ArBolivia – Bolivia
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About the project
The ArBolivia project seeks to implement reforestation by linking local Bolivian smallholders with ethical timber investors, whilst also producing carbon income for local participants.
The lack of capital to invest in more efficient and sustainable agricultural practices has traditionally forced many smallholders in the Cochabamba tropics, Santa Cruz (Ichilo Province), Northern La Paz and Western Beni to employ slash and burn techniques, which continue to threaten the western fringes of the Amazon.
With the help of investment capital provided mainly by the UK not-for-profit sector, The Cochabamba Project is reforesting affected areas together with communities, providing households with the prospect of substantial, ongoing, additional revenues.
This is not like the old way. We don’t burn. We don’t move every few years. The soil stays healthy. The forest stays alive.
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