Innovación en sostenibilidad desde toda América Latina: Los ganadores de nuestro concurso

  By Karina Bautista Queremos compartir emocionantes buenas noticias: Una gama de inspiración desde diversas iniciativas sostenibles de México, El Salvador, Guatemala, Venezuela, Brasil, Ecuador, Colombia y Perú, llegó a Canopy Bridge en respuesta a nuestro llamado a encontrar iniciativas innovadoras de sostenibilidad en la región. Desde nuez Maya y nuez de Castaña, a hostales […]

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Sustainability innovation in all Latin America: Our contest winners

  By Karina Bautista We want to share exciting good news: An inspiring palette of diverse sustainable initiatives in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru, reached out  to Canopy Bridge in response to our call to find innovative approaches to sustainability in the region. From Maya and Brazil Nuts, to jungle […]

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Hablan los expertos: Tips para participar con éxito en ferias internacionales

El 16 de Junio, Forest Trends y Canopy Bridge realizaron la conferencia en línea “Estrategias para participar con éxito en ferias internacionales,” la tercera de la serie “Economía y Bosque,” sirviendo como orientación para productores que desean participar en ferias comerciales internacionales (con enfoque de sostenibilidad ambiental y social). El webinar empezó con una breve […]

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Diez tips de expertos: ¿Vale la pena que comunidades y pequeños productores inviertan en procesar materia prima en productos elaborados?

  Comúnmente se cree que evitar los intermediarios y aumentar el procesamiento local son claves para que pequeños productores puedan mejorar sus ingresos. Extraer el aceite en vez de vender la nuez de donde proviene, procesar fruta en pulpa congelada en vez de vender fruta fresca, elaborar barras de chocolate en vez de granos de […]

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Heating Up the Kitchens in Ecuador

  What do black outs in 17 historic churches of Quito, Ecuador, Amazonian hot peppers, and conservation have in common? The 2016 Earth Hour in Ecuador, where Amazon products were showcased during the World Wildlife Fund’s iconic event for climate change. The linchpin of this yearly event is an hour of turning off the lights […]

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In the Native Land of Cacao, Vanilla and Amazon Cinnamon

by Jacob Olander The Ecuadorian Amazon is remarkably easy to get to. In no other of the eight countries of the Amazon River basin is the rainforest so accessible. In just a 3-hour drive from the Andean capital city of Quito, where we live, you’re down in the rainforest lowlands. It´s one of my favorite […]

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Navigating the World of Certifications and Guarantee Systems

  Created in order to provide a system of trust in which buyers can be confident that their products really are what they claim to be, certifications are powerful incentives for both producers and consumers to commit to best practices. For producers, a certification can open doors to new markets, some of which are willing […]

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Eating the Amazon

Rows of combines roll in formation across regimented soybean fields. In the Brazilian Amazon, thousands of square kilometers have been cleared for the production of soy and beef for export. This is one way of producing food from the rainforest. But there are other ways. In Peru, an Awajun farmer tends her farm in the rainforest. […]

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Thomas Jefferson: The Founding Father of… Gastronomic Tourism?

In Noli, a small comune in Liguria, Italy, Thomas Jefferson reports that you’ll find “a miserable tavern, but they can give you good fish viz. sardines, fresh anchovies, [etc.] and probably strawberries; perhaps too Ortolans.” In Rozzano, a comune in Milan, he recommends that you “ask for Mascarponi, a rich and excellent kind of curd, and enquire how it is made.” […]

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Peruvian Chocolate’s secret ingredient: more kids in class, not on the cocoa farm

Last month the World Cocoa Foundation issued a stern statement that the measures taken by the cocoa and chocolate industries and by the  United States and West African governments, “have not been sufficient to achieve significant reductions in the number of children working in unacceptable conditions in West Africa, often in circumstances defined as child labor.” […]

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