PrimerNatureVisitors, residents
Reading a Dry Forest
Field-friendly primer on canopy layers, indicator species, and seasonal rhythms across the Pacific dry forest.
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From curiosity to literacy.
This library helps visitors move from curiosity to literacy — from seeing a species, a watershed, or a cultural practice, to understanding its role in the living system. New resources are added as field documentation matures.
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Dry Tropical Forest Ecology
Why dry forests are more biodiverse than they look, and why they are among the most threatened ecosystems on the continent.
Watershed Science
From cloud to spring to stream to coast — how a watershed actually works, and what to measure when you care for one.
ToolkitNatureField teams
Source Points & Catchment Maps
How we identify, log, and re-visit headwater source points across the Loja–Tumbes corridor.
watermonitoring
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Riparian Buffers in a Dry Climate
Why a thin green ribbon along a seasonal stream changes everything downstream.
waterrestoration
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Agroecology & Polyculture
Working systems that grow food and rebuild soil at the same time — the opposite of monoculture.
Field GuideNature + CultureFarmers, residents
Milpa Logic for Coastal Dry Forest
Adapting the milpa polyculture pattern to coastal dry forest microclimates and irrigation realities.
polyculturefood
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ToolkitCultureCluster leads
Compost Rotations at Cluster Scale
Eight-week compost cycles tuned for cluster farms with limited inputs.
soilagroecology
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Indigenous & Ancestral Knowledge
Knowledge systems that long pre-date conservation science, and that still hold answers we need.
PrimerCultureResearchers, partners
Listening Before Documenting
Working principles GCCG uses when partnering with elders and community knowledge keepers.
cultureethics
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StoryCultureAll
Seasonal Calendars from Tumbes & Loja
Local planting, harvesting, and ritual calendars layered against scientific rainfall data.
cultureclimate
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Soil Regeneration
Soil is the slow underlayer of every other recovery. If soil isn't rebuilding, nothing else lasts.
Climate Resilience
El Niño, La Niña, drought windows, coastal warming — designing landscapes that hold up across more than one season.
Biomaterials & Circular Economies
What we recover from the coast and the field is also raw material — pilots in fiber, plastic recovery, and bio-textile.
Community Conservation
Conservation that lasts is owned by the community living next to it — design notes from working that way in practice.
New primers, field guides, and references are added as field documentation matures.
Have research, datasets, or oral history that belongs here? Reach out — this library grows with the people working alongside us.