Shared Interest Foundation Annual Review 2022 - Flipbook - Page 17
SHARED INTEREST FOUNDATION ANNUAL REVIEW 2022 17
Income diversification
Environmental protection and biodiversity conservation
LOCATION:
PARTICIPANTS:
Peru
1,125 moss gatherers
Working in partnership with Inka
Moss, an organisation based in Peru,
we have supported farmers to earn
an income from sphagnum moss.
Through this project five communities
of 1,125 moss harvesters received
tools and equipment and training
in sustainable moss harvesting
techniques. Winches were installed
to transport the moss sacks across
the valleys to the villages, when
No Poverty (1), Decent
Work and Economic Growth
(8), Climate Action (13),
Partnerships for the Goals (17)
previously they would have been
carried on the back of the harvester.
Next year training will be delivered
in environmental awareness and
conservation.
Inka Moss gatherer Jaime Nieto Mateo collects sphagnum moss in the community of Incacocha, Peru