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The Awajún communities of Urakuza and Huaracayo steward over 18,000 hectares of Peruvian Amazon rainforest. The schools of both communities actively engage in rainforest protection activities, strengthening the knowledge of children of all ages so that they can lead the…
Have you ever heard of the pijuayo? In Amazonas, Peru, this plant is about to become more abundant than ever to help 134 families in Awajún communities improve their nutrition and agricultural practices. The pijuayo is a native…
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…
STRENGTHEN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TO FACE THE CLIMATE CRISIS 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…
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…
This International Women’s Day (INWD2023) we hear from the women across our partnerships on why including women in land and forest use decision making is so important. Gender equality and climate action are interdependent, meaning progress in one area is…
Working closely with Cool Earth throughout her PhD, University of Exeter student Léna Prouchet’s research looks at refining the design and implementation of agricultural projects supporting Indigenous peoples and their livelihoods as they strive to protect their rainforest territories.
When people living in the rainforest have cash, they have a choice. And for the Awajún, this enabled them to build a chocolate factory in the middle of the rainforest. For anyone in the chocolate making biz, transforming raw…
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