Video: Reciprocal Water Agreements and Rare
In 2012, Rare and it’s partners successfully completed 11 wateshed protection programs in the Andes. Rare is now repeating what worked in 13 new sites including expansion into Mexico. Continue reading
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Video: Raymillacta Festival feels the power of Pride
During the annual Raymillacta festival in Peru thousands of people from dozens of surrounding villages come to the city of Chachapoyas in their native dress. Rare Conservation Fellow Maritza Tovar stole the show with a lively interpretation of the importance of riverbank habitat.Tovar’s campaign aims to reduce deforestation and forest fires in the Tilancancha watershed. Continue reading
Rare Conservation Fellow Heidy Valle sings her campaign song at the GEF Anniversary Gala
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Parade to protect Cucuana River Basin: A magical success
Note: This blog post originated on RarePlanet, our online community inspiring conservation. It was written in Spanish by Conservation Fellow Heidy Milena Valle Ospina and translated. As part of the Roncesvalles Pride Campaign, which aims to conserve the forest and wetlands … Continue reading
“I know that one day if there are no more trees, birds, or water, we will realize that money cannot be eaten.”
If the above embedded video does not display, here to view it. The 11 extensionists from Rare’s Program for the Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) habitat and watershed protection in the Andes were Invited by Nigel Asquith of Fundación Natura Bolivia … Continue reading
Rare rocked out the GEF’s 20th anniversary celebration
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“We see our natural resources through the eyes of children”
Note: This blog post originated on RarePlanet, our online community inspiring conservation. It was written in Spanish by Conservation Fellow Jaime Alexander Millán Castillo and translated. On May 18 we held a drawing contest: “We see our natural resources through … Continue reading
Three key principles for effective reciprocal water agreements
Note: This blog post originated on RarePlanet, our online community inspiring conservation. It was written by Rare Conservation Fellow Heidy Milena Valle Ospina and translated from Spanish. On April 4 we visited the town of Roncesvalles with our advisor for reciprocal … Continue reading
Providing economic incentives for farmers to not deforest land
Agricultural expansion, livestock grazing, fire, and small scale-logging for timber and fuelwood are the primary causes of deforestation in the Andes. These activities both threaten critical habitat for hundreds of endangered species, while also endangering necessary drinking water for people. But … Continue reading
Protecting cloud forests and endangered species in the Andes with reciprocal watershed agreements (Q&A)
In late 2009, the Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) approached Rare to launch a series of campaigns in the Andes protecting the forest habitats of highly endangered species. In our search for communities that had curbed deforestation, Rare identified Fundación … Continue reading