Project Selva works directly with mestizo indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon to conserve biodiversity and habitat in the Amazon Basin through development of a co-op that approaches rainforest conservation from the perspective of the people living there. The project aims to establish educational opportunities for children, develop skill sets and resources for Peruvian artists to provide regular income stream for necessities like medicine, establish a rainforest preserve, and promote wildlife conservation. This co-op focuses on relationship building with indigenous leaders to create community-led projects as opposed to thrusting western approaches to conservation on indigenous communities. Artisan items such as traditional bracelets, necklaces, carvings, paintings, and more that are solicited and then exported to participating zoos for sales, which go back into maintaining the program to provide revenue stream to artists. This region also supports numerous resident and migratory bird species familiar to Delaware residents including purple martins, night hawks, black crowned night herons and various species of vireo, flycatcher, and warbler.