New Root is currently working with local organizations in Copán, Honduras to create a conservation area and with public schools to develop education projects.

Honduras is naturally and culturally rich but economically and politically poor. The country's forests have been devastated by mines, dams, industrial agriculture, and slash-and-burn agriculture for the last century. 30% of Honduran land has been granted in mining concessions and palm oil exports have gone up 650% in the last decade. As a result, Honduras has lost approximately 40% of the forest cover that it had in 1990.

New Root is currently supporting research in Copán, Honduras to identify high-priority areas for old-growth forest conservation and ecological restoration. Copán is home to pine/oak evergreen forests, dry tropical forests, and cloud forests like those in Cerro Azul National Park. The research there will inform projects to create and expand protected areas and their buffer zones. We are currently working with local environmental NGOs who have done the initial research and private landholders who are interested in buffering protected areas with sustainable forestry, agroforestry, and silvopasture. Read more about the conservation projects we support.

New Root also seeks to support and establish close relationships with local communities by funding environmental education programs and public schools. Public schools in Honduras often lack adequate facilities and materials. Read more about how we support education here.