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Fish farming in Awajun communities has helped participants secure sustainable livelihoods in the Amazon rainforest. Thanks to the breeding of native species, such as paco and gamitana, families are guaranteed nutritional intake and income from the sale of surpluses that…
What comes to mind when you think of an entrepreneur? Generally, the usual suspects. Elon Musk, perhaps Bill Gates, etc. What about those people who live in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon? Léna Prouchet, a PhD student at the…
Over the past twenty years, the Amazon rainforest has lost nearly 54 million hectares of rainforest due to deforestation, primarily caused by illegal logging, mining, monoculture farming, and forest fires, among other activities promoted by extractive industries. Deforestation not only…
A question we often get asked is: “Why is what you do better than other methods to protect rainforests? ”. The simple answer is, that it just makes sense. It’s fair to people and the “natural” world. Many of us…
In the Indigenous community of Cutivereni, Peru, a group of women have come together to keep traditional artisanal crafts alive. They are known as Jeto and are made up of 18 Indigenous Asháninka mothers. From the depths of…
Literacy and access to information are powerful tools that empower individuals and communities. In an Indigenous context, active participation in decision-making processes enables self-determination by ensuring their voices and perspectives are heard. These tools also help navigate legal frameworks, understand…
The power of collaboration At Cool Earth, we believe in people. People who come together and collectively take back control. In our mission to halt deforestation and its devastating impact on the climate crisis, biodiversity, and…
If you read the news, own some sort of social media account or just speak to people in the street, you already know that the planet is burning and it’s making lots of places unbearable to live in*. We don’t…
Amazonian cacao is allowing Indigenous communities to dream even bigger. “This cacao project with our Awajún brothers and sisters began seven years ago. During the first six years, we worked on farm and crop management,…
Alliances for positive impact. We’re positively thrilled to be partnering with Ambassadeurs Group to help bring Unconditional Cash Transfers to Indigenous communities living in rainforest. No-strings cash for communities in rainforest. With a donation of £25,000, Ambassadeurs Group…
Chocolate bars, cacao juice, hot chocolate and cacao-based jams are just some of the tasty cacao-based products that you can now find in the Awajún community of Urakuza, in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. A new era for Awajún…
Take powerful climate action“Education and nutrition, that’s what we achieve in schools.”- Hisely Torres, Cool Earth technician in Peru 300 secondary school pupils Awajún communities within our Peru partnerships, aged between 12-17 from 1st to 5th grade are participating in…
Imagine your only light at night was a battery operated torch or kerosene lamp. Now imagine you live in the middle of the New Guinea Rainforest, with a minimal source of light to work with. In Papua New Guinea (PNG)…
Last year, we organised a webinar to explain why delivering no-strings cash to people in the rainforest would become the smartest, most scalable and most cost-effective climate action this coming decade. It’s not rocket science, if people…
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