IPCI (International Pernambuco Conservation Initiative)

Dear Friend of IPCI,

It’s been a difficult year for the rainforest. Environmental politics in Brazil have taken a dramatic turn for the worse. The Mata Atlântica rainforest, the world’s only home to pernambuco, is at heightened risk, despite the fact that 90 percent of it has already disappeared. And global action to slow climate change is moving too slowly.

A good antidote to these challenges is positive action. IPCI is continuing to work with local Brazilian partners to protect the Atlantic Rainforest, conserve pernambuco, and help build climate resilience. Thanks to your support, we’re making progress.

We are very proud this year to release a short film describing IPCI’s work. Please have a look at it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD_QeF_X9OI We hope you will enjoy it!

Our Brazilian environmental partners, Instituto Floresta Viva in Bahia and Associação Plantas do Nordeste in Northeastern Brazil continue working with local cacao farmers to plant and monitor seedling growth. We have also recently received a proposal from Bahia’s leading forest research center, the Federal University of Southern Bahia’s School of Forestry. The 2.5 year project will compare the growth and wood properties of planted pernambuco under different climatic conditions and across varieties, and will study the effect of tree age and diameter on wood characteristics and quality.

Your support for IPCI helps to secure a future for stringed-instrument music. We hope you will consider making a donation today (www.ipci-usa.org/support.html).

Very many thanks and best wishes to you for the New Year ahead!

John Bennett

IPCI - International Pernambuco Conservatory Initiative USA The International Pernambuco Conservation Initiative USA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the conservation and sustainable use of Caesalpinia echinata, Brazil's national tree, commonly known as pau brasil or pernambuco.

Happy Earth Day! Thank you to our supporters for making it possible for IPCI to promote the conservation and sustainable use of Brazil's endangered national tree, pau brasil (pernambuco), which is crucial to the future of stringed instrument music. For those of you who would like to contribute to replanting pau brasil in Brazil's Atlantic Rainforest, please click here and accept our thanks in advance: http://ipci-usa.org/support.html

Happy World Environment Day! IPCI is working to conserve and restore pernambuco populations in Brazil's Atlantic Rainforest. We are partnering with local environmental organizations and cacao farmers in Brazil to promote sustainable economies and ensure the future of stringed instrument music. Please consider supporting our work today!