“Climate Change Is Hitting Hard in the Andes” |  

Despite making up just 1% of the earth’s land surface, 15% of all plant and wildlife species are located in the Andes Mountain Range, including over 50 endangered species like the spectacled bear and the Andean condor.
Over the years, deforestation, animal grazing and mining have depleted high Andean forests, leaving behind less than 10% of the region’s native forests.
Acción Andina are working with indigenous communities to restore the degraded landscape across The Andes mountains.
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Over the last ten years, the evidence that we face urgent challenges to protect the environment has become indisputable, and it’s clear that the time to act is now. Drawing inspiration from the concept of moonshots, which since the moon landing in 1969 has become shorthand to talk about the most ambitious and ground-breaking goals, Prince William announced The Earthshot Prize: an ambitious set of challenges to inspire a decade of action to repair the planet.
We believe in the power of human ingenuity to prove to us all that the seemingly impossible is possible.
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