Association Kumache
Regenerating Life
"CONNECTING BIOMES"
Join this unprecedented journey across South America, connecting the continent through its natural biomes
About the project
We are Carolina and Boris, a couple of biologists working for more than 20 years in wildlife conservation projects and threatened landscapes in the Amazon of Brazil and Venezuela. We have decided to make an unprecedented trip touring all of South America in our vehicle, connecting the continent through its natural biomes.
Our main objective is to visit and explore each of the 10 natural biomes present on the continent along a 40,000 km expedition during 30 months (2022-2025), discovering the native flora and fauna of each ecoregion, connecting with sustainable initiatives that provide local solutions in response to existing environmental threats in each biome.
We want to document our experiences and spread all widely through an integrated website, social networks and a book. While doing so, we want to offset the carbon footprint that we generate during the trip, planting native trees in collaboration with local communities and institutions.
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Objectives
explore
and visit each of the 10 natural biomes present on the continent along a 40,000 km expedition, discovering the native flora and fauna of each ecoregion.
connect
with sustainable initiatives that provide local solutions in response to existing environmental threats in each biome.
document
our experiences and spread all widely through an integrated website, social networks and a book.
restore habitats
offset the carbon footprint that we generate during the trip, by planting native trees in collaboration with local communities and institutions.
Proposed route
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Our land journey through the 10 biomes of South America, starting from Manaus (in the Brazilian Amazon) to Tierra del Fuego and then north to Barranquilla in the desert of the Colombian Caribbean coast.
Visited projects
during Sept 2022 and
Feb 2023
South American Biomes
Products
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Actions of ecological restoration through our "Regenerating Life" Fund, planting native plants and trees in each visited biome.
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Compensation of our carbon footprint, and of other collaborators who wish to support our project.
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Published book with full color photos and texts about the stories, the people and the places that we visited during this journey.
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Interviews (podcast and articles) on conservation and resilience initiatives in each biome, documenting their actions and impacts.
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Sound recordings (sensory experience) that characterize each visited biome.
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Interactive web page about the biomes of South America, with:​
(i) virtual library with information and audiovisual archives of its cultural and biological diversity;
(ii) teaching manuals on nature-based solutions for sustainability and resilience;
(iii) integrated e-commerce sales platform for products originating from fair and solidarity trade.
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Do you want to know more?
Read our bimonthly Newsletter with all the information about our journey, route, and visited projects along the Southamerican biomes!
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Download all our Newsletter here in ESPAÑOL , ENGLISH and PORTUGUES
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Our mission and goals are directly aligned with the objectives proposed by the United Nations (UN) for the period 2021-2030 (Resolution 73/284), called the "Decade of Ecosystem Restoration", which has as its fundamental basis:
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" Halt, prevent and reverse ecosystem degradation and effectively restore degraded terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems around the world."
(https://www.decadeonrestoration.org)
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The Decade of Ecosystem Restoration concerns us all: communities, innovators, investors, governments, private companies and individuals are called to value our duties for this Decade.
In addition, the actions we propose are associated with seven of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Objective 06 – Clean water and sanitation
Objective 07 – Affordable and clean energy
Goal 11 – Sustainable cities and communities
Goal 12 – Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13 – Action against global climate change
Objective 14 – Underwater Life
Objective 15 – Life of terrestrial ecosystems.
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Estimated Schedule
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We started in: September 2022
End: September 2025
By supporting our project, you can be part of this global movement, helping to restore and reverse the degradation of natural biomes in South America - it's time to act!
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