RAINFOREST TRUST
Saves Rainforest
Since 1988, we’ve saved
20,403,217 acres
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Urgent Appeals
Every day, more of our planet’s ecosystems are destroyed. But our partners work on the front lines of conservation. By supporting one of these projects, you can help stop habitat loss before it begins.
26% funded
Donations Doubled!
Conservation Action FundWORLDWIDE
Conservation Action Fund
- 19 Million acres
- $ 2.00 per acre
27% funded
Donations Doubled!
Strategic Land Purchase to Protect Spoon-billed SandpipersTHAILAND
Strategic Land Purchase to Protect Spoon-billed Sandpipers
- 19.5 acres
- $ 12308 per acre
62% funded
Donations Doubled!
Saving Indigenous Lands in the AmazonPeru
Saving Indigenous Lands in the Amazon
- 6,102,946 acres
- $ 0.76 per acre
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Save Big Cats
These apex predators face tremendous pressure from poaching, fueled by the illegal trade of their pelts and bones used in traditional medicine.
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Save Elephants
Approximately 100 elephants are killed every day, and have disappeared from 75% of their original range. Forest Elephants are more imperiled than their Savannah counterparts.
In 2018, Rainforest Trust Protected:
Areas of Impact
The vast majority of Earth’s biodiversity lives in the tropics. But tropical ecosystems are also some of the most endangered. By focusing on the tropics, we’re focusing on protecting the most biodiverse and threatened areas of our planet.
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Every minute, almost 50 acres of rainforest are lost forever and critically endangered species lose their habitat.
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Alex Antram2019-05-15 18:56:232019-05-17 15:16:11Rainforest Trust Provides Institutional Support for Partner Fundación Jocotoco
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Madison Lemelin2019-05-14 14:13:172019-05-15 14:17:54Critically Endangered Galápagos Petrel Chicks Spotted in Rainforest Trust Reserve
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Ethan Freedman2019-05-08 14:09:462019-05-14 21:02:18Preserve Expanded for Critically Endangered Tortoises
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Madison Lemelin2019-05-07 17:55:292019-05-07 23:59:57Ghana Lost Over Half of Its Rainforest in 2018, Rainforest Trust Refuge Expansion Combats Further DeforestationRainforest Trust saves an acre of rainforest every 16 seconds.
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Link to: Saves Challenge
The SAVES Challenge
This initiative was made possible by a passionate donor who has pledged to match every dollar raised by Rainforest Trust through 2020.
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Our Corporate Sponsors
We are all stakeholders in protecting our planet’s most threatened tropical forests and endangered wildlife.
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Conservation Heroes Monthly Giving
Your monthly donation helps us save threatened habitat for endangered species across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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BOARD MEMBER
Dr. E.O. Wilson, Conservationist & Biologist
“Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.”
CONSERVATION FELLOW
Esther Kagoya, NAFIRRI, Uganda
“Accessing conservation study and funding opportunities plus the experience and protection successes shared by other Fellows on the Rainforest Trust website inspires me and makes me proud to be a part of the Conservation Fellows.”
CONSERVATION FELLOW
Samuel Ngueping, ERuDef, Cameroon
“Being a Rainforest Trust Fellow makes me connected with renowned conservationists to exchange field experiences in diverse conservation specialties. This equally makes me to contribute what I know with peers to promote a safe environment where man can live in harmony with nature.”
GUARDIAN
Ndelle Lizett, WCS, Cameroon
“As a woman conservationist, I feel very special because so many women shy away from this kind of job… But they don’t know what it feels like conserving nature and ensuring sustainability of our natural resources.”
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