayu, Rosario, Agua Castilla, Jatun Mayu again and Qaysa is a Bolivian river in the provinces of Antonio Quijarro, José María Linares and Tomás Frías of the Potosí Department. It belongs to the Pillku Mayu river basin.
Jatuncocha is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Santa Cruz District. It is situated at a height of 3,886 m (12,749 ft) comprising an area of 0.486550 km2 (486,550 m2). Jatunccocha lies in the Santa Cruz gorge between the peaks of Quitaraju in the north and Caraz in the south, northeast of a smaller lake named Ichiccocha.
Jatun Q'asa is a mountain in the Tunari mountain range of the Bolivian Andes, about 5,025 m (16,486 ft) high. It is situated north-west of Cochabamba in the Cochabamba Department, Quillacollo Province, in the west of the Quillacollo Municipality.
Hatun Q'asa is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Oropesa District. It lies south of Mallmanya, northwest of Sura Kallanka and southeast of Kimsaqucha. East of Hatun Q'asa there is a lake named Suraqucha (Soracocha).
Jatun Q'asa is a 3,568-metre-high (11,706 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Chuquisaca Department, Oropeza Province, on the border of the municipalities of Sucre and Yotala.
The Mache-Chindul Ecological Reserve is an ecological reserve in the provinces of Esmeraldas and Manabí, Ecuador. It protects a mountainous area in the transition from tropical rain forest in the north to dry forest in the south. It contains the Cube Lagoon, which has been designated a Ramsar wetland of international importance.
The Coaque River is a river in the Manabí Province of Ecuador.