Winner of the BGTW WIDER WORLD category - Fredy Gualinga, Mandari Panga Yasuni Jungle Expeditions

The Winner of the WIDER WORLD category is Mandari Panga Yasuni Jungle Expeditions, Yasuni National Park in Ecuador (nominated by Adrian Phillips @adrianphillips1) “This is a grass-roots project provides an alternative future for Ecuador’s Mandari Panga community in the face of pressure to sell oil drilling rights. Fredy Gualinga ... has built several thatched platforms for tents near his family home deep in pristine rainforest, from where he leads tourists into the jungle on foot and in dugout canoe. It’s a thrilling experience. There’s nobody else for miles about. The wildlife is extraordinary, from giant river otters to tarantulas…” www.mandaripanga.com