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Cool Earth works alongside indigenous villages to halt rainforest destruction. Read stories about some of the people we work with.

On our second trip to Papua New Guinea, we travelled an hour and a half by dinghy to Wabumari village.…

“Our livelihood depends on our land, forests, rivers and waters”

Celebrating a year of partnership with Cool Earth demands a bit of a party. Thanks to the food gardens you helped…

A cause for celebration

This month we checked in with the AMARNO women’s association in Cool Earth’s Awajún partnership in northern Peru. What started…

An AMARNO update

This September, a year on since we launched the partnership, the children of Gadaisu village are going back to school.…

Back to school for Gadaisu

The success of Cool Earth’s model is down to the indigenous villages that work with us to protect their forest.…

Meet the team: Peru

Thanks to our supporters, Cool Earth can address the causes of deforestation rather than the symptoms: the poverty, the lack…

Healthy Family, Healthy Forest

“I’m an old man. My community are all my friends: my sons and daughters. We are grateful for Cool Earth.…

“My community are all my friends”

Alejandro Maguiña Quintana is a health promoter in Cutivireni and the president of the health committee. He is 54 years…

Celebrating The UN Day of Indigenous People: Alejandro

Knowledge is even more powerful when it’s shared. This simple fact underpins Cool Earth’s rainforest partnerships. Whether it’s new, sustainable…

The power of sharing knowledge

You wouldn’t have thought it, but rainforest soil itself is pretty rubbish – thin and impoverished. It’s the compost heap…

How do you feed a growing village without damaging the rainforest?