Author: Issy

Tackling the Root of the Problem

Slash and burn farming is devastating the rainforests of Honduras. The only way to stop this is to address the root cause of the problem – hunger. By providing families with food security, Inga...

Inga, Mahogany, Pepper, Vanilla and Much More

Completed just a few months ago, our tree nursery in Honduras now contains 45,000 seedlings of rainforest tree species, alongside thousands of Inga seedlings, not to mention hundreds of pepper, cacao and vanilla plants....

Project Center Really Taking Shape

One of the most essential elements of our long term strategy to combat slash and burn in Honduras is the creation of a Project Center, complete with demonstration plots, a seed orchard, a large...

Demo Plots Transformed

A little over a year on and the change to our Inga Alley Demo Plots at CURLA University in Honduras is so dramatic that the site is hardly recognisable!

From Tiny Seedling to Rainforest Giant

These little seedlings growing at our Honduran Project Centre are Swietenia macrophylla, commonly known as Big-leaf Mahogany – a rainforest giant that can live up to 350 yrs and reach 200 ft in height.

Getting the Next Generation Involved

At the Inga Foundation, we feel its really important to get the whole family involved in making a new start and giving up slash and burn. Here are a couple of the next generation...

The rainforests of Pico Bonito National Park host some incredible butterfly species, such as the curious Glasswinged Buttterfly (Greta oto), known as ‘espejitos’ or ‘little mirrors’ in Spanish. (Photo Credit: James Adams)

Support our work to stop slash and burn and allow this beautiful Margay cat, along with thousands of other species in Pico Bonito National Park, Honduras, to continue to sleep in peace.                                 ...

Rainy Season Arrives

Rainy season has arrived in Honduras, requiring the construction of a little extra protection for the hundreds of pepper cutting in our nursery.

Jaguar Sighted Minutes from Where We Work

This image was captured by one of Panthera’s camera traps just minutes from one of the villages in Honduras where we work. Without large tracts of forest, Jaguars can’t survive . For these magnificent...