Thanks to our supporters on Earth Day as we continue the fight to protect rainforest, save species and halt climate change!
Take Action & Double Your Impact!Take Action & Double Your Impact!A generous donor pledged to match the first $20K raised, and thanks to your support, that match has been met. Please don't stop now, you can help us meet our goal of $75k to protect rainforests, save species and fight climate change!
Supporters taking action for Earth Day around the world.
Every day, we lose an average 80,000 acres of tropical rainforest to deforestation.
Their destruction has exponential impact. Centuries of carbon stored is released into our atmosphere. Species disperse or perish with no place to live or food to eat. If we lose enough rainforest, what remains is forever changed. Scientists indicate we are close to that tipping point now in the Amazon.
The solution is simple: Save the rainforest.
For 34 years, Rainforest Trust has been stopping deforestation by establishing protected areas. Our reserves ensure that the rainforests we all rely upon are not destroyed. It is a simple approach that we have used across the tropics—protecting over 38 million acres.
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Did you know?
Acres of rainforest are lost to deforestation every day
African Forest Elephants (CR), photo by Caroline-Granycome
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.
Success Stories
Save Grauer’s Gorilla and lock up 28.6 million tons of carbon
Expand a safe haven for “Africa’s Big Five”
Emergency Land Purchase to Save Imperiled Endemics in the Galápagos
Land Purchase for the Santarem Parakeet
Strategic Land Purchase to Expand Habitat Protection in the Chocó of Ecuador
Protecting the Last Great Forests of Northern Borneo
Last stand against deforestation in the Peruvian Andes
“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
“Last year, nearly one acre of rainforest was lost every second, which equates to an area the size of Pennsylvania that is simply gone, up in smoke. The biodiversity is lost and the carbon once stored is now contributing to climate change,” said Leslie VanSant, vice president of philanthropy at Rainforest Trust. “Creating and maintaining protected areas is the simplest most cost-effective solution to reduce climate change. Rainforest Trust has been doing just that for nearly 34 years.”
Leslie VanSantVice President, Philanthropy
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,” 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
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 and in my opinion deserves support for its reserve-creating projects which have 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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