Category Archives: Blog

New Year, Old Tricks

Posted on Jan 15, 2018

The Roman god Janus symbolised endings and beginnings. And so January is a time for learning from the past year, while looking forward to 2018....

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Celebrating rainforest education

Posted on Dec 3, 2017

This month, on International Student’s Day [November 17}, we’re celebrating the bright and brilliant scholars of the Asháninka partnership. Indigenous children in Peru have historically...

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Scholarships in Wabumari

Posted on Oct 18, 2017

A good education can transform lives. Yet, around half of Papua New Guinea’s children don’t go to school. And, 60 percent of those that do,...

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The Saulea Skeepers

Posted on Oct 18, 2017

Love it or loathe it, there is no denying that the big game has had a huge impact on lives around the globe. For decades,...

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What is a basic necessity?

Posted on Oct 17, 2017

In the rainforest, basic necessities can often differ from what we traditionally see as essential in our daily lives. Items like a wooden canoe to...

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Update: Awajún

Posted on Oct 16, 2017

Cultivating incomes in the Awajún Despite facing systematic discrimination, lack of help from governments and encroaching pressures on the forest, Cool Earth’s Awajún partners continue to...

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10 years on and still going strong

Posted on Sep 14, 2017

In 2007, Cool Earth developed a new model of rainforest conservation, putting local people back in control. This simple idea is now protecting nearly one...

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Chicken farming in Oviri

Posted on Sep 5, 2017

Whether it’s selling trees to buy food at the local market, or clearing forest to grow more crops, hunger puts serious pressure on communities and...

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