A Hub for Applied Knowledge
Explore publications, databases, and capacity-building materials on tropical forest regeneration developed through Camino Verde’s years of implementation work in the Amazon.
RealTrees: Camino Verde’s Plant Species Database
Discover biodiversity. A comprehensive catalogue of over 700 species planted and studied by Camino Verde. Launching soon.
Training Materials
Practical manuals sharing applied regenerative methodologies, from Melipona beekeeping to rosewood cultivation.
Publications
Scientific and technical works authored by Camino Verde team members and collaborators engaged in tropical forest regeneration.
Pan de Árbol: the Camino Verde Blog
Field-based stories and reflections offering insight into the people, places, and practices shaping Amazonian regeneration.
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Training Manuals
Didactic Materials for Applied Regeneration
Elaborated by Camino Verde and Allies
Rosewood (Aniba rosaeodora)
Coming Soon. A comprehensive manual on the cultivation of the CITES endangered species that gave birth to Chanel No. 5 – as well as to one of Camino Verde’s key reforestation efforts. Launching in 2026.
Melipona Beekeeping
Illustrated Manual for Native Stingless Beekeeping
[available in Spanish only]
Manual Ilustrado para la Crianza de Abejas Nativas sin Aguijón
by Daniel López Pérez (Chaikuni Institute), Elizabeth Benson (One Planet), and José Carlos García Morales (Camino Verde)
with illustrations by Jaime Choclote & Daniel López Pérez
and support from Conservation International
Maijuna School of Native Bees
[available in Spanish only]
Escuela Maijuna de Abejas Nativas
A tutorial video series created by our ally NGO One Planet in collaboration with Camino Verde’s Loreto team and the members of Maijuna native communities.
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Publications
Publications with participation by Camino Verde’s team and related to our programs
2024
The Amazonian Pharmacy of Don Ignacio Duri
Robin Van Loon, Camila Villalobos Contreras. Illustrated by Blair Butterfield and Maisie McNeice.
2022
Composition and variability of moena alcanfor (Endlicheria krukovii (A.C.Sm.) Kosterm.) essential oil, in American Journal of Essential Oils and Natural Products 2021; 9(3): 27-36.
Alexis St-Gelais, Robin Van Loon and Guy Collin.
Barriers to Adopting a Diversity of NUS Fruit Trees in Latin American Food Systems, Chapter 7 in Orphan crops for sustainable food and nutrition security: Promoting neglected and underutilized species, Routledge.
Van Loon, R., Lagneaux, E., Chiriboga-Arroyo, F., Evert, T., Wiederkehr Guerra, G., Gamarra, B., van Zonneveld, M., Kettle, C.J.
2021
Stories of Regeneration: A New Breed of Sustainable Entrepreneurs. Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Liverpool.
Pablo Muñoz, Carola Hargreaves.
2020
Survival and early growth of 51 tropical tree species in areas degraded by artisanal gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon, in Ecological Engineering.
Francisco Román-Dañobeytia, France Cabanillas, David Lefebvre, Jhon Farfan, Jesús Alferez, Fredy Polo-Villanueva, Juana Llacsahuanga, Claudia M. Vega, Manuel Velasquez, Ronald Corvera, Edith Condori, Cesar Ascorra, Luis E. Fernandez, Miles R. Silman.
Historias de Regeneración: Una nueva frontera para el emprendimiento sustentable. Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Liverpool.
Pablo Muñoz, Carola Hargreaves.
2019
Don Ignacio Duri Palomeque: Relatos de un Chamán de la Amazonía Peruana. Colmena Editores.
Camila Villalobos Contreras, Robin Van Loon.
2010
Chacras Amazónicas: Guía para el manejo ecológico de cultivos, plagas y enfermedades. Proyecto Araucaria XXI Nauta.
José Carlos García Morales, Manolo Martín Brañas.
Banner photo of Melipona eburnea thanks to Taylor Kennedy, taken at CV Baltimori
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