About The Inga Foundation
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The Inga Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to reducing the clearance of rainforest by slash and burn agriculture as practised in the tropics by desperate peasant farmers. The primary goal of the IF is empowerment and autonomy for these campesinos, to allow them to develop a productive holding which can not only sustain them nutritionally, but can lift them beyond mere subsistence level into a commercial strata by producing cash crops to enrich their lives materially. And thus, the precious rainforest is saved. The reason the tropical rainforest is essential is due to its huge bio-diversity and role in carbon sequestration. UK Registered Charity 1124688 |
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Over the last 20 years, Mike Hands has been working on ways to reduce the destruction of rainforest by setting up demo farms in the tropics, so that farmers can see the benefits of the Alley Cropping. He works closely with the local community through the auspices of a local NGO, Fundacion Pico Bonito, and MOPAWI. |
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The Inga Foundation Board is made up of tropical experts with over 150 years of experience between them. |
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“The tropical equivalent of turning water into wine.” THE INDEPENDENT "The Inga Foundation has found a solution for some of the biggest environmental problems we face, and deserves global recognition and support." ZAC GOLDSMITH “A groundbreaking way to stop vast areas of rainforest from being destroyed.” THE ECOLOGIST “Mike Hands -no 44 in top 100 contributors to ‘saving the planet.’” THE GUARDIAN |
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