Protect and Restore Nature
Under threat like never before, the nominees for the Protest and Restore Nature category are fighting to combat risks in the natural world.
The natural world is under threat like never before, and the three nominees for the Protest and Restore Nature category are all fighting to combat the risks. Across South America, Accio虂n Andina are working with indigenous communities to restore the high forests of the Andes, protecting vital freshwater sources as they go. In Brazil, Belterra work with local farmers to promote agroforestry systems 鈥� growing crops amongst native trees and shrubs and giving the farmers access to new markets to sell their produce. And in Sierra Leone, the city of Freetown has declared itself a Treetown 鈥� working with locals to plant and look after trees in order to project residents from floods and landslides.
