A Triple Win for Peru’s Rain Forest This story is from the 2019 November/December Arbor Day Foundation Newsletter and updated on October 1, 2021. Sign up for the Arbor Day e-news to get updates right to your inbox. East of the great Andes Mountains and west of the Amazon Basin lies an area of Peru known as the highland jungle. It is a land of steep slopes with fertile soil and temperatures that are ideal for coffee plants. This remarkable place is on the fringe of the massive Amazon rain forest, which is home to some of the most rare and wonderful animals on the planet, including jaguars, sloths, parrots, spider monkeys, pink river dolphins, and macaws. It is also part of the worldwide crisis stemming from the burning and clearing of rain forest land. In 2020 alone, more than 10 million acres (4.2 million hectares) of primary tropical forest were lost, destroying natural habitat and contributing to climate change. The Arbor Day Foundation is truly on a mission, and the Café Selva Norte Project in Peru is a good example. This project, which translates to “coffee from the north jungle,” is funded largely by individual donor contributions and is making a … Continue reading Farmers, the Earth, and Coffee Quality