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The Beehives are Alive! – Rainforest Reforestation and Economic Empowerment Through Beekeeping in Colibri
By Rob Escamilla During a whirlwind philanthropic tour last week, Rainforest Partnership CEO, Niyanta Spelman, and Regeneration Project Coordinator, Janelle Sylvester, toured the community of San Antonio, Peru. There, they celebrated completing the first stage of the...
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Revolt Against Palm Oil: Your Smart Consumption Saves the Earth
By Yuna Kang Palm oil is used in almost every product on the supermarket shelf, from ice cream to toothpaste. The palm tree grows in tropical rainforests around the globe, and increasing demand for palm oil has caused the number of palm plantations to double in the...
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The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative: A New Way We Approach Indigenous Issues
By Yuna Kang On March 26th, 2018, RP joined the live webcast briefing on the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative: A New Alliance to protect Rainforests and Their Guardians in New York. This briefing was apart of The 17th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on...
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The 20×20 Meeting Was a Great Opportunity for Rainforest Partnership
By Janelle Sylvester Last week, RP’s Niyanta Spelman and Janelle Sylvester attended the Initiative 20x20: Annual Partners Meeting in Lima, Peru that focused on restoration for climate, welfare, biodiversity and water. The event was a huge success, with some of the...
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What’s next? The Regeneration of the Colibri Rainforest
Eusebio, our Colibri Project Coordinator preparing the soil for establishing the Regeneration nursery. By Janelle Sylvester The Rainforest Partnership is working with four neighboring communities in the Colibri Cloudforest region of Peru to implement an ecological...
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Initiative 20×20 Partners Meet in Lima, Peru
by Holly Buttrey Rainforest Partnership CEO, Niyanta Spelman, and Regeneration Project Coordinator, Janelle Sylvester, are set to meet partners from around Latin America to discuss efforts towards Initiative 20x20. Initiative 20x20 is a partnership of 17 countries...
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Talanoa Dialogue: Constructive, Facilitative and Solution-Oriented
By Yuna Kang The Talanoa Dialogue was launched at the COP 23 for the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). The COP23 was held in November of 2017 to discuss the implementation of the Paris Agreement. In that conference, Fiji suggested the...
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The Impacts of the Plastic Crisis
By Caroline Markham When we think of plastic, we think of the obvious everyday objects around us, such as plastic bags, plastics bottles, containers, etc. But in reality, it is in everything around us- from our clothes to our electronics, to the mattresses that we...
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Healing Communities and Rainforests with the Achuar Traditional Medicine Project
The Achuar indigenous community lives in Northern Peru and has existed before the Peruvian state was formed. They have a traditional culture deeply rooted in knowledge of traditional plants and remedies. Yet, because the community is spread out over three river...
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