Fight Climate Change & Biodiversity loss
Help Communities in the Andes Restore & Protect Native Forests
Accion Andina
EMPOWERING LOCAL LEADERS & COMMUNITIES TO RESTORE VITAL FORESTS
Acción Andina is the first multi-country, large-scale initiative to restore the high altitude forests of the Andes. Co-founded by ECOAN (Asociación Ecosistemas Andinos) and Global Forest Generation, our goal, over the next 25 years, is to protect and restore one million hectares (almost 2.5 million acres) of this critical ecosystem. Our growing partnership is led by dedicated on-the-ground conservation leaders that have established deep bonds with local and indigenous communities. We are responding to the urgent need to restore degraded high Andean native forest landscapes for climate resilience and water security while sustaining the last remaining high Andean cultures.
Goals
PROTECTING A MILLION HECTARES OF NATIVE ANDEAN FOREST BY 2045
Protect
standing forests
Saving from deforestation the remaining 500,000 Ha of vitally important, but little known, old-growth Polylepis forest is essential to the survival of the Andes and to our planet.
Empower
local leaders
Engaging a new generation of conservation leaders and communities supported by a network of experts and resources is key to large-scale reforestation and ecosystem protection.
Restore
degraded lands
Restoring 500,000 Ha of lost and degraded high mountain, priority forest ecosystems by planting the right native trees in the right places will provide long-term climate resilience, including water security.
CAMPAIGNS
GLOBAL ALLIANCES
The United Nations has recognized Acción Andina as a Nature Based Solution to Climate Change. We are dedicated to making the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 all that it can be.
Polylepis: The Most Important Trees You’ve Never Heard Of
Polylepis Forests
CLICK HEREAmong the Andes’ unique biodiversity is the only surviving bear
We need you to take action for our forest!
JOIN USWorld’s highest amphibian inhabits Peruvian Andes
DEVELOP CARBON PROJECTS IN THE ANDES
We need everyone to take action for our forest!
JOIN USHEALTHY MOUNTAIN FORESTS FOR WATER SECURITY
Learn more about our water program
CLICK HERECritically endangered hummingbird native to Ecuador’s Polylepis forests
The black-breasted Puffleg
CLICK HEREProgress
ON-THE-GROUND IMPACT since 2018
Our projects will soon be accessible on explorer.land, a high resolution, interactive
map-based platform.
Participating
Involved
Protected*
Reforested
Involved
Impact
INTERACTIVE MAP TO PROMOTE PROGRESS & TRANSPARENCY
We’re currently developing a high-resolution, satellite-based mapping platform with explorer.land. It will provide a bird’s eye view of of our projects, showing existing forest, reforestation sites, and nurseries while presenting relevant information about these areas.
Supporters
Key Allies
We are grateful to Global Forest Generation and all our active supporters. We look forward to long-lasting, productive partnerships as we continue to build our ecosystem of collaboration.