PERU

Loreto, Peruvian Amazon

Since 2018, the project, "Superfruits that Conserve Forests," has supported alternative livelihoods for 349 producers from 16 different communities. These communities are committed to the conservation of around 280,000 acres of Peruvian Amazon forests.

In this project, Nature and Culture worked with local Indigenous communities to harvest the aguaje fruit without using clearcutting methods. Doing so has increased the storage capacity of irrecoverable carbon in the riparian areas of the Amazon where the aguaje palm is found.

At every step of the production process, our technicians have helped to connect communities to the international market in a socially and environmentally friendly way.