How reforestation supports SDG 13 Climate Action and SDG 15 Life on Land through carbon capture, biodiversity restoration, and sustainable development.
A science-based explanation of forest biomass, carbon capture over time, and how MRV ensures verifiable climate impact through community-led forest monitoring.
Across the Andes, water security is no longer guaranteed. Rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, and longer dry seasons are altering hydrological cycles that communities have relied on for generations.
In Peru’s Andean highlands, water and soil are inseparable. Mountain ecosystems regulate water flows that sustain rural livelihoods, downstream cities, and agricultural systems.
What we eat is connected to forests through land. Food demand shapes how land is allocated, which ecosystems are protected, and where agricultural frontiers expand.
Eber remembers when the hill near her home felt empty and tired, when the soil was dry, the path was silent, and people walked by without stopping because there was nothing there that invited them to stay or feel connected.
