GFG in the Media

Last year, the Mastercard-led Priceless Planet Coalition, which aims to restore 100 million trees worldwide, expanded its planting sites to include nearly 1,000 acres in Peru and Ecuador. By the end of 2024, 579,306 trees had been planted by five local partners representing 11 Acción Andina projects.

In 1989, Constantino Aucca was on a scientific expedition with Danish ornithologist Jon Fjeldså, traveling between the regions of Apurímac and Ayacucho in Peru. Fjeldså was nearing completion of his book Birds of the High Andes, and Aucca, an experienced Indigenous guide and expert on the region, was accompanying him on his final trips, braving harsh weather conditions and the dangers of the Shining Path, the armed group that controlled the area at the time.

The award-winning restoration hero Constantino Aucca Chutas explains what drove him to plant ten million trees to protect his indigenous community from the impacts of melting glaciers. 

Ben Goldsmith talks with Earthshot Prize winner, Florent Kaiser, who is leading an effort to restore the high altitude forests of the Andes, stretching all the way from Venezuela down to Patagonia. 

Journey into the high Andes with Peruvian biologist Constantino Aucca Chutas who, as part of the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative, is on a mission to restore one of the most important and unique forest habitats in the world.

Acción Andina has planted more than 150,000 native trees in a single day, a significant milestone in the ongoing efforts to restore high-Andean ecosystems.