On camera
December 19, 2016
We’ve spoken a lot recently about the camera traps installed in our forests in Brazil’s Pontal do Paranapanema region.
Pontal posts
The future of the jaguar in the Atlantic Forest
December 12, 2016
The Atlantic Forest of Brazil, where WeForest is restoring and reconnecting patches of forest, is home to one of South America’s most charismatic species: the jaguar (Panthera onca).
Meet Cisero Natercio
November 23, 2016
Cisero Natercio is a member of the Landless Workers Movement (Portuguese: Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra, MST), a movement for land reform in Brazil that pushes for secure access to land for rural workers.
New selfies in the forest
November 3, 2016
Last month we shared the launch of our partner IPÊ’s Selfies in the Forest Web Platform.
Brazil nurseries are in full swing
October 14, 2016
The community-based nurseries in Pontal do Paranapanema are working intensively to produce the thousands of seedlings that will be used in the next areas scheduled for reforestation.
Women in charge
August 8, 2016
Across all WeForest projects women are empowered through income generation and entrepreneurship.
Good news for South America’s terrestrial hippo
July 13, 2016
At the beginning of this year, we were thrilled to see lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) at our project site in Brazil.
Young forests have great potential to store carbon
July 12, 2016
Paper shows young, secondary-growth forests play an important role in climate change mitigation.
Life at the nursery
March 22, 2016
WeForest’s tree planting efforts in Brazil serve to reconnect the biodiverse but highly fragmented Atlantic forest.