Project
Restoration of Polylepis Forests on the Northern slope of Tunari National Park
Restoration of Polylepis Forests on the Northern slope of Tunari National Park
Initiative
Acción Andina
Acción Andina is a Latin-American led, large-scale, forest restoration initiative, which aims to restore one million hectares of threatened high Andean, Polylepis forest in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela over the next 25 years. Internationally supported by non-profits Global Forest Generation and ECOAN, local conservation organizations partner with rural and indigenous communities to bring back native forests, mainly for water security and climate resilience.
Partner
Faunagua
Faunagua is a Bolivian institution dedicated to promoting and strengthening different stakeholders’ capacities to sustainably manage and conserve renewable natural resources, with special emphasis on hydrobiological, wetland, and forest resources. Its activities are focused on collaborative civil society water management, including applied and participatory research, technological innovation, and development of adaptation strategies that consider environmental variability and climate change.
Partner
Global Forest Generation
Global Forest Generation​ (​ GFG), founded in 2018 as a US-based non-profit, is the lead strategic partner of ​Acción Andina​ ​and provides technical, management and finance mobilization support to bring the initiative to scale. GFG serves as the main partner for donors, investors and the conservation and development community: it insures quality, long-term sustainability, and effective implementation during all project phases and also provides key communication and reporting capacities.