This project helps restore land in Tambopata that has been damaged by mining, cattle ranching, or unsustainable farming. Working with local land users, we support ways of bringing forests back while also creating income for families. These approaches improve soil health, recover native plants and wildlife, and produce goods and services that can be sold in local and regional markets. Local knowledge and community priorities guide every step. This makes restoration more meaningful and more likely to continue long into the future. To support these efforts, the project helps establish small processing centers for regenerative products and develops standards that improve quality and market access. We are also exploring secure and transparent ways to sell responsibly mined gold, so that revenues can support restoration instead of driving further degradation. Together, these actions show how restoration can protect nature, strengthen livelihoods, and help build a future where communities manage thriving, multifunctional landscapes.

Partners: Asociación para la Investigación y Desarrollo Integral (AIDER), CITEproductivo Madre de Dios, Asociación de Agricultores Ecológicos de Madre de Dios, Pure Earth, Universidad Nacional Amazónica de Madre de Dios (UNAMAD), CANDELA, Asociación Inkaterra, Red de Mujeres MAPE Madre de Dios, Asociación mineros artesanales formalizados de la Asociación Tauro Fátima (AMATAF)