Keeling Curve

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How Project Affects Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions:

['Replaces/avoids GHGs (e.g., projects that replace sources of GHGs, such as the burning of fossil fuels for electricity, heat, transport, or other energy uses)', 'Reduces GHGs (e.g., projects that reduce sources of GHGs, such as through efficiency or other changes in consumption)', 'Removes/stores GHGs (e.g., projects that capture, sequester, or otherwise enhance the "sinks" that accumulate and store GHGs)']

Impact on Underrepresented Groups:

Inga Foundation (IF) is inclusive with a "do no harm" approach, working with the entire family.The model encourages the empowerment of girls/women by establishing a secure family life with safe working plots, near to home and raising income to support access to education for all children. Land tenure and inheritance rights are equal to women in Honduras. All training, planting/first pruning is given without regard to household status. Young people can remain in their rural areas without having to migrate to cities or out of country.We provide assistance for families who don’t have able-bodied members placing boots on the ground to ensure that  alley plots are planted and growing well; and will be pruned when appropriate. After that, plot owners will contract neighbors at annual pruning time, paying them by sharing the firewood. In this way, the system is economically and socially flexible; adaptable to the needs of either gender. The model promotes food sovereignty, local leadership, and the sharing of knowledge among indigenous farmers. 
The families bring about the change as they are the ones determining what they will plant (nourishment crops and inter-planting of fruit/and hardwood trees for future income) as they provide the land, labor & care.

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Mission Statement:

Saving the world’s tropical rainforests, and directly addressing climate change by providing a sustainable, scientifically-proven alternative to clearing/burning—Inga alley-cropping. This revolutionary, regenerative agroforestry system transforms lives by replenishing depleted soil, regenerating landscapes, protecting watersheds, and providing total and organic 100% food security while sequestering/avoiding massive amounts of carbon.

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