Regional Coordinator, Nueva Requena, Ucayali Gloria began her career in Peru’s San Martin Region, working for a coffee grower in Soritor, Moyobamba, where she coordinated the cultivation work of the technical team. She moved on from there to work for Foncodes, a social development foundation, as a project facilitator. Now she works hand-in-hand with smallholder […]
Administrator Karin has a wealth of experience in administrative roles across various sectors, from construction to residential building management. As part of her portfolio, Karin is chiefly responsible for the administration of Plant your Future’s operations in Peru. Karin is a qualified executive secretary, and aims to continue her studies in Administration at the ELA […]
Chief Operating Officer Carlos is a Forester by training and has a passion for working with native species of the Amazon Rainforest. Prior to joining Plant your Future he worked with native species of the Amazon for Dipteryx SAC in their Research and Development tree nursery and plantations. At Plant your Future Carlos’ role involves […]
Director of Planning and Monitoring Joana has spent over 20 years working in both Europe and Africa in the Forestry Sector, in research, policy making, consulting, planning and project implementation. She is currently using this experience to implement planning and monitoring systems for Plant your Future in Peru. Joana has a degree in Forest and […]
Earlier this summer we were thrilled to host Esther Arthur from The Ashmore Foundation, one of much valued donors, at our operations in the Peruvian Amazon! Esther visited our smallholder partners to see their thriving agroforestry systems, chatted with our student volunteers about their inspiring ideas for implementing sustainable change in their communities, met our teams, and even […]
Our supporters are Plating the Future! Sandfield Nursery – Partying to Protect the Rainforest. Sandfield Nursery hosted a fantastic rainforest-themed party to wrap up their season! This year, the children have been learning about the importance of preserving our precious ecosystems. They chose to donate to Plant your Future to support our work in restoring […]
We’re delighted to be featured in this month’s ‘Earth Fixers’ series by the Pioneers Post! Follow this link to read the article. Laura Joffre tells our story brilliantly – capturing how, and why, we sow the seeds for environmental and social change in the Peruvian Amazon. If you’re interested in learning more about our sustainable agroforestry […]
We had loads of fun at our End of Season Celebration for Ucayali and Huánuco! There was much to celebrate –in total we’ve planted over 300,000 trees this season all on deforested farmland owned by smallholders. On June 17 we celebrated the end of the planting season in the district, and the achievements of all […]
We’re delighted to feature in ‘Voice of the Jungle’ this week with an explainer from Dr Luis Campos Baca on how payments for ecosystem services, in this case through the sale of carbon offsets, can help smallholder farmers to adopt more sustainable farming and reforest their land through agroforestry in the Amazon.
Last night we attended the Calzo Club’s first Perudo Tournament! Perudo is a dice game of guesswork, bluff and luck! What a wonderful evening of socialising, games and sipping on pisco sours at the residence of the Peruvian Ambassador, London . A glorious summer evening setting all in aid of an amazing cause (our work in […]