This is Mirza Adela Shol Cucul. She is an Ecotourism Coordinator for our project partner FUNDAECO in Izabal, Guatemala. She is a Qâeqchi Mayan lady from the Creek Maya indigenous village in Cerro San Gil. We interviewed her about her work with conservation, communities and promoting the participation of women in FUNDAECOâs REDD+ project. How did you first…
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Our Tambopata-Bahuaja Biodiversity Reserve project is located in an internationally recognised biodiversity hotspot area. Our NGO partner on the ground, AIDER, aims to improve the understanding of this area as well as promote biological and conservation research and knowledge. As part of these efforts, every year, AIDER holds a symposium to convene recent research as…
This is Yohamir Casanca Leon. He works on the biological monitoring team at the Tambopata-Bahuaja Biodiversity Reserve project in Peru. A key component of the project is to monitor and record the health of the ecosystem and the flora and fauna it protects â as the reserve covers an internationally recognised biodiversity hotspot area. This…
Restoring the most ecologically valuable forest ecosystems in the world, by Natasha Ferrari, Communications Officer, Global Restoration Initiative, World Resources Institute (WRI). The Tambopata-Bahuaja Biodiversity Reserve project has been featured in a chapter of the recently released âA Better World: Life on Landâ– a partnership between the Human Development Forum at Tudor Rose and the United…
We are proud to announce that the Cordillera Azul National Park project in Peru has been recognised by the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas. The programme aims to encourage, achieve and promote effective, equitable and successful protected areas by highlighting examples of conservation of natural areas in practice.   The IUCN…
Illegal mining In some parts of the Amazon, illegal and informal mining[1]Â are the most difficult drivers of deforestation to reverse. In Madre de Dios, the region where our Tambopata-Bahuaja Biodiversity Reserve project is located, illegal gold mining is one of the most significant deforestation drivers, as highlighted by a recent article on the conservation and…
Another new endemic bird species has been discovered at our Cordillera Azul forest conservation project in Peru. Endemic means that it only exists in one geographic location in the world, meaning this species has evolved to only exist in the unique forests of the Cordillera Azul National Park. This follows from previous discoveries of two…
The latest edition of the IETA (The International Emissions Trading Association) insights 2018 has been released ahead of the Global Climate Action Summit in September 2018. It reports on the activity of carbon pricing globally, with a focus on the Americas, analyses ICAOâs CORSIA offsetting mechanism, and touches on Asia Pacific news, highlighting proposals from…
We are excited to let you know that our 2018 Impact Report has been launched. We know that is important to you to understand the full impact of the climate finance that is channelled to projects on the ground through the carbon credits that are bought. We were founded by the âŹ100 million Althelia…