Saving the world isn’t possible without people
Stewards of the land
Rainforest Trust has made a long-term commitment to support Indigenous and traditional communities and to secure legal land tenure and management rights of their territories. We have a number of projects protected and underway that will permanently safeguard intact forests that sustain people and threatened species, and lock up billions of metric tons of carbon to alleviate climate disruption.
Free, prior and informed consent
Indigenous People have a crucial role in biodiversity conservation, restoration, and stewardship. Many of our projects bolster that stewardship, securing ownership and management of land and natural resources for local and Indigenous people. Our project partners engage with local and Indigenous communities so that no project proceeds without their freely given, prior, fully informed consent (FPIC).
The Brazilian Amazon Fund
Save South Sudan’s Great Antelope Migration
Lock Up Millions of Tons of Carbon in the World’s Largest Tropical Peatland
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
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.
KTK-Belt Guardian, Kamala Rai, performs household surveys in the community of Okharbote, Nepal.
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 work with local partner, Daluhay, to monitor and survey areas of rainforest and the species that call it home.
Fundación ProAves Guardian, Cristian Andrés Vásquez Bermúdez, performs field monitoring of the El Dorado reserve's La Cumbre section in Colombia.
Herp Conservation Guardian, Caleb Ofori, discovering the Togo Slippery Frog in the Onepone Refuge in the Togo-Volta highlands of Ghana.
Who makes our work possible?
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.
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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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.
Many thanks to our local partners in the field who make our work possible.
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