COOL EARTH ANNUAL REPORT 2014 / 2015

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1 COOL EARTH ANNUAL REPORT 2014 / 2015

2 COOL EARTH IS THE CHARITY THAT WORKS ALONGSIDE INDIGENOUS VILLAGES TO HALT RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION Introduction Highlights Project Achievments Our Vision Finanical Summary

COOL EARTH GOES GLOBAL We ve come a long way in seven years. From a single village partner in the Peruvian Amazon, Cool Earth is now a global movement spanning three continents.

3 COOL EARTH GOES GLOBAL We ve come a long way in seven years. From a single village partner in the Peruvian Amazon, Cool Earth is now a global movement spanning three continents. The idea behind Cool Earth has always been to help villages take control of the rainforest they ve depended upon for generations. It s an approach that runs counter to the traditional reserve model of the big conservation groups yet is proven to be the most effective way to keep rainforest standing. This effectiveness is largely down to its simplicity. By ensuring people on the ground make the decisions, Cool Earth can operate anywhere, from the Amazon to the Congo and, as of 2014, Oceania. This approach has achieved more than any of us could have imagined with half a million acres now saved and more added each day. It is a terrific testament to what can be done with a light-touch approach that works with, rather than against, local people. Tiny grants, small investments and a helping hand has safeguarded community forest that will stand the test of time and loggers. It s a simple model, it s a sustainable model, and thanks to over 40,000 total supporters, it puts the right people back in control of the forest. MATTHEW OWEN Cool Earth Annual Report 2014/15 Introduction 03

4 HALF A MILLION ACRES SAVED THREE COMPLETED PROJECTS HIGHLIGHTS 386,000 ACRES SAVED 118 PARTNER VILLAGES HALTING RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION 120 MILLION TREES KEPT STANDING 36,473 LOCAL PEOPLE UNITED 35,410 TO DEFEND LOCAL PEOPLE THEIR HOMES SUPPORTED 80 SPECIES ON THE IUCN RED LIST PROTECTED BY SAFEGUARDING THEIR HABITATS WE VE SAVED HALF A MILLION ACRES With 500,000 acres protected by our partners, over five million acres of forest is inaccessible to loggers. WE VE REPLICATED OUR MODEL Cool Earth s community-led approach is now saving forest across three continents, spanning the world s major rainforests biomes. WE VE PROVEN IT WORKS Our Asháninka partners have lost 0.53% of their forest, compared to a regional rate of 28%. It s no surprise that Peru s based its National Forest Programme on the Cool Earth model. 130,000,000 TONNES OF CO 2 LOCKED IN 29,000,000,000 LITRES OF WATER PRODUCED 38 BILLION ANNUALLY LITRES OF WATER THREE CONTINENTS PRODUCED WE VE PROVEN OUR MODEL ANNUALLY BY COOL EARTH WORKS ACROSS THE GLOBE PROJECTS Cool Earth Annual Report 2014/15 Highlights 05

PARTNERSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS Cool Earth is the only charity that focuses solely where the threat to the forest is greatest, with partnerships located on the frontline of forest destruction.

5 PARTNERSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS Cool Earth is the only charity that focuses solely where the threat to the forest is greatest, with partnerships located on the frontline of forest destruction. Each partnership forms a shield to make the neighbouring forest inaccessible to loggers, saving millions of acres of further forest. Our partnerships are built to achieve three outcomes: COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INCOME GENERATION FOREST PROTECTION Cool Earth Annual Report 2014/15 Partnership Achievements 07

6 COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT Cool Earth Annual Report 2014/15 Community Empowerment 09

I AM SO PROUD OF OUR NEW SCHOOL. WE VE NEVER HAD A PROPER BUILDING BEFORE. THE STRUCTURE WOULD ALWAYS COLLAPSE AND THE CHILDREN WOULD LOSE OUT ON SCHOOLING.

7 I AM SO PROUD OF OUR NEW SCHOOL. WE VE NEVER HAD A PROPER BUILDING BEFORE. THE STRUCTURE WOULD ALWAYS COLLAPSE AND THE CHILDREN WOULD LOSE OUT ON SCHOOLING. THIS BUILDING WILL LAST AND BE GOOD FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. Vanessa Quirigua, Saboroshiari School Teacher Cool Earth places funds directly in the hands of indigenous communities for them to decide what they need most. This year our local partners built four medical outposts, three new classrooms and funded midwife training. Better health, better education and better livelihoods all lead to forest kept standing. OTHER LOCAL INVESTMENTS IN 2014 INCLUDED: 1 HELPING YAKOLIMA CHILDREN GET BACK TO SCHOOL All 67 households in our Yakolima Partnership were provided with a backto-school bursary to cover costs of a new school year - simple items such as uniforms and school books. 2 FUNDED AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL PROGRAMME FOR OUR ASHÁNINKA PARTNERS Our Asháninka partners designated a project wide emergency evacuation fund to evacuate the seriously ill to hospital saving 15 lives. 3 INVESTED IN 37 COMMUNITY AND FAMILY FISH FARMS The waterways around the Awajún Partnership are contaminated from illegal gold mining upstream. Our partners invested in 37 fish farms to ensure families have pollution free protein. Cool Earth Annual Report 2014/15 Community Empowerment 11

