The Amazon rainforest has been shaped for millennia by human occupation, but of a kind that is very different from the logging, razing for cattle ranches, and plowing for soy that we see today. Traditional Amazon systems have been based on diversity, not monoculture, taking advantage of a multitude of different crops and wild-harvested foods, […]
Pedro Miguel Schiaffino, chef and owner of Malabar and Ámaz restaurants in Lima, Peru, gets a very close look at a paiche fish on a trip with Forest Trends and partners in the Peruvian Amazon, part of a project building “Rainforest to Table” value chains for Amazonian ingredients. In this edition Connecting the Dots: Communities, […]
Forest Trends’ CEO Michael Jenkins sat down last week (virtually, at least) with Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, leader of WWF’s Climate and Energy Practice, for a wide-ranging conversation about the effects COVID-19 is having on climate negotiations, recovery planning, and leadership in turbulent times. Michael Jenkins: Thank you Manuel for sitting down to talk. For our readers, […]
Con el objetivo de poder identificar, formular y evaluar proyectos de inversión pública vinculados a la conservación, recuperación y uso sostenible de los ecosistemas, funcionarias y funcionarios de empresas formuladoras y supervisoras, unidades formuladoras y miembros de la Autoridad para la Reconstrucción con Cambios (ARCC), se capacitarán en un curso virtual que comienza este 13 […]
We are preparing for social distancing measures to be widespread and for strong limits on travel until at least June 2020 and possibly as long as a year. This has required some re-strategizing on how we’ll do our work. On the ground Some field research and project implementation will be unavoidably delayed in order to […]
Our 12-month training program for indigenous leaders strengthens communities’ ability to govern large indigenous territories and protect biodiversity in the face of growing social and economic pressures. The program, run together by Forest Trends and WWF, is active in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. In this edition What Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Mean for Climate? A Conversation with […]
Schoolchildren in Huamantanga, Peru, examine a watershed model at their science fair. Forest Trends and partners are engaging upstream communities on environmental health as part of our work on water security in Peru. In this edition Forests and Public Health: Where Do We Go from Here? An Update on Our Work Backyard Biodiversity Forests and Public […]
22/03 – Día Mundial del Agua 2020 En la lucha global para detener la expansión del COVID-19, el agua es nuestro aliado clave. Un acto cotidiano, al cual casi no prestamos atención, vuelve a tomar la importancia vital que nunca debió dejar: lavarse las manos. Agua y jabón para mantenernos sanos, agua y jabón para […]
Over the past few decades, Paraguay has had one of the highest rates of forest loss in the world, largely due to rapid expansion of cattle ranching, especially in the western Chaco region. Here, cattle are raised to produce beef, leather, and dairy products; most of the leather and beef is exported internationally to satisfy […]
Five years ago, the water utility serving Lima, SEDAPAL, made a bet on nature. The utility approved the largest financial commitment for natural infrastructure investment of any country in Latin America, to be funded by the monthly tariffs paid by the mega-city’s water users. Today, Forest Trends and our partners on the USAID- and Canadian-funded […]