The Amazon Rainforest is facing significant deforestation, particularly in the high-altitude rainforests of Peru, leading to the displacement of native wildlife and disrupting intricate ecological systems. This trend, intensified since 2019 due to increased fires from deforestation activities, threatens the forest's biodiversity and global climate role. The UNESCO-recognized Natural Biosphere Avireri-Vraem in the Peruvian Amazon, home to unique flora and fauna, including endangered species and indigenous communities, is at risk.

In collaboration with the Communal Reserve Ashaninka, we are:

1) Regenerating degraded areas by reforesting 6,000 native flora across 6 hectares powered by native pollinators. This project will enhance habitat connectivity, support local wildlife including EDGE species, and benefit indigenous community members.

2) Installing the first camera traps in the area for wildlife monitoring and to support park rangers’ surveying activities. The streaming will be paired with an educational program with local schools to provide educational activities that lead to conservation efforts and protection of this critical ecosystem.

3) Generate an open-access Reforestation Guide in Ashaninka and Spanish that is sensitive to the local culture and native pollinators, and framed within national and international conservation priorities to facilitate replication of this work to protect endangered high-altitude rainforests.