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Alto Huayabamba

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Amazon
Area: 5888268 km2
Countries:
Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
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Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: Peru
Regions: Amazonas
Project SDGs:
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Protect and Restore Ecosystems (SDG 6.6)
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Conservation Agriculture/Agronomy
Nature-Based Solutions
Progress to Date: 1,807,536 Trees Planted Trees planted
Services Needed: Other
Desired Partners: Business
NGO / Civil Society
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Apr. 2008  »  Apr. 2015
Project Website: www.purprojet.com/project/alto-huayabamba
Contextual Condition(s): PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation, PHYSICAL: Soil degradation
Additional Benefits: Other
Beneficiaries: Ecosystems, Agricultural growers
Planning & Implementation Time: More than 3 years
Primary Funding Source: ngo
Project Challenges: Other
Project Source: User
Profile Completion: 92%

Project Overview

A pioneering reforestation and agroforestry project developed in partnership with Acopagro small-scale cocoa farmers cooperative, certified organic and fair trade.

This project was created in 2008, with following objectives:

Protect ecosystems by developing agroforestry to ensure long-term sustainability of cocoa plantations.

Fight deforestation and its consequences, such as soil erosion, decrease of water availability, natural disasters, landscapes degradation, and biodiver…

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A pioneering reforestation and agroforestry project developed in partnership with Acopagro small-scale cocoa farmers cooperative, certified organic and fair trade.

This project was created in 2008, with following objectives:

Protect ecosystems by developing agroforestry to ensure long-term sustainability of cocoa plantations.

Fight deforestation and its consequences, such as soil erosion, decrease of water availability, natural disasters, landscapes degradation, and biodiversity loss.

Enhance farmers’ livelihoods by providing alternative sources of income.

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Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation, PHYSICAL: Soil degradation
Project Benefits: Other
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Ecosystems, Agricultural growers
Months & Implementing: More than 3 years
Primary Funding Source: NGO / Civil society
Challenges: Other

Project Narrative

CONTEXT The San Martin region was heavily deforested during the 1980s when it became a red zone for coca production. With the help of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), producers began a conversion to cocoa cultivation in the 1990s. The Acopagro cooperative was created in this context, with the aim of making the most of the new cocoa chain by following the specifications of Fair Trade and Organic Agriculture. Located upstream of the Huayabamba River, in the San Martin region of Peru, the ACOPAGRO cooperative brings together more than 2000 small cocoa and sugar cane producers. OBJECTIVES The producers live along the Huayabamba River, isolated between the water and the virgin forest. The creation of the cooperative and the integration of small producers into the fair trade networks has enabled them to pool their efforts to add value to their production, acquire organic certification, but also to diversify their sources of income while preserving their environment.Launched in 2008, the Alto Huayabamba reforestation project reinforces this approach by supporting the implementation of model agroforestry systems, thus ensuring the sustainability of cocoa farming. This reforestation project proposes to plant native trees (Mahogany, Caoba), within the cocoa plots of small producers.With the technical support of the cooperative, they have now mastered the principles of agroforestry and agroecology, which allow them to harmoniously combine forest preservation with the development of agricultural crops. Thanks to this project, the producers are creating a new source of income for themselves and at the same time promoting biodiversity and soil regeneration in their region.A total of 2.2 million trees have been planted in consortium with cocoa fields or on degraded areas. After the last planting wave (April-November 2014), the Alto Huayabamba project has entered its mature phase: sustainable wood management and exploitation. Wood is a very noble and docile material that can be worked. I think it is a pity that wood is only used as firewood or that it is simply thrown away on the farm and deteriorates after being planted with care and love. Wood will allow us to improve our standard of living. – Don Jorge Laimito Quispe (farmer)

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We develop agroforestry projects within the supply chains of companies (Insetting) and value water benefits, among others. We develop as well a Trees4Water valuation tool that we would like to share with your platform. WE REGENERATE ECOSYSTEMS TO IMPROVE LIVELIHOODS … Learn More

Tristan Lecomte
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