Projects
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Basic Agroforestry is an ongoing program created to provide opportunities to small-scale and subsistence farmers in tropical lowland Peru for the implementation of reforestation and tree-based agriculture as part of an ecologically- and economically...
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Camino Verde will soon be announcing our latest work with companies to offset their carbon emissions through reforestation. Check back here soon!
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Camino Verde currently protects a small reserve area of 20 hectares (50 acres) of primary, virgin rainforest at our center in Baltimori. As resources allow we will hope to expand this area in the future. The conservation of intact...
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The three hectares (7 acres) of fruit trees that we currently manage include a stunningly diverse range of native and tropical fruits, from Avocado to Zapote. Though our emphasis is on fruit from the region-- and especially underutilized...
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In Madre de Dios, the attraction of imported forms of agriculture has long pulled farmers away from older, more sustainable practices. The combined influence of lifestyles and practices from Brazil and the Andean highlands of Peru have swayed...
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Seed banks are genetic stockpiles that safeguard the future of important plants by preserving and reproducing their seeds. Camino Verde’s Living Seed Bank goes a step further, by planting and protecting living trees that provide seeds each...
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Camino Verde´s 25 hectares (roughly 60 acres) on the outskirts of the village of La Joya, sits just five kilometers away from Madre de Dios´s capital and heart, Puerto Maldonado. The close proximity to Puerto Maldonado allows La Joya to serve...
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In keeping with our mission to protect indigenous rights, autonomy, and wisdom, Camino Verde carries out programs intended to preserve and document the vast knowledge and experience of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon and beyond. With a...
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