Amazon Reforestation Programme

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Introduction

A social business for large scale community-based reforestation in the Amazon, starting with 5,600 ha of reforestation programme in cloud forest landscapes. 

This grouped project regroups native communities from 3 ethnic groups and cocoa farmers in central Andes Amazon in Peru. 

This restoration of degraded pastures programme aims at restoring the natural capital of local communities with the help of environmental services (carbon, biodiversity) as leverage, creating jobs and a local economy from forestry and environmental services activities. 

A social business for large scale community-based reforestation in the Amazon

The Project

The main activities are:

• Organisational strengthening and quality of life plans of communities.
• Afforestation with pine in severely degraded non-occupied land for carbon capture and development of a forestry (timber & non-timber) economy.
• Reforestation with native species of riparian areas and restoration and protection of highlands wetlands.
• Small animals (guinea pigs) and llamas breeding.
• Development of sustainable value chains related to timber and non-timber forestry products (mushrooms, round wood, sawn wood, pine resin, etc.) and      route-to-market.
• Rural access to energy for clean cooking and connectivity (cookstoves and off-grid solar systems and devices).
• Environmental Services Scheme (carbon and biodiversity).

This grouped project has a triple objective:

1. Improve the quality of life of local communities through forestry value chains,
2. Afforest large areas of degraded communities' land to restore land and preserve water resources, helping communities adapt to the severe effects of      climate change,
3. Generate biodiversity and climate outcomes, monetised through carbon and biodiversity credits, to generate investment in communities.

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