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Friday, 15 June 2018 17:08

Peru: Cultivating Tara to reforest degradeded riverbanks

Written by xhavaragen
  • Focal Areas: Land Degradation, Community-Based Adaption
  • Priority Groups: Women
  • Countries: Peru
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Located in Lima’s El Agustino district - One hundred local women organized themselves to rehabilitate the river Rimac banks and surrounding hills with Tara trees and other medicinal plants. An artificial wetland with a biofilter was also created to cleanse the water for irrigation. 
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