BOSQUES PRODUCTORES DE ANDRESITO ARR
Reviving the Atlantic Forest: Restoring one of the continent’s most important biological corridors with shade-grown, organic yerba mate
Located in the northeastern tip of Argentina, in Comandante Andresito, the project covers 2,500 hectares with around 100 producers.
The project area sits between Iguazú National Park and Brazil’s Foz do Iguaçu National Park, forming a key corridor in the Atlantic Forest.
BOSQUES PRODUCTORES DE ANDRESITO ARR
Reviving the Atlantic Forest: Restoring one of the continent’s most important biological corridors with shade-grown, organic yerba mate
Located in the northeastern tip of Argentina, in Comandante Andresito, the project covers 2,500 hectares with around 100 producers.
The project area sits between Iguazú National Park and Brazil’s Foz do Iguaçu National Park, forming a key corridor in the Atlantic Forest.
The project seeks to restore one of South America’s last remaining biological corridors, yet this region — Argentina’s leading yerba mate producer — still suffers from intensive, unsustainable practices and planned deforestation.
Implementation Area 1036 ha The project is designed with a programmatic, opt-in approach, allowing the project area to be progressively consolidated as producers transition from traditional to organic systems.
GENERAL OVERVIEW
The project seeks to restore one of South America’s last remaining biological corridors, yet this region — Argentina’s leading yerba mate producer — still suffers from intensive, unsustainable practices and planned deforestation.
Implementation Area 1036 ha The project is designed with a programmatic, opt-in approach, allowing the project area to be progressively consolidated as producers transition from traditional to organic systems.
INTERVENTION STRATEGIES
PROJECT STRENGTH
Bosques Productores de Andresito’s unique location fostering an exceptional abundance of pollinators and seed sources that support the project’s regenerative activities — a rare sanctuary of hope in an Atlantic Forest where most regions lie devastated
GREASTEST RISKS
Extreme summer heat causes drastic drying of new plantings and reduces the profitability of existing yerba mate.
It also affects native fruit trees, threatening the forest fruits that supply the region’s Atlantic Forest-based jam and preserves industry
PROJECT STRENGTH
Bosques Productores de Andresito’s unique location fostering an exceptional abundance of pollinators and seed sources that support the project’s regenerative activities — a rare sanctuary of hope in an Atlantic Forest where most regions lie devastated
GREATEST RISKS
Extreme summer heat causes drastic drying of new plantings and reduces the profitability of existing yerba mate.
It also affects native fruit trees, threatening the forest fruits that supply the region’s Atlantic Forest-based jam and preserves industry