80 m² of wildlife corridors are created in a Peruvian jungle

More than half of the inhabitants of the region around the Puyu Sacha cloud forest live in poverty, mostly from subsistence farming (growing coffee, bananas, citrus fruits, avocados and beans). When more land is needed for cultivation because the existing land is no longer producing much, trees are felled or forest areas are set on fire to create it. The families' main concern is survival. They know of no other environmentally friendly methods of creating new land for cultivation than deforestation in order to make a meager living. Under these circumstances, it is not possible for many families to provide their own children with a healthy diet and an education.
Deforestation reduces the habitat for the animals and plants that live there. The spectacled bear, for example, needs a very large habitat, but it has now been pushed back to a very small area.
With our project, we not only want to protect this area and expand it through the wildlife corridors, but also improve the living conditions of the local population. Therefore, the 300 families in the region are receiving training so that they can make the most of their farmland by applying environmentally friendly land use methods and earn a higher income by selling their products (especially coffee). They are also learning how to make better use of the forest islands on their cultivated land to also generate income, for example by planting native fruit trees whose fruit they can later sell.