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Our Impact
Preserving critical habitats around the globe
Since 1988, we have demonstrated that safeguarding critical habitat is the most effective way to protect species. We work with local partners to develop projects aimed at securing vital habitat.
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62M
acres protected across the globe with an additional 80M acres in progress
3,356
threatened species safeguarded
98%
of the rainforest we've protected remains intