The construction of the interoceanic highway in Peru is attracting significant migration from the southern Andes. New migrants often occupy the land of concessionaires (who are the most unprotected) to live on or establish agricultural areas, which generates social tensions.

The Madre de Dios area has been devastated by intensive mining, which is being recovered through reforestation and replanting with species such as chestnut.

The project will reduce deforestation through three lines of activities:

• Increasing the quality of life of the concessionaires and the value of their forests by implementing a processing plant for the drying and peeling of Brazil nuts, enabling the concessionaires to sell higher quality products, obtain a greater share of the profits, promote fair trade and generate sufficient resources to protect their forests.
• Implementation of a monitoring system that allows early detection of deforestation risks. This system should include control points and continuous patrolling in a context of participatory monitoring.
• Provide work opportunities for Brazil nut concessionaires through these activities during the 8 months of the year when harvesting is not taking place.

Thanks to your contribution to this project, we will be able to preserve a larger area of forest mass in the Amazon, a crucial ecosystem for the balance of the planet that is seriously threatened.

On the other hand, this project gives you the opportunity to contribute to offsetting your carbon footprint as it has obtained a Verified Carbon Standard certification which will allow you to offset your carbon footprint. 2 million tons of CO2. -> what 200,000 European citizens generate per year.