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Reforestation

April 15, 2025

How to Restore Forest and Biodiversity Without Sacrificing Food Security

Two approaches to food-positive reforestation in Ecuador

Humanity will always choose food over conservation and carbon. That is the problem that we…

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Research

April 4, 2025

Research Highlights from the Jama-Coaque Reserve

Highlights of nearly two decades of research in the Jama-Coaque Reserve.

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Conservation

April 2, 2025

The Jama-Coaque Reserve

The heart of the Pacific Forest of Ecuador

The Jama-Coaque Reserve (JCR) protects one of the last major remnants of the Pacific Forest…

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Conservation

July 4, 2024

Community Forests Program (Bosques Comunitarios)

A viable pathway to building the Capuchin Corridor

Revolutionizing how NGOs and local communities work together to conserve tropical forests.

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Reforestation

June 15, 2024

How We Rapidly Reforest Large Tracts of Land With Minimal Cost

Guide to the judo principles of tropical forest restoration

Key lessons learned from ten different reforestation projects over the course of 15 years in…

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Reforestation

June 14, 2024

Brief Summary of Reforestation Methodologies by TMA

Over 427 acres reforested thus far

TMA has restored 427 acres of forest in coastal Ecuador since 2008. Along the way,…

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Reforestation

September 28, 2023

Catalogue of Cacao Cultivars in the Jama-Coaque Reserve

A showcase of Nacional cacao genetics in Ecuador

A survey of the genetic profiles of cacao trees grown by TMA in 9 different…

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Reforestation

September 15, 2023

Capuchin Cacao = Regenerative Chocolate

Using regenerative cacao farms to help restore the rainforest in coastal Ecuador

We're using heirloom cacao trees to reverse deforestation and help restore a threatened rainforest in…

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Reforestation

June 20, 2023

How TMA and To’ak Are Using Chocolate to Restore the Rainforest

How a rainforest conservation foundation (TMA) gave birth to a chocolate company (To'ak)...and how this…

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Conservation

April 4, 2023

Photo Tour of the Pacific Forest of Ecuador

A visual overview of an extraordinary ecosystem

A glimpse inside a truly fascinating world.

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Research

March 28, 2023

Biomass Inventory of the Capuchin Corridor in Coastal Ecuador

Per hectare carbon storage of the Pacific Forest of Ecuador

Summary of the biomass inventories of the Capuchin Corridor in coastal Ecuador.

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Research

March 26, 2023

Carbon Assessment of the Capuchin Corridor & Camarones River Basin

Breaking down the numbers

Carbon valuation of the Capuchin Corridor and the Camarones River Basin in coastal Ecuador.

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Conservation

March 25, 2023

Comparing the Forest Carbon Ledger (FCL) to REDD+

Using the Capuchin Corridor in Ecuador as a case study

The Forest Carbon Ledger (FCL) is a new method for quantifying the carbon value of…

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Conservation

February 9, 2023

Long-Term Threats & Plan for Resilience for the Capuchin Corridor

Management Guide for the Coming Decades

This 2-page report offers a clinical diagnosis of the primary threats facing the Capuchin Corridor…

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Conservation

November 19, 2022

Saving the Old-Growth Cloud Forest of Cerro Pata de Pájaro

The Struggling Jewel of the Pacific Forest of Ecuador

TMA and its local partner organization FETMU are working together to protect the 4,333-hectare (10,707-acre)…

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Conservation

December 20, 2021

Brief Overview of the Capuchin Corridor

A 35,000-acre rainforest conservation & restoration project

TMA is building a large-scale conservation corridor that will protect and restore one of the…

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Conservation

September 15, 2021

The Most Endangered Rainforest You’ve Never Heard Of

An Intimate Portrait of the Pacific Forest of Ecuador

A glimpse into one of the most extraordinary and vulnerable ecosystems on planet earth: the…

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BlogReforestation

June 4, 2021

Why Paying Farmers for Reforestation is a Game-Changer

A Community Reforestation Program Fueled by PES Payments

Without a strong and immediate financial incentive for forest restoration, it will not happen in…

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BlogReforestation

June 4, 2021

How We Monitor and Verify Forest Restoration

Digital, aerial, satellite, and boots on the ground

Frequent and accurate monitoring of every single reforestation parcel is a central component of our…

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BlogReforestation

June 1, 2021

What Is “Payments for Ecosystem Services” (PES)?

An economic solution to an ecological problem

Here's why we believe the PES model is the wave of the future.

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BlogReforestation

May 24, 2021

How Much It Costs to Plant a Tree in the Tropics

And why that slightly misses the point

The actual planting represents maybe 2% of the overall work required to raise a tree…

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BlogReforestation

May 24, 2021

Cost Structure of TMA’s Community Reforestation Program

A detailed cost breakdown of the project by year and by category of activity.

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BlogReforestation

May 21, 2021

What is Regenerative Agroforestry?

And why it’s often better than conventional reforestation

Conventional reforestation often pits the needs of nature against the needs of people. Regenerative Agroforestry…

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