Help us keep fighting for the Amazon!

Dear rainforest champions,

What a promising year we have ahead of us! In Peru, although the pandemic is still ongoing, things are looking a little better each day as vaccinations ramp up. At Finca Las Piedras, life has slowly begun to return to some sense of normalcy, and we have so far been able to keep everyone safe from Covid-19. We expect things to continue to get better from here.

With the arrival of our 2021 staff members in January, we are back to having a full team and have resumed most of the regular activities we had to pause last year due to the pandemic. Our research projects are back to 100% capacity and we are wrapping up at least 4 research articles that will soon be published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. In terms of our reforestation efforts, we are in the process of germinating close to 1,000 Brazil nut seeds to distribute to our local Brazil nut concessionaires and ensure the regeneration of thousands of acres of rainforest near Finca Las Piedras. Since this rainy season has been unusually wet, we’ve had to work a bit harder than usual to keep everything going, but it’s all worth it to see how happy the rains have made our regenerating rainforest!

Finally, we are excited to resume some of our education programs this summer as well, including our regular projects with undergraduate students. Although we will continue to maintain a strict Covid-19 mitigation protocol, we are thrilled at the opportunity to once again inspire the next generation of Amazon conservationists.

Despite all of the challenges that remain for us this year we are still fighting for the Amazon, and we are grateful to all of you for continuing to provide critical funding and support to keep our research, reforestation, and education projects in Peru going strong.

In solidarity,

The ASA Team