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Understanding complex linkages between social and ecological systems and their resilience to external shocks is essential to promote the sustainable management of natural resources. This project, funded by the Rainforest Alliance’s Kleinhans Fellowship and directed by a graduate student researcher at the University of Florida, explored the resilience of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) production to …

The answer is complex, but at the root of it all: a destructive combination of climate change and reckless land use.

After decades of struggle for land rights, Peru’s indigenous communities now own approximately 15 million hectares of the country’s roughly 70 million hectares of mega-diverse Amazon forestlands. While securing rights is a key first step, tenure alone will not keep forests standing. Growing global demand for gold, petroleum, cocoa, timber, and oil palm is causing widespread deforestation and environmental degradation in indigenous territories. Expansion of these industries–typically without...

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Materials referenced in the Rainforest Alliance's curricula.

Peru: Where indigenous knowledge, climate science, and global markets meet.

Using traditional indigenous knowledge, data, and best practices for a sustainable tamshi harvest.

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Reducing deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing forest carbon stocks in Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia