A Year of Hope for Earth's Most Vulnerable Species
Protect Asian ElephantsProtect Asian ElephantsAsian Elephant
Standing as tall as 11.5 feet and weighing upwards of 11,000 pounds, Asian Elephants are the second largest land mammal in the world. Only their African counterparts are larger. Asian Elephants often make their home in dense tropical forests, such as those found in Thailand. As with elsewhere in their range, habitat loss and fragmentation are the greatest threats facing Thailand’s Asian Elephants. Centuries of population decline have reduced their numbers here to an estimated 3,300 individuals. Protecting acres is the best way to ensure a future for Asian Elephants in Thailand and beyond.
Protected in Thailand
With your support, Rainforest Trust and partner Panthera safeguarded 28,878 acres in Thailand to expand and strengthen the vast Western Forest Complex. With these newly protected acres, Asian Elephants, Tigers, and other threatened species can find safety from poaching and habitat loss.
The Endangered Asian Elephant, by Dennis Jarvis/Flickr
The Endangered White-crowned Hornbill, by Wang Thammachatudom
The Critically Endangered Siamese Crocodile, by ONGUSHI/shutterstock
Healthy Rainforests. Healthy Planet.
Healthy rainforests are critical to a healthy planet. Creating protected areas is the most effective way to protect endangered animals, safeguard biodiversity, stop deforestation, and maintain the health of all species on our planet.
An Indochinese Tiger caught on camera trap, courtesy of partner, Panthera
The Critically Endangered Sunda Pangolin, by Chien Lee
The project landscape, by partner Panthera
Endangered Banteng, from Shutterstock
Success Stories
Stopping Deforestation at the Edge of the Bolivian Amazon
Save 450,000 Acres of High-carbon Amazon Rainforest from Deforestation in Peru
Secure Critical Jaguar Habitat in the Maya Forest of Belize
Last Stand for the Antioquia Brush-finch
Create a Refuge for Carnivores in the Congo Basin
Urgent Protection for Forest Elephants
Strategic Land Purchase to Protect Spoon-billed Sandpipers
Securing a Future for Endangered Wildlife
Saving the Critically Endangered Indri Lemur
Saving Bizarre Biodiversity in the Heart of Sulawesi
“Halting and reversing biodiversity loss and climate change requires expanded protected and conserved areas, especially in tropical forests—this has been Rainforest Trust’s mission for over 30 years,” said James C. Deutsch, Ph.D., CEO of Rainforest Trust. “Developing nations and Indigenous Peoples need financing to achieve this, which is why we are pledging to more than double our level of funding between now and 2030 and urging other private and public funders to do the same.”
Dr. James DeutschCEO, Rainforest Trust
“Protecting land is the critical first step in halting extinctions and stabilizing our climate. It can only happen through partnerships, and Rainforest Trust is committed to helping replicate this success worldwide.”
James DeutschPhD, CEO, Rainforest Trust
Rainforest Trust has my highest respect... for its reserve-creating projects which have the exceptional merit of being based upon biological research of high quality, exact mapping, and clear statements of what support will accomplish.
The late E.O. WilsonTwo-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and former Rainforest Trust Board Member
Rainforest Trust has my highest respect... for its reserve-creating projects which have the exceptional merit of being based upon biological research of high quality, exact mapping, and clear statements of what support will accomplish.
The late E.O. WilsonTwo-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and former Rainforest Trust Board Member
“Halting and reversing biodiversity loss and climate change requires expanded protected and conserved areas, especially in tropical forests—this has been Rainforest Trust’s mission for over 30 years.”
James C. Deutsch, Ph.D.CEO of Rainforest Trust
“Halting and reversing biodiversity loss and climate change requires expanded protected and conserved areas, especially in tropical forests—this has been Rainforest Trust’s mission for over 30 years.”
James C. Deutsch, Ph.D.CEO of Rainforest Trust
“Protecting land is the critical first step in halting extinctions and stabilizing our climate. It can only happen through partnerships, and Rainforest Trust is committed to helping replicate this success worldwide.”
James DeutschPhD, CEO, Rainforest Trust
“Halting and reversing biodiversity loss and climate change requires expanded protected and conserved areas, especially in tropical forests—this has been Rainforest Trust’s mission for over 30 years.”
James C. Deutsch, Ph.D.CEO of Rainforest Trust
“Halting and reversing biodiversity loss and climate change requires expanded protected and conserved areas, especially in tropical forests—this has been Rainforest Trust’s mission for over 30 years.”
James C. Deutsch, Ph.D.CEO of Rainforest Trust
Rainforest Trust has my highest respect... for its reserve-creating projects which have the exceptional merit of being based upon biological research of high quality, exact mapping, and clear statements of what support will accomplish.
The late E.O. WilsonTwo-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and former Rainforest Trust Board Member
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