In Peru with the Champions of the Earth

10 million trees planted in 20 years by 180 communities in the Andes. The Quechuas are the custodians of the Inca civilization which has always exploited water coming from glaciers in a sustainable manner. As a descendant of Quechua farmers, Peruvian biologist Constantino Aucca Chutas felt the need to act when he saw that the forests of his ancestral lands in the Andes were disappearing due to human activity. By collaborating with local communities across the Andes for more than 20 years, he initiated a massive reforestation effort, which resulted in the planting of more than 10 million trees. On the steep slopes of the Altiplano at very high altitude, few trees can take root. It is by planting Polylepis, an endemic species, that Constantino Aucca Chutas restores local forests. This tree plays a vital role in the water cycle, collecting moisture from rising mists and returning it to the river basin below. And it is during the rainy season that it is planted.

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