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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 Earth” 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....
Andean Bear Research
Co-Written by Jaz McKibben and Sean McHugh When it comes to tracking and capturing the Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) on camera, success is dependent upon a wide range of factors; including location, habitat type, elevation, level of human disturbance, time of year,...
Beekeeping in the Colibri Cloudforest
By Jasmina McKibben A faint hum perforated the heavy foliage as I scaled a ninety-degree hill. I was already beginning to sweat through my waterproof trekking pants and long-sleeved jacket, but hiking was not on the agenda for that day – I was about to enter the world...
Earning our Views
By Jasmina McKibben As we slithered along the dusty canyon road, packed into a Honda minibus with nineteen other people, I could not help but wonder what the Peruvian mountains had in store for us. With dense, green forest, sheer rock-faces, and a twisting river...