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 […]
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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.
Weathering a Super El Niño: How Andean Restoration Builds Climate Resilience
Learn how an initiative like Acción Andina can help to mitigate a Super El Niño year.
Warmi Kewiñas: Guardians of Forests
Watch this new video to witness the heart of restoration: a dedicated group of women bringing life back to the Andes.
Defending Forests from Fire
Watch this new video for a glimpse of the impact that community-led fire brigades are making in Bolivia.
Stories from Bolivia
Watch these new shorts to learn more about the communities making protection and restoration possible.
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 […]
Payments for Ecosystem Services: Funding the Impact of Restoration
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 […]
Raindrops to Rivers: How watersheds influence ecosystems, lives, and communities
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 […]