A majority of the projects that we carry out in partnership with our indigenous colleagues in the northeast, northwest, and southern regions of the Amazon take several years to put into place and count successes. During these spans, our indigenous partners face numerous challenges, but also steadfastly make strides in conservation efforts and constantly work to build new partnerships. As events unfold and opportunities for progress arise, we want to make you, our generous supporters, aware of what is currently going on in the Amazon.
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Initiative of the Month: Mitigation of Accidental |
In the Colombian Eastern Andean Amazon, peasant farmers are currently facing accidental fumigation of their legal cacao plants (from which chocolate and cocoa are produced) as the government sprays nearby illegal coca plants (from which cocaine is produced). These farmers have worked tirelessly for years to support their families and communities through the cultivation of legal, organic and sustainably produced crops. When their crops are defoliated, it puts them back at square one.
Your support can help peasant farmers in Colombia work to protect their cacao plants and other essential crops from accidental fumigation and to mitigate the effects of prior aerial eradication:
- Buy seeds to plant new crops
- Provide money for food, since all sustenance crops were fumigated
- Provide legal service to claim compensation for damages
- Provide training to prevent future fumigation
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Huffington Post blog by leading social entrepreneur Jim Fruchterman: Shooting Ourselves in the Foot: Paying Twice in Colombia to Grow and Kill Legal Crops
By making a donation to ACT, you can help not only these Colombian farmers, but also all of ACT's other indigenous partners in remote corners of the Amazon.
