Impact

Social Impact

  • 240 women directly involved in planting, harvesting, and processing forest products.

  • Improved gender equity by providing women with leadership roles and income-generating opportunities.

  • Capacity-building programs in sustainable business management for women and men.

Environmental Impact

  • 1 million native trees planted across different altitudes to restore biodiversity.

  • CO₂ capture on a large scale, contributing to climate change mitigation.

  • Protection of water sources and creation of microclimates that prevent soil erosion and maintain ecosystem health.

Economic Impact

  • Generation of 2 million soles (approx. €500,000) from the sale of agroforestry products such as molle, tara, and ayrampo.

  • Creation of local producer associations to strengthen market access.

  • Long-term economic incentives for communities to protect the forests.

Our trees

Molle, whose berry is used as cosmetic in the perfume industry. It is a native fruit of the Andes. 

Tara, a tree that produces leguminous shrub, used in leather tanning, pottery, and even writing ink. 

Queuña, a native tree resistant to dry soil and high altitudes.

Sustainable Development Goals

13 – Climate Action

 

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This project aims at strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate related hazards. It improves education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate-change mitigation and adaptation, with a focus on women from the communities of Calca.

The project
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