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
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.