In Misiones, Indigenous and farming families are stitching a forest back together — 257 hectares so far

The Atlantic Forest of Misiones, in northern Argentina, survives in fragments — and fragments are no use to a jaguar. In the Andariega landscape, Aves Argentinas and the ReForest Fund are working with Indigenous Mbya Guaraní communities and yerba mate farming families to reconnect those fragments into living corridors. More than 257 hectares (635 acres) have been restored so far, including over 5,000 native trees planted on about 20 hectares (49 acres) of Mbya Guaraní land at Tekoa Nuevo Amanecer, and 220 families have benefited — 193 of them Mbya Guaraní. The corridors are for tapirs and jaguars; the nurseries, agroforestry and steadier livelihoods are for the people who plant them.

SDG 15 · Life on land — Mechanism: community action