Conservation Programs

Proyecto Selva de Pino Paraná

The Atlantic forest is one of the five top biodiversity hotspots globally, and 88% is already gone.

Through environmental education and participatory action, farmers, students, and teachers at 25 schools and colleges around San Pedro value and protect threatened species and their habitat.

Key Results

• Capture of endangered Vinaceous Parrots (Amazona vinacea) noticeably declined since 2004, when less than 1% of people in the community knew that the species was threatened. By 2012, 92% of teachers were using Vinaceous Parrots as an example of endangered species in their teaching. Farmers who previously captured the parrots now help restore their habitat and monitor wild populations.

• 40 rural families planted 2800 native trees on their farms from 2010 to 2019 to restore habitat for endangered birds.

• The percentage of elementary school students who indicated "farmers" among "people who can help endangered animals" increased from 29% in 2010 to 75% in 2015.