8 INCOME GENERATION Cool Earth Annual Report 2014/15 Income Generation 13

WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT MY ROLE IS BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT MY ASHÁNINKA BROTHERS. CACAO IS VITAL FOR US. IT GIVES A HOUSEHOLD SUSTAINABILITY - MONEY FOR HEALTH, EDUCATION, FOOD FOR OUR CHILDREN.

9 WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT MY ROLE IS BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT MY ASHÁNINKA BROTHERS. CACAO IS VITAL FOR US. IT GIVES A HOUSEHOLD SUSTAINABILITY - MONEY FOR HEALTH, EDUCATION, FOOD FOR OUR CHILDREN. Sergio Capeshi, Ayompari President Boosting local livelihoods helps to relieve the pressure on the standing forest and create strong self-determining communities. From training 59 people in agroforestry in Lubutu to marketing workshops for the 60 artisans in our Awajún Partnership, we re ensuring our partners can out-price forest destruction. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2014: 1 DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF CACAO PRODUCERS IN THE AYOMPARI GROWERS ASSOCIATION Membership grew from 69 to 174 families. Cacao is the key income stream for this area, providing an alternative to logging. 2 WE PRODUCED THE FIRST COOL EARTH CHOCOLATE BAR It is made with beans grown, harvested and fermented by our Asháninka partners. This is the first time the beans have made it into a single origin, handmade bar - traceable back to the village. 3 HITTING THE CATWALK Vivienne Westwood adorned every model in her Paris Show with jewellery made by the artisans in our Awajún Partnership. 4 WORKING WITH COFFEE PRODUCERS IN FIVE NEW VILLAGES We started working with the coffee producers in the five higher altitude villages in the Asháninka Partnership and employed a coffee technician to improve crop quality. Cool Earth Annual Report 2014/15 Income Generation 15

10 FOREST PROTECTION Cool Earth Annual Report 2014/15 Forest Protection 17

OUR TREES ARE SAFE, I CAN SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT AGAIN. WE RE TELLING OUR NEIGHBOURS ABOUT COOL EARTH. WORKING WITH COOL EARTH TO PROTECT OUR TREES MEANS ALL OUR FAMILIES BENEFIT.

11 OUR TREES ARE SAFE, I CAN SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT AGAIN. WE RE TELLING OUR NEIGHBOURS ABOUT COOL EARTH. WORKING WITH COOL EARTH TO PROTECT OUR TREES MEANS ALL OUR FAMILIES BENEFIT. IT S BETTER THAN SELLING WOOD TO BENEFIT A FEW has been an unforgettable year for Cool Earth with a brand new partnership in a brand new continent. We re now operating in all three of the world s major rainforest basins saving more than half a million acres of at-risk rainforest. This community-protected forest is forming a shield to protect five million acres of neighbouring forest from destruction. MILESTONES THIS YEAR INCLUDE: Leopoldo Chimanga Chumpate Oviri Village, Peru 1 A NEW CONTINENT The developemnt of our Yakolima Partnership in Papua New Guinea, working with three villages to block the advance of the palm oil frontier. 2 GROWING THE SHIELD The village of Oviri joining our Asháninka Partnership putting 16,000 more acres into community protection. 3 KICKING OUT THE LOGGERS The critically important village of Kayants kicking out the illegal loggers and joining their neighbours to become part of our Awajún Partnership. 4 MAPPING FOR THE FUTURE 20 people trained in GPS and a further 76 trained to continue mapping our largest project in Africa. Cool Earth Annual Report 2014/15 Forest Protection 19

