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Protecting Tambopata-Bahuaja in Peru. Families helped to earn a living beside the forest, not by clearing it.
A Peruvian organisation called AIDER protects 591,119 hectares of rainforest in two protected areas near the Bolivian border, and helps the families living around them to earn a living without clearing trees.
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- Tambopata-Bahuaja Biodiversity Reserve, Peru
- 12.6°S, 69.2°W
In short
- Where: The Madre de Dios region of Peru, near the border with Bolivia.
- What: Protecting the Tambopata National Reserve and part of Bahuaja-Sonene National Park from unplanned forest clearance.
- Who: AIDER, a Peruvian non-governmental organisation, working with local farmers and communities.
- Why: Keeping the forest standing keeps its carbon out of the air and protects rare and endangered wildlife.
Why this part of Peru
Peru is the third largest country in South America. It is known for its wildlife, its cultural heritage and ecosystems that matter far beyond its borders.
Those are under growing pressure. Ecologi’s page lists the main threats as deforestation, climate change, changes in how land is used, and extractive activities, which means taking resources out of the land.
The project is in the Madre de Dios region, close to the Bolivian border. It covers the Tambopata National Reserve and a section of Bahuaja-Sonene National Park. Together the project area comes to 591,119 hectares of tropical rainforest.
How the project cuts emissions
Forest stores carbon. When trees are cut or burned, that carbon is released as greenhouse gas. The project prevents unplanned clearance and damage inside the protected areas, so the carbon stays in the forest.
Ecologi’s page puts the saving at 457,750 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent avoided each year, over a 20-year period. That is the project’s planned figure. The page does not give a date for it.
The method is to build what the page calls an economic buffer zone around the forest. In simple terms, local communities are helped to earn a living in ways that do not depend on clearing forest.
Who does the work
The project is led by AIDER, a Peruvian non-governmental organisation. It works through the communities around the reserve in several ways.
- Conservation agreements. Local people receive practical benefits in return for a commitment to protect the forest.
- Help with making a living. The project provides money, technical training and help with selling what people produce.
- Watching the forest. Park rangers and community surveillance committees are trained, and local groups are given a stronger role in looking after their own natural resources.
The project on record
Ecologi funded this project from 2019 and now lists it as previously funded, so it no longer takes contributions for it. Its page still carries dated updates, and the most recent are from late 2025.
Those updates describe a year in which about 580 families were supported. They include farmers, fish farmers, craft workers, tourism businesses, chestnut growers, ranchers and small-scale fishermen. The help was practical: advice on pruning, checks on grafted cacao seedlings and on forest plantations, and work with cacao producers, fish farmers and craft workers from native communities.
- July 2010The project starts.
- July 2019The project achieves the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards under Verra.
- October 2025An update on community support reports that about 580 families were helped during the year.
- December 2025The 2025 monitoring report repeats the figure of about 580 families supported, with technical help for cacao growers, fish farmers and others.
About 580families supported during the year, as reported in the December 2025 monitoring update on Ecologi’s page.
How the project is checked
We do not choose or run the projects ourselves. They are selected by Ecologi, and this one carries Ecologi’s “Carbon Project Ecologi Approved” mark.
It is certified by outside standards as well. Ecologi lists two verifiers: the Verified Carbon Standard, and the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standard. The page says the second is managed by Verra, and that this project achieved it in July 2019.
Ecologi ties the project to eight of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including no poverty, zero hunger, quality education, climate action and life on land.
What Printlogik has funded here
Ecologi’s public record names this project among those that Printlogik’s contributions have gone to through the Print A Tree Project. Ecologi does not publish a figure for how much carbon we have funded at each project, so we cannot give one for Tambopata-Bahuaja.
What Ecologi does publish is our total across all the carbon projects we have supported. That total is shown on the Print A Tree page.
Because Ecologi now lists this project as previously funded, new contributions do not go to it. Every order we print still makes a contribution through Ecologi, and that goes to the projects it supports today.
How your order gets here
- You order printAny order, of any size. There is nothing to tick and nothing extra to pay.
- We make a contributionEach invoice triggers a contribution from Printlogik to Ecologi.
- Emissions are cutEcologi funds projects like this one, and records what we have funded in public.
The UN global goals it supports
The United Nations has set 17 Sustainable Development Goals for a fairer, healthier planet by 2030. Ecologi records this project as supporting 8 of them.
- 1No poverty
- 2Zero hunger
- 3Good health and well-being
- 4Quality education
- 8Decent work and economic growth
- 12Responsible consumption and production
- 13Climate action
- 15Life on land
Where it is
Tambopata-Bahuaja Biodiversity Reserve, Peru · 12.6°S, 69.2°W
| Location | Tambopata-Bahuaja Biodiversity Reserve, Peru |
|---|---|
| Type of project | Forest protection |
| Run by | AIDER |
| Status | Ecologi funded it from 2019 and now lists it as previously funded |
| Full record | See it on Ecologi |
Questions
Tambopata-Bahuaja in Peru, answered
Where is the project?
In the Madre de Dios region of Peru, near the Bolivian border. It covers the Tambopata National Reserve and part of Bahuaja-Sonene National Park.
How big is the area?
591,119 hectares of tropical rainforest.
Who runs the project?
AIDER, a Peruvian non-governmental organisation.
How does it cut emissions?
It prevents unplanned forest clearance inside the protected areas, so the carbon stored in the trees is not released. It does this by helping nearby families earn a living without clearing forest.
Who checks the project?
Ecologi lists the Verified Carbon Standard and the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standard as verifiers. It also carries Ecologi’s own approval mark for carbon projects.
Is the project still running?
Ecologi lists it as previously funded, so it no longer takes contributions for it. The project itself was still reporting in December 2025, the date of the latest update on Ecologi’s page.
How does my print order help?
Every Printlogik order funds tree planting and carbon reduction through Ecologi, at no extra cost to you. This is one of the carbon projects our contributions have gone to. Ecologi does not publish a figure for each project, but our total is on the Print A Tree page. New orders fund the projects Ecologi supports today.
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