Forests
Protects one of the last wild stretches of Peruvian Amazon along the Las Piedras River in Madre de Dios.
107kacresRainforest protected
480speciesBird species recorded on protected lands
Peru
Americas · South America
5 projects · 5 organizations
Latest from Peru
🎥 Video · Jun 13
WindAid || Developing the Turbine Monitoring System with Messiah University Engineer Team
🎥 Video · May 22
WindAid || Nalyssa’s experience building renewable energy in Peru ⚡
🎥 Video · Nov 10
Rossy War and Indigenous leaders raise their voices for the Amazon - Rainforest Foundation US Peru
🎥 Video · Oct 4
Sharing their experience in Peru || Windaid Team 💚
🎥 Video · Sep 14
WindAid || We traveled to the community with WindAid team
🎥 Video · Sep 14
Windaid || Our work in the work in Trujillo – Peru
🎥 Video · Sep 14
WindAid || Julio’s family has electricity thanks to a wind turbine
🎥 Video · Sep 1
Windaid || Julio and his family will finally have clean energy! 💚
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Ocean Life
A Lima-based marine biology NGO teaches Peru's small-scale fishers to safely release sea turtles caught in their nets and lines, turning bycatch victims into survivors.
1,995year foundedProDelphinus conserving Peru's marine wildlife since
1,800fishersSmall-scale fishers trained in safe sea turtle handling and release
Rainforest Foundation US
Land & RightsTitling Indigenous Amazon Territories in Peru
A legal title is often the only thing standing between an Indigenous Amazon community and the bulldozers, so this program puts mapping tools and titling paperwork directly in communities' hands.
37communitiesIndigenous communities awarded land titles in Loreto
550kacresRainforest being titled for 41 Urarina communities
Instituto de Montaña (The Mountain Institute Peru)
ClimateReviving Ancestral Water Systems as Andean Glaciers Vanish
As tropical glaciers retreat, Andean communities are digging out 1,000-year-old canals and reservoirs to keep water flowing through the dry season.
80familiesFamilies directly benefiting from restored wetland water systems in Miraflores
7communitiesHigh-mountain communities restoring ancestral water systems against glacier loss
WindAid Institute
Clean EnergyHand-Built Wind Turbines for Off-Grid Andean Communities
A Peru-based nonprofit trains volunteers and local technicians to hand-build small wind turbines that bring first-time electricity access to remote Andean communities.
50turbinesWind turbines built and installed since 2006
500studentsInternational students trained