From a classroom in the Amazon’s tallest treehouse, young Peruvians are learning how to defend their rainforest home. Nestled in the crown of a strangler fig tree, the rangers have a bird’s eye view over the canopy. It’s an education in itself, says Juan Julio (JJ) Durand, vice president of Junglekeepers – a nonprofit which conserves threatened habitat in the Madre de Dios (Mother of God) region of Peru’s Amazon. “Not only does it look beautiful, but [the students] can also see how much biodiversity there is from the top of the treehouse,” says JJ, who is part of the nearby Ese-Eja Indigenous …
