By Geoffrey Gallice | Project Leader
Dear GlobalGiving supporters,
Thank you for stepping up to sustain our work and keep us going during what is a difficult time for everyone. With your support we’ve successfully overcome the initial obstacles to our conservation and education work in Peru that were thrust upon us by the global Covid-19 pandemic. Instead of shutting down, as many other local organizations have sadly had to do, we’ve been able to:
· Continue restoring the Amazon rainforest through reforestation. It’s the dry season now in southeastern Peru, which means it’s time to prepare for planting trees when the rains return in a few months. We are caring for hundreds of seedlings that we recently planted in our nursery, and when it starts to rain again they’ll go into the ground. We will plant Brazil nuts and other trees that provide food for local people and wildlife, including several species in danger of extinction.
· Continue our critical biological monitoring projects. We’re monitoring plant and animal populations and how they respond to the accelerating impacts of climate change.
· Continue to deliver high quality environmental education to our local kids. Even though we can’t reach them physically this year, we’ve been able to adapt our approach by creating online tools and materials to be distributed to children and their families as they learn from home.
We still have a long way to go, especially given that Peru has been one of the world’s most hardest-hit countries by Covid-19. Not only does this crisis negatively affect peoples’ health, but it has also erased lots of gains in conservation and education as many people now struggle just to meet their basic needs. We’ll keep fighting for the Amazon, and we’ll be able to do it because we have you on our side.
With gratitude,
Geoff Gallice & Johana Reyes
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