Yerba mate – a market-driven model for conserving Paraguay’s Atlantic Forest
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £309,244
WHERE Paraguay
Summary
Partnership between the indigenous Mbaya Guarani, campesinos, private sector, government and civil society, will support and promote shade-grown yerba maté cultivation at San Rafael reserve, providing culturally- and environmentally-appropriate land use that reduces poverty, respects rights and conserves globally-threatened forest biodiversity, and informs conservation of Paraguay’s remaining Atlantic Forest fragments.
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