RAINFOREST TRUST
Saves Rainforest
Since 1988, we’ve saved
22,298,292 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.
41% funded
Donations Doubled!
Conservation Action FundWORLDWIDE
Conservation Action Fund
- 19 Million acres
- $ 2.00 per acre
83% funded
Donations Doubled!
Purchasing Palm Rainforests in Puerto RicoUnited States
Purchasing Palm Rainforests in Puerto Rico
- 112 acres
- $ 2840 per acre
83% funded
Donations Doubled!
Strategic Land Purchase to Protect Spoon-billed SandpipersTHAILAND
Strategic Land Purchase to Protect Spoon-billed Sandpipers
- 19.5 acres
- $ 21305 per acre
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Climate Action
Tropical deforestation accounts for up to 15% of net global carbon emissions each year. This carbon changes the planet’s climate and contributes to rising temperatures, stronger storms, more severe droughts and rising sea levels.
Coming Soon: Pan Para Mañana
Rainforest Trust’s First Documentary
Rainforest Trust presents, in association with the Center for the Development of an Indigenous Amazon, a Coral and Oak production, Pan Para Mañana (Bread for Tomorrow), a story of land rights, conservation and the future of both people and wildlife in the Amazon.
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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Stop Deforestation and Reduce Carbon Emissions
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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 JocotocoRainforest Trust saves an acre of rainforest every 16 seconds.
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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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Your monthly donation helps us save threatened habitat for endangered species across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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Nature is a mess— a colorful, biodiverse, complicated, mysterious, self-sustaining and wonderful mess. We at Rainforest Trust consistently remind ourselves why we work every day to protect that irreplaceable and important mess.
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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