Every year, governments and institutions commit billions to water infrastructure, and almost none of it reaches the ecosystems that make that infrastructure work. Mountains are the source of up to 60% of the world’s freshwater flows. High-altitude forests, wetlands, and peatlands regulate those flows, sustaining more than two billion people. In the Andes, it is […]
Read Florent Kaiser’s eighth biweekly CEO newsletter on the connections between water, ecosystems, culture, and restoration across South America and why lasting environmental change depends on recognizing nature as the foundation of prosperity and resilience. In this edition: Read the full issue.
Learn how an initiative like Acción Andina can help to mitigate a Super El Niño year.
Watch this new video for a glimpse of the impact that community-led fire brigades are making in Bolivia.
Watch this new video to witness the heart of restoration: a dedicated group of women bringing life back to the Andes.
Watch these new shorts to learn more about the communities making protection and restoration possible.
The climate crisis is in full swing, and already heavily impacting life in the Andes. Water is becoming less reliable, and forests are under intense pressure as a result. As glaciers continue to melt rapidly, water security diminishes – threatening livelihoods, urban and rural communities, industries, and biodiversity. At Global Forest Generation, our work to […]
Everybody on the planet lives in a watershed. Even those in places that receive little rain, are land-locked, or located far from a source of water. Watersheds, or drainage basins, are seemingly invisible divisions of land that define the flow of water – from raindrops on hills to rivers in valleys – as it makes […]
Watch this new video for a closer look into the work we do at GFG.
Leslie Danoff shares how two events came together and inspired her to co-found GFG.