Peru: Cultivating Tara to reforest degradeded riverbanks
![Peru: Cultivating Tara to reforest degradeded riverbanks](/joomlatools-files/docman-images/el agustino planting tara to prevent landslides - peru.jpg)
Located in Lima’s El Agustino district - One hundred local women organized themselves to rehabilitate the river Rimac banks and surrounding hills with Tara trees and other medicinal plants. An artificial wetland with a biofilter was also created to cleanse the water for irrigation.