12 OUR VISION Cool Earth Annual Report 2014/15 Our Vision for

13 A VILLAGE CALLS FOR HELP We only work where the rainforest is most at-risk. And to protect the rights of indigenous people, we only partner with villages that approach us. THE COOL EARTH MODEL IS SAVING RAINFOREST VILLAGE BY VILLAGE. The biggest threat to the world s rainforest no longer comes from soya, cattle or palm. It comes from persistent, small-scale degradation. A VILLAGE SIGNS A FOREST PROTECTION AGREEMENT The village forms an association and signs an agreement with Cool Earth that ensures: NO FOREST IS CLEARED FOREST REMAINS OWNED BY THE VILLAGE FUNDING IS SPENT TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE Whether driven by illegal logging, slash and burn farming, cocaine production or the search for fuel wood, rainforest loss is a local problem on a global scale. Cool Earth s model meets these threats head-on. By empowering local people to keep their forest safe, together we can meet any challenge. This means we have the chance to protect more rainforest through community partnerships than any other charity or any government extending the forest shield across the major arcs of deforestation. EVERYONE HAS A SAY ON HOW FUNDS ARE SPENT The village decides what it needs most: everything from clean water and a new classroom to midwife training and mosquito nets. We strongly believe that the rainforest can be saved, and that we ve got the model to do it. WE HELP BUILD LIVELIHOODS TO OUTPRICE DESTRUCTION Cool Earth enables the village to earn more from keeping the forest standing than selling to loggers, by investing in income streams like cacao, coffee and coconut oil. WORD OF MOUTH SPREADS OUR WORK Neighbouring villages see Cool Earth as a partner they can trust and ask to work with us too. As villages link up, a shield is formed to protect the forest behind. Cool Earth Annual Report 2014/15 Our Vision for

14 I AM AWAJÚN BY MY BLOOD AND BY MY HOME IN THE RAINFOREST. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT OUR HOME NEEDS PROTECTING. Marcelina Ashas Tsawan LOCATION NORTH PERU THREAT LOGGING, EXTRACTION PARTNER VILLAGES 6 Defending forest in one of Peru s worst deforestation hotspots LOCATION WEST BRAZIL SAVED 64,000 ACRES PARTNER VILLAGES 5 MADEIRA COMPLETE WE CANNOT HAVE A GOOD LIFE WITHOUT OUR FOREST. WE DEPEND UPON IT FOR ALL OF OUR RESOURCES. Mbake Silva LOCATION EAST DR CONGO THREAT MINING THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN COOL EARTH AND YAKOLIMA IS TO LOOK AFTER THE RAINFOREST. WE DON T WANT OIL PALM TO COME INTO OUR AREAS. Wicky Isaac LOCATION EAST PAPUA NEW GUINEA THREAT PALM OIL PARTNER VILLAGES 3 Blocking the advance of the palm oil frontier ASHÁNINKA ACTIVE AWAJÚN ACTIVE LOCATION NORTHWEST ECUADOR SAVED 55,000 ACRES PARTNER VILLAGES 4 Ensuring local people benefit from keeping their rainforest standing ACTIVE PARTNER VILLAGES 5 YAKOLIMA ACTIVE AWACACHI COMPLETE LUBUTU ACTIVE Shielding millions of acres of forest in the Western Amazon LOCATION CENTRAL PERU EL SIRA COMPLETE THREAT LOGGING, COCAINE PARTNER VILLAGES 16 LOCATION CENTRAL PERU PARTNER VILLAGES 69 OUR FOREST IS NOT FOR SALE, WE WILL NOT BE DESTROYED BY LOGGING Julián Quispe Carbólico

15 FINANCIAL SUMMARY Cool Earth Annual Report 2014/15 Financial Summary 27

16 4% FUTURE PROJECTS 672 MOSQUITO NETS PROVIDED EXPENDITURE 1,162,789 RESERVE 158,550 INCOME 1,321,339 69% WESTERN AMAZON 11% CONGO BASIN 16% OCEANIA 8 COMMUNITIES EMPOWERED WITH TRANSPORT 46 FAMILIES SUPPLIED WITH SAFE WATER EXPENDITURE: DISTRIBUTION INCOME + EXPENDITURE 41 HOMES BUILT FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE 3 ANTI-VENOM KITS FINANCIAL SUMMARY Cool Earth s income increased by 12% and expenditure by 25% in % 17% 15% 6% 24 SCHOLARSHIPS FUNDED 4 MEDICAL OUTPOSTS BUILT 64 COFFEE PRODUCERS SUPPORTED This reflects the new partnership in Papua New Guinea and expansion of our work in Peru and the Democratic Republic of Congo. 19% EXPENDITURE: PROJECTS TONNES OF CACAO VS COFFEE PRODUCED A YEAR 19 43% 19% 17% 15% 6% COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CONSERVATION TRAINING HEALTH AND EDUCATION FOREST ADVOCACY This includes items like water pumps, solar driers, food and transport. The villages vote on what they need most. Partnership development enables us to set up the basic infrastructure essential for starting work with a partner village. Our partners make a pledge to track their progress, ensuring the biodiversity of the region is protected. Investing in maternal health programs, mosquito nets, medication, schools, and more. We help secure the rights of the people we re working with, so they can prove they own their forest. 19 RAINFOREST SCHOOLS SUPPORTED

COOL EARTH ANNUAL REPORT 2013/14

COOL EARTH ANNUAL REPORT 2013/14 JUST LIKE THE BEST PARTIES, COOL EARTH IS ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE. We can tell you about tree-frogs and toucans until we re as blue in the face as a snub-nosed monkey - but