The Nii Kaniti project, located at the central part of Eastern Peru, focuses on protecting rainforest and avoiding deforestation on indigenous land through scaling up sustainable, forest management with seven local communities.

The project addresses the local, economic drivers of deforestation and forest degradation by supporting the development of socially inclusive businesses, such as FSC certified timber extraction, cacao agroforestry and indigenous handicrafts.

The project area, on the edge of the Amazon Rainforest, home to multiple threatened species, including the jaguar and blue-headed macaw. By protecting over 116,000 hectares of critical rainforest ecosystem, the project has to date avoided over 2.5 million tonnes of CO₂.