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Today is World Environment Day, and not so coincidentally, Cool Earth’s 15th birthday. Since 2007, people who live in the rainforest at the heart of everything we do. Their knowledge, their voices, and their choices have protected the rainforest…

We partner with communities all over the world to back the people who rely on, live in and protect the rainforest – Indigenous peoples and local communities. This includes our partners in Gabon, Organisation Ecologique des Lacs et de…

Painter, sculptor, photographer, essayist, and poet Dr Victoria King contacted Cool Earth with a request to spread awareness about the work we do at a recent exhibition. A Place Called Utopia: Aboriginal Art from Australia, at the Saul Hay Gallery…

What is El Niño? You might have heard of El Niño before, but if not, we’ve got you covered! El Nińo is a climate pattern that drives year-to-year variation in global surface temperature and long-term warming trends. Trade winds normally…

“I wanted to learn about fish farming to improve the quality of life in my community and help other project participants” Urakuza is an indigenous community located more than 5 hours by car from Bagua…

In the Amazonas region of Peru, approximately 5 in 10 children and adolescents stop attending school for economic reasons or due to a lack of support from their families. However, despite difficulties, cacao has become a source of income with…

ONAMIAP and Cool Earth sign Inter-institutional Cooperation Agreement On Monday, April 24, La Organización Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas Andinas y Amazónicas del Perú (The National Organization of Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Women of Peru) (ONAMIAP) and Cool Earth signed an…

Indigenous peoples represent just over 6.2 % of the world’s population but they protect 80% of our planet’s biodiversity (Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU) – United…

Thanks to this community-led project, more than 1800 hectares of the rainforest could be protected. Huaracayo, inhabited by almost 600 members of the Awajún indigenous people in the Amazonas region, has decided, together with Cool Earth, to…