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Did you know? The rainforest in the Urubamba Valley represents a Pleistocene relict and is thus at least 12,000 years old!

Rainforests are ecosystems with a long history. Our rainforest in Peru is probably a relic from the Pleistocene and thus at least 12,000 years old. The trees that we protect today with PERÚ PURO are naturally younger, but in individual cases they certainly still have several hundred years under their belt.If you cut down trees

Did you know? The rainforest in the Urubamba Valley represents a Pleistocene relict and is thus at least 12,000 years old! Read More »

Did you know that it takes at least four days to travel from Germany to the Urubamba Valley?

That’s where I want to go,” we hear again and again when we talk about ourcacao cultivation in the Urubamba Valley. And of course you can do that, isHowever, it is much more time-consuming than many people think. From Europe goesit by 12-hour flight to Lima. Here must be at least onceovernight stay, before it

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Did you know that our cocoa farmers plant precious woods such as mahogany between the cocoa plants in order to secure their pension later on?

Because cacao trees originally occur in the understory of tropical rainforests, they feel particularly comfortable under tall trees. To ensure that this is also the case in our agroforestry systems, we have planted up to 70 different native species of such shade trees – and they are worth a story of their own. In the

Did you know that our cocoa farmers plant precious woods such as mahogany between the cocoa plants in order to secure their pension later on? Read More »