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The Role of Indigenous Communities in Conservation
By Will DeBerry It is easy to think of rainforests in terms of flora and fauna. We can all think about valuable plants and keystone species we are protecting by defending the rainforests from development, but often times we lose sight of the indigenous peoples living...
2021-2030 is Decade of Ecosystem Restoration, UN Announces
by Alistair Jones The Colibri Cloudforest in Peru's Selva Central Just recently, on March 1st, the United Nations declared 2021-2030 the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration. This implementation offers an unparalleled opportunity for job creation, food security and...
The Brazilian Amazon – What will happen under Bolsanaro?
By Alistair Jones The border between Amazon rainforest and deforestation due to agricultural expansion in Brazil. Rainforest Partnership is wary of Brazilian President Bolsonaro's plans to open the Amazon rainforest for business. This move is a push for more jobs and...
Rainforest, Be My Valentine?
By Maitrayee Basu Happy Valentines Day! As members of Rainforest Partnership, we want to share why we LOVE our rainforests and believe saving the lungs of our planet is our top priority. But why should you love our rainforests as much as we do? Well, tropical forests...
Termites: The Rainforest Protector?
By Maitrayee Basu When we think about termites, we know they are bad news. Let me share an anecdote. I lived in a house once that was forty years old in Australia. My mother was walking down our hallway on her heels for an event we were about to leave for. Out of...
Achuar Traditional Medicine Project, Preserving Culture and Territory
By Kassandra Barrera The Peruvian Amazon is one of the most diverse places in the world when it comes to both biodiversity and cultural diversity. If you are not already familiar with the Achuar community, they are a strong indigenous people that live in the northern...
From Tree to Shining Sea
Surf’s up, everyone! It’s time to hug a wave, and show some love to our oceans, so that rainforests—and all who depend on them—can survive and thrive. Wait? What? You read that right. There’s a powerful connection linking rainforests, oceans, our sustainable...
City of Austin Proclaims October 18th to 25th, 2018 as Amazon in Austin Week
On October 18, 2018, the City of Austin proclaimed: Be it known that Whereas, Tropical rainforests sustain our planet’s well-being—as the lungs of our planet, they’re an underappreciated powerhouse safeguarding humanity’s climate future, and their global footprint is...
Detecting the Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) in Central Peruvian Colibri Cloudforest
By Sean M. McHugh Over the past four years, I have worked on three different continents studying a number of large mammal species via remote cameras to gain a better understanding of their occupancy, population densities, habitat selection, and behavioral ecology....