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🌱 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫? This question guides our daily work. Juan Sanchez, our Agronomic engineer plays a crucial role in the answer to this question. Through workshops and communications with the farmers in our project, he's come to understand something fundamental: to reduce deforestation we must first understand what's actually driving it. And it's easy to point the finger at cattle ranching or plantations but the answer is more complex. The real questions is how are these productive systems carried out.  In our project area they are extensive systems with very low productivity, yet still there is a constant pressure to expand into forest areas. That’s why his vision is not to stop these activities, but to directly address these elements with concrete solutions and strong governance: • 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 → improving productivity per hectare while reducing the need to expand into the forest • 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐨 → transform traditional agriculture into more resilient models, integrating production with forest cover • 𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 → provides a productive alternative that intensifies output without requiring more land These are not large-scale interventions but they target the critical elements in our project area that cause people to start deforesting One thing is clear to him: sustainability is not about doing less, it’s about doing better, in the right places. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.