South America Archives | Rainforest Alliance https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/regions/south-america/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 09:47:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-ra-frog-icon-32x32.png South America Archives | Rainforest Alliance https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/regions/south-america/ 32 32 Forest Conservation Through Indigenous Entrepreneurship https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resource-item/forest-conservation-through-indigenous-entrepreneurship/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 09:47:38 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/?post_type=resource-item&p=97882 The Rainforest Alliance has a long history working alongside Indigenous Peoples, partnering with Indigenous organizations and communities in some of the world’s most ecologically and culturally significant landscapes, including the Amazon basin. Our teams of field professionals have built enduring relationships and co-design sustainable development programs that center Indigenous Peoples as the foremost guardians of […]

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]]> 2023 Kleinhans Fellow will Support Polylepis Forest Restoration Efforts in the Ecuadorian Andes  https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/in-the-field/2023-forest-restoration-ecuadorian-andes-kleinhans-fellow/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 13:36:42 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/?p=97341 Alyssa Killingsworth will apply her background in interdisciplinary environmental research and forest restoration to examine the effectiveness of Polylepis restoration efforts in the upper Andes in Ecuador. ... Continue Reading

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]]> Origin Performance & Risk Report: Colombia https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resource-item/origin-performance-risk-report-colombia/ Mon, 07 Aug 2023 01:08:59 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/?post_type=resource-item&p=92924 The Rainforest Alliance and partners have worked in coffee for nearly four decades. While there are still challenges in the sector, we’ve also seen great improvements. In Colombia, the vast majority of coffee producers are smallholders, many with less than one hectare of land. Limited land size and economic opportunity make it very challenging to […]

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]]> Origin Performance & Risk Report: Brazil https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resource-item/origin-performance-risk-report-brazil/ Mon, 07 Aug 2023 01:06:30 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/?post_type=resource-item&p=92917 The Rainforest Alliance and partners have worked in coffee for nearly four decades. While there are still challenges in the sector, we’ve also seen great improvements. In Brazil, many farms are large and modernized with high productivity. Though incomes are relatively high, many farms rely on expensive and volatile input costs. Our research shows that […]

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]]> Thriving Communities, Healthy Landscapes https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/in-the-field/thriving-communities-healthy-landscapes/ https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/in-the-field/thriving-communities-healthy-landscapes/#respond Tue, 29 Nov 2022 12:58:00 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/uncategorized/thriving-communities-healthy-landscapes/ We're helping more than two million farmers embrace more sustainable growing practices that can help build resilience to climate change and boost yields.... Continue Reading

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]]> https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/in-the-field/thriving-communities-healthy-landscapes/feed/ 0 The Science of Sustainability: Researchers Supporting Forest Communities in Latin America https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/in-the-field/the-science-of-sustainability-researchers-supporting-forest-communities-in-latin-america/ https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/in-the-field/the-science-of-sustainability-researchers-supporting-forest-communities-in-latin-america/#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:02:25 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/?p=84144 Meet three of the scientists whose work we have supported through the Kleinhans Fellowship for Community Forestry Research.... Continue Reading

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]]> https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/in-the-field/the-science-of-sustainability-researchers-supporting-forest-communities-in-latin-america/feed/ 0 Rainforest Alliance Certified Cocoa https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/rainforest-alliance-certified-cocoa/ https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/rainforest-alliance-certified-cocoa/#respond Mon, 21 Mar 2022 08:55:00 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/uncategorized/rainforest-alliance-certified-cocoa/ We work with almost one million cocoa farmers to build thriving livelihoods and climate resilience through certification and training.... Continue Reading

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]]> https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/rainforest-alliance-certified-cocoa/feed/ 0 Project Profile: Improving Livelihoods of Farmers and Workers Across the Fruit Sector in Latin America https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/in-the-field/project-profile-improving-livelihoods-of-farmers-and-workers-across-the-fruit-sector-in-latin-america/ https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/in-the-field/project-profile-improving-livelihoods-of-farmers-and-workers-across-the-fruit-sector-in-latin-america/#respond Fri, 25 Feb 2022 07:09:00 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/?p=77185 This project will provide training and engagement to at least 37,093 workers in the avocado and berry (strawberry and raspberry) sectors in Mexico and the banana and pineapple sectors in Costa Rica. ... Continue Reading

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]]> https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/in-the-field/project-profile-improving-livelihoods-of-farmers-and-workers-across-the-fruit-sector-in-latin-america/feed/ 0 Our Work to Prevent Child Labor on Guatemalan Coffee Farms https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/our-work-to-prevent-child-labor-guatemala-coffee-farms/ https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/our-work-to-prevent-child-labor-guatemala-coffee-farms/#respond Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:12:27 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/?p=78635 For the Rainforest Alliance’s Claudia Medrano, preventing child labor in Guatemala’s coffee landscapes is personal... Continue Reading

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]]> https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/our-work-to-prevent-child-labor-guatemala-coffee-farms/feed/ 0 Project Profile: Driving Improvement in the Banana Sector https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/in-the-field/driving-improvement-in-the-banana-sector-project/ https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/in-the-field/driving-improvement-in-the-banana-sector-project/#respond Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:58:00 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/uncategorized/project-profile-driving-improvement-in-the-banana-sector/ This project is promoting best practices in the banana value chain in Guatemala and Ecuador.... Continue Reading

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