Este 4 de octubre se presentó el documental peruano que revela la lucha de las comunidades de Huarochirí para cuidar las fuentes de agua que alimentan a la ciudad de Lima. El valioso documental sobre la siembra y cosecha del agua es fruto del esfuerzo de la municipalidad provincial de Huarochirí, Cáritas, y el proyecto […]
September 23, 2022 / Washington DC: Forest Trends has joined the OECD’s Water Governance Initiative (WGI), a multi-stakeholder network of 100+ water leaders from national and subnational governments, civil society, and academia that advances the quality of water policy and governance across the globe. The OECD WGI is a key platform for sharing best practice […]
Moyobamba nos recibió con los brazos abiertos para mostrarnos los avances en la promoción de proyectos Merese para recuperar y conservar sus bosques, asegurando el agua para el presente y futuro. UNA CÁLIDA BIENVENIDA EN LA CUNA DE LOS MERESE En el marco de las celebraciones por el Día Mundial del Ambiente, junto a las […]
La demanda mundial de madera balsa se ha disparado en los últimos años, impulsada por el aumento de la demanda de energía eólica renovable a medida que el mundo intenta abandonar los combustibles fósiles. La madera balsa, blanda y ligera, es uno de los materiales preferidos para las aspas de las turbinas de viento. Los […]
August 31, 2022, 11:00am-12:30pm CEST Live online / Norra Latin, Drottninggatan 71B, 111 23 Stockholm, Sweeden, Room 357 This session will convene policymakers and practitioners to rethink our models of economic and post-disaster recovery. Based on the experiences of innovative models from Latin America, North America, and Southeast Asia, participants will reflect on how to […]
Global demand for balsa wood has skyrocketed over the last several years, driven by rising demand for renewable wind energy as the world attempts to transition away from fossil fuels. Soft and lightweight, balsa wood is one of the preferred core materials for wind turbine blades. The volumes of balsa now traded on international markets […]
In this edition “Cradle to cradle” – A dispatch from Moyobamba Opening the tap: Peru’s silent revolution on nature-based solutions Mainstreaming nature-based solutions for water and climate security: The next decade “CRADLE TO CRADLE” – A DISPATCH FROM MOYOBAMBA Dear friends, We celebrated World Environment Day this year with a beautiful ceremony in Moyobamba, Peru, […]
In Peru, potatoes are grown in rotation with beans, corn, and other native species to help prevent biodiversity loss, support food security, and preserve Incan culture. Credit: Eliana Lorenz Sangay Tucto In this Earth Day edition Tropical Agriculture Reimagined Our Forest, Our Home Project FT in the News Join our Mailing List Tropical Agriculture Reimagined: […]
O cacaueiro é originário de regiões de floresta pluviais da América Tropical, encontrado em estado silvestre do Peru ao México, e a sua classificação botânica1, Theobroma cacao, significa “manjar dos deuses”. Ao se espalhar pelas Américas, populações diferentes foram formadas e o cacau ganhou variedades adaptadas a cada região e com diferentes características de sabor […]
The second webinar in our series on effective, scalable nature-based solutions March 10, 2022 11:00 am – 12:15 pm PET/ET Register here for on-demand access. In the first webinar in this series, we explored how Peru transformed its infrastructure sector in just a few short years to publicly invest in nature-based solutions and the specific steps taken by the diverse actors that made […]