A Rocha Peru news

Restoring the Lomas within Lima’s Urban Context 1 October 2011
The lomas are an endemic and highly threatened ecosystem along the Peruvian coast line. We are currently developing an integrated conservation project in Lima which is targeted at restoring two lom... (read more)

Huarango Project Featured in LEISA Revista de Agroecología - June 2011 1 June 2011
Our Huarango reforestation project in Ica was featured in the June edition of LEISA Revista de Agroecología as an example of a successful conservation project involving local communities. Read the ... (read more)

Planting Huarango forest in Peru 1 April 2011
Huarango forest is one of the world’s most endangered habitats. Watch our new movie to learn how we are working with churches and other community groups to plant forests of native, desert-loving Hu... (read more)

Huarango Project – Environmental Education and Field Work with the Community, October 2010 14 December 2010
Environmental Education Workshops 3 and 4 were carried out under the direction of the members of the community of San Martín de Porras.  Workshop 3, “Benefits of Huarango to the Community,” addre... (read more)

Huarango Project – Participation of Iglesia Koinonía in Cleanup Days October 2010 14 December 2010
This month we received help from the Koinonía church of Ica, which for some time had expressed their desire to help us.  Pastors Robin and Tracy Shelley are North Americans and missionaries in Ica... (read more)

Huarango Project – Nursery and Plant Propagation: October 2010 14 December 2010
Special care is devoted each day to the seedlings that are being propagated in the nursery “Vida Nueva” (New Life), which is our ally in achieving the restoration of the forest that once existed in... (read more)

Inauguration of the A Rocha Peru office: 8th October 2010 11 December 2010
On Friday, October 8 we celebrated the inauguration of the office of A Rocha Peru, which shares the premises of the association ANIA (www.mundodeania.org), at Jr. Dos de Mayo 237, Barranco, Lima.  ... (read more)

Visit by the Executive Director to Tarapoto and Juanjui 11 December 2010
From the 15th to 19th of October, the Executive Director and her family visited the representatives of A Rocha Peru in Juanjui (pastor Alex Sifuentes) and Tarapoto (José Antonio Delgado), to anal... (read more)

The Huarango Project – Second Year 2 November 2010
Since July 2010 the implementation of the Huarango Project of A Rocha Peru in Ica has continued.In the second year the project redirected its activities to the area of Cerro Partido of Caserío San ... (read more)

The Huarango Project visited by volunteers Cliff Jones and Lewis Iddenden in September 2010 2 November 2010
In September, we were pleased to receive two visitors to our project in Ica, who shared enjoyable moments with us and the community of Caserío San Martín de Porras. Our first visitor was our great ... (read more)

The Huarango Project: Start of the Environmental Education Program 2 November 2010
In September of this year we started our environmental education workshops, directed at the community of Caserío San Martín de Porras in Ica. In this month we had two workshops; the first covered t... (read more)

Replanting Peru’s Huarango forests 1 February 2010
The Huarango (Prosopis pallida) forests on the south coast of Peru are amongst the most threatened ecosystems in the world. For centuries they have been destroyed for fuel and large-scale agric... (read more)

A Rocha Peru Work Report, Cliff Jones 1 December 2008
Tarapoto, Department of San Martin On October 3, I returned to Tarapoto with much excitement to begin a my work for 2 months with A Rocha member and pastor Jose Antonio Delgado. This was my second... (read more)

A Rocha San Martin working... 21 November 2008
...in the Church We make presentations every Tuesday explaining the Biblical basis in order to encourage and challenge Christians to involve in the conservation task. The Regional government, thr... (read more)

Survey trip to Huarango Project to Nazca 18 November 2008
Nazca is an arid place in the Ica department of SW Peru, famous for the giant pictures in the sand. Close by are little rivers that flow from the high Andes and join to form the Rio Grande, which ... (read more)

Tiffany-Ahren Beachy in Peru 14 November 2008
Friday, November 14: Our great friend Tiffany arrived at the city of Trujillo. She was received by Dr. Luis Pollack of the National University of Trujillo, President of the Grupo Aves del Perú ... (read more)

Hurango Festival - ICA 20 April 2008
Volunteers and team members of A Rocha Peru and GAP participated in the II Festival of Huarango, held in the Museo Regional of Ica. Maria, Paty, Monica and Marlene pose in the picture during a lit... (read more)

Children in Carabayllo 8 January 2008
Following an invitation from friends in Vida Plena we participated in an event for children from the slums of San Martin in Carabayllo, on the outskirts of Lima. We did a little workshop and led... (read more)

Matthias Stiefel – Chair of A Rocha International’s Trustees, in Peru 7 January 2008
On 7 January some of A Rocha Peru’s national committee and team met with Matthias Stiefel of A Rocha International. He updated us on A Rocha’s activities around the world, answered the many quest... (read more)

A Rocha Peru volunteer's work on Enviro-Art Gallery 1 January 2008
Our friend, A Rocha Peru volunteer Patty Galarza, is a prize-winning biologist and artist. In January she exhibited her work with other artists in Kennedy Park, Miraflores, Lima. Now the EnviroArt... (read more)

Junin National Reserve 31 December 2007
Through our partnership with Grupo Aves del Peru we are working to protect the rare bird species at the Junín Lake, which is an IBA. The Junín Flightless Grebe Podiceps taczanowskii is probably t... (read more)

Cross-cultural congress 30 December 2007
Between 24 and 25 October A Rocha Perú and other environmental organisations attended this important event in the auditorium of the Central Library of the Universidad San Marcos. We showed the wor... (read more)

Workshop on Stewardship of Creation in Tarapoto 1 November 2007
In November 2007 we led a workshop on the Stewardship of Creation as part of Course VII of Personal Development of Park Rangers of INRENA (National Institute for Natural Resources) in the NE region... (read more)