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Popular Products Causing Deforestation
Thousands are of trees are cut down all over the world, often illegally, killing the habitats of wildlife and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Between the years 1990 and 2016, 502,000 square miles of forest were lost due to deforestation. Many of us are...
Exploración herpetológica a los bosques de San Antonio en la selva central
Photo by Axel Marchelie Con la finalidad de evaluar el estado de la diversidad y el valor de conservación de los bosques de San Antonio, fuimos a documentar la riqueza y composición de la herpetofauna encontrada durante 19 días de muestreo intensivo (del 4 al 23 de...
Small Mammal Survey in a Biodiversity Hotspot
Members of our team in Peru have just left on an incredible expedition in the cloud forest of San Antonio, in the central Tropical Andes of Peru. They will be documenting the unknown diversity of small mammals in the area, and maybe even discover new species. This...
New Population of Monkeys Found in Peru is Big News for Conservation
Mystical clouds surround the forests of the Tropical Andes, adding a sense of mystery and otherness when hiking through them. The unique ecosystems within this hotspot allow for an enormous amount of unique flora and fauna in each crevice and valley of the mountains...
Women in Conservation
This week, over 60 women from across Latin America and the Caribbean are gathered for two days in Lima, Peru, for the “Encounter of Women in Conservation”. This event brings together women from governmental organizations, indigenous and rural communities, NGOs, and...
Global Focus on Climate Crisis alongside New York United Nations General Assembly
This past week the United Nations held a one-day Climate Action Summit during the annual UN General Assembly in New York. Simultaneously, Climate Week NYC held the biggest climate week in the world, where Rainforest Partnership joined other climate champions fighting...
The Dieback Scenario
Why our work matters in the context of the Brazilian Amazon fires If you’ve been keeping up with the fires in the Amazon, chances are you’ve seen a reference to the term “dieback” somewhere along the way. This term has become shorthand for a scenario in which...
Monkeying Around
Do you love primates? We certainly do! RP just participated in two big events in Peru to promote efforts to save our closest relatives. In Lima, we co-hosted the 2nd annual Congress of Peruvian Primatology. The conference provided a...
The Solution is Local
We’ll be the first to admit that Texas doesn’t necessarily conjure images of the rainforest in most peoples’ imaginations (at least not these days), so it may seem strange to have a nonprofit such as Rainforest Partnership headquartered in the state capital while...