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How to Generate Strong Bonds for Conservation? Get to Know Communities
By RP Peru Team In our project for the conservation of the cloud forests of central Peru, we started a new process of getting to know the communities. During May and June, RP’s team in Peru made visits to four rural communities (Runatullo, Toldopampa, San Antonio and...
From The Andes To The Amazon
Social and Environmental Documentary Project By Alexander Santa Synopsis of the Documentary The lives of hundreds of native people from the Andes to the Amazon struggle to keep their history, cosmovision, and forest alive. San Antonio and Achuar (Wijint) in Peru, and...
World Rainforest Day 2019
By WillDeBerry It often seems like every day of the year has its own holiday: Penguin Awareness Day (January 20th), Spicy Guacamole Day (November 14th), Work Naked Day (February 1st), just to name a few. Still, it’s important to recognize which of these numerous...
The city of Austin, TX Proclaim June 22nd, 2019 as World Rainforest Day
Be it known thatWhereas,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 shrinking from continued deforestation and...
Big Animals Make Big Impacts on Biodiversity
By Will DeBerry We all know that a plant or animal does not have to be large to make a huge impact within an ecosystem. The sea star, for example, is technically a keystone species. When they are removed from ecosystem mussels reproduce so quickly that it negatively...
New Team Members in Peru
We are pleased to introduce Rainforest Partnership’s new team members in Peru! With a myriad of talent across the board, our outstanding team is already working diligently to protect and regenerate tropical rainforests by developing sustainable initiatives in forest...
Global Big Day in the Colibri Cloudforest
By Carlos Tello Every year people around the world participate in the Global Big Day (GBD) by registering as many bird species within their country as possible, forming many teams in an attempt to cover all habitats of a region. The GBD is organized by the Cornell Lab...
New Deal Proposes to Protect Half the Earth by 2030
By Alistair Jones With countries struggling to improve their standards to comply with the Paris Climate Agreement, scientists have brewed up a new deal. The Global Deal for Nature (GDN) is a “time-bound, science-driven plan to save the diversity and abundance of life...
City of Austin, Proclaim May 9th-15th, 2019 as Rainforest Partnership’s Amazon in Austin Week
On May 9, 2019, 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...