Guardian Caleb Ofori, from Herp Conservation Ghana, with Togo Slippery Frog.
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All of our projects start and end with dedicated people

We establish strategic partnerships with the world’s most experienced and committed conservationists and their organizations across the tropics. Together, we identify critical sites that will benefit most from permanent protection.

The Unsung Heroes of Conservation

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Fundación ProAves Guardian, Cristian Andrés Vásquez Bermúdez, performs field monitoring of the El Dorado reserve's La Cumbre section in Colombia.

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Our Indonesian partner, FKL, encountering poachers traveling by boat. The work performed by the Guardians–who monitor and survey the land and its species–while rewarding, can be a very dangerous job.

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KTK-Belt Guardian, Kamala Rai, performs household surveys in the community of Okharbote, Nepal.

YUS Conservation Area Rangers
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YUS Conservation Area rangers Ken (left) and Stanis (middle) and Conservation Officer Chris (right) practice using a PDA to collect data in the field.

San Luis Philippines Forest Guards on duty
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San Luis, Philippines forest guards work with local partner, Daluhay, to monitor and survey areas of rainforest and the species that call it home.

Rainforest Guardian discovering the Togo Slippery Frog
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Herp Conservation Guardian, Caleb Ofori, discovering the Togo Slippery Frog in the Onepone Refuge in the Togo-Volta highlands of Ghana.

Free, prior and informed consent

Indigenous people steward three-quarters of the world’s remaining biodiversity. Many of our projects bolster that stewardship, securing ownership and management of land and natural resources for local and indigenous people. Every one of our projects engages with local and indigenous people, and none proceeds without their freely given, prior, fully informed consent (FPIC).

Success Story

Saving real acres of rainforest

"This fruitful and long-lasting relationship has resulted in the protection and sustainable management of millions of beautiful acres of Peruvian Amazon, securing legal ownership of Indigenous territories and establishing natural protected areas co-managed by local Indigenous communities.”

Dani Rivera
CEDIA Project Director

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. Wilson
Two-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. Wilson
Two-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. Wilson
Two-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. Wilson
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and former Rainforest Trust Board Member

Who makes our work possible?

Vila River, Solomon Islands, by Stacy Jupiter

You make it possible

Our work is made possible entirely by voluntary contributions from private individuals and a few companies. Every gift, no matter the size, makes a difference to the world’s rainforests and their inhabitants.

A lean team

Because 100% of donations go directly to conservation action, we keep our team lean and full of dedicated individuals who work to carry out our mission.

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Many thanks to our local partners in the field who make our work possible.

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Our Board members and other supporters cover our operating costs, so you can give knowing your whole gift will protect rainforests.

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