In the Bolivian highlands and Amazon, farmers who once planted whatever seed they could buy are now running their own trials, selecting potato clones and cassava on their own plots.
23communitiesRural communities in seed-improvement workshops (La Paz and Beni)
36varietiesPotato varieties planted by farmers in La Paz trials
Farmers, children and elders dug side by side to put pine, quisuara and queñua seedlings into more than 10 hectares of abandoned, erosion-prone land in Colquiri.
7,000seedlingsSeedlings planted in Colquiri (more than)
10hectaresAbandoned land reforested (more than)
Bolivian farmers protect the forests that feed their taps, paid in beehives and fruit trees instead of cash.
24kfarmersFarmers protecting forest under Reciprocal Water Agreements
600khectaresForest conserved under Reciprocal Water Agreements
A Bolivian NGO builds nest boxes across Beni's flooded savannas to pull the Critically Endangered Blue-throated Macaw back from likely extinction.
12.3kacresBarba Azul Nature Reserve recognized as a Private Natural Heritage Reserve
128macawsBlue-throated Macaws fledged from Armonía nest boxes since 2007
