The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) has identified the Izabal Department region between Honduras and Belize, also called the “Conservation Coast,” as a priority for migratory bird conservation. Over the past decade 65% of the original forest cover has been lost in this region, long under the pressures of deforestation and unsustainable land use.
The Novo Campo sustainable cattle ranching program, started by Brazilian NGO Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV) in 2012, is a pioneering project in the Alta Floresta ranching hub of Brazil’s Mato Grosso state. Novo Campo aims to prove that sustainable small-to-medium-sized ranches that implement a package of better animal nutrition, husbandry, and health policies are profitable and can help restore degraded land.
The Café Selva Norte Perú project is located in the Amazonas and Cajamarca regions in north of Peru, with a total potential area of thousands of hectares. The project area includes a set of dispersed coffee producers’ properties in the mountainous region know and “selva alta” where coffee is mainly produced (between 1200 and 1800 meters above sea level). The project area is located in one of Peru’s three main coffee production zones and is recognized for the quality of its production.
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