Project Highlights Acción Andina has planted 1,528,969 native trees across 11 projects in Peru and Ecuador in 2024 and 2025 with the support of the Priceless Planet Coalition. After five years of rigorous monitoring and maintenance, 1,114,471 of those trees are expected to be restored (meaning 80% survive). Behind this restoration win is a network […]
Florent Kaiser
The Money Exists. The Frameworks Don’t. Why Water Infrastructure Funding Struggles to Reach Watersheds.
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 […]
CEO Newsletter #8 | A Continent Coming Together Through Nature
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.
Florent Kaiser at ChangeNOW 2026: Culture and Community as the Foundation of Restoration
We’re proud to share that Florent Kaiser, CEO of Global Forest Generation, spoke at ChangeNOW 2026, the world’s largest event for climate solutions. As part of the session, “Rio Trio Synergies to Restore Land, Climate & Biodiversity,” Florent joined Tim Christophersen, Vice President for Climate Action at Salesforce, for a fireside chat exploring what it […]
CEO Newsletter #7 | Investing in the Source of South America’s Water Future: Water from the Andes
Read Florent Kaiser’s seventh biweekly CEO newsletter on why protecting the Andes is essential to South America’s water future and how Acción Andina is expanding its restoration strategy to strengthen water security across the region. In this edition: Read the full issue.
CEO Newsletter #6 | Community Services, Continental Impact
Read Florent Kaiser’s sixth biweekly CEO newsletter on how community-led investments in water, livelihoods, and local infrastructure are helping build resilience across the Andes. In this edition: Read the full issue.
CEO Newsletter #5 | Restoration: A Brilliant Business Strategy
Read Florent Kaiser’s fifth biweekly CEO newsletter on the growing scale of Acción Andina’s restoration movement and why investing in healthy ecosystems, water security, and local communities creates lasting value. In this edition: Read the full issue.
CEO Newsletter #4 | A New Model for Water and Restoration in the Andes
Read Florent Kaiser’s fourth biweekly CEO newsletter on a new watershed restoration initiative in Peru’s Chincha Valley and how community-led restoration can strengthen water security across the Andes In this edition: Read the full issue.
CEO Newsletter #2 | Scaling Nature Restoration
Read Florent Kaiser’s second biweekly CEO newsletter—a quick 2-minute read on what’s unfolding at Global Forest Generation and in the Andes, with ideas to spark bold collaboration. In this edition:– A new restoration project with Patagonia, Lacoste Foundation, Textil del Valle & ECOAN– Urgent community calls for water catchments and wildfire prevention– Can Obras por […]
CEO Newsletter #1 | Biweekly Dispatches from the Frontlines of Restoration
Read Florent Kaiser’s first biweekly CEO newsletter—a quick 2-minute read from the frontlines of restoration across the Andes. In this edition: Read the full issue.