PACA - MAMMAL FAIR -TRADE CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT - WOVEN BY PERUVIAN AMAZON ARTISAN
This distinctive fair-trade ornament represents the paca, the second-largest rodent in the Amazon. Handwoven from sustainably harvested chambira palm fiber by artisans in the Peruvian Amazon, it adds a touch of rainforest character to your Christmas tree, rear-view mirror, desk, or favorite hat.
Each ornament is handmade by artisans from the campesino village of San Francisco on the Marañón River, so every piece will vary slightly. Your ornament includes a tag with the name and home community of the artisan who made it, along with the plants used to create it.
Every purchase helps support forest conservation and creates income for traditional Amazon communities.
MODEL: ORM029
Support native artisans & rainforest in the Amazon
Amazon forest loss is driving species to extinction, aggravating global warming, and robbing people of unique medicines, foods and other benefits. Cutting and burning forests is often more profitable than conserving them, so some native communities in northern Peru have illegally logged and grown coca and other cash-crops to escape poverty.
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