Several years ago, the cattle ranchers left and took the cows with them. The ranchers were asked to plant trees so the area would become a rain forest again. As you can see in the photo on the right, some trees—called cecropia trees (pronounced see-CRO-pee-ah)—and other rainforest plants are slowly starting to grow again, and rain forest animals have begun to come back.
NRR worked with volunteers to replant the project area. They brought in young cecropia trees and other important rainforest plants and planted them.
In many parts of the world, people have done reforestation projects like this, and the forest has grown back and thrived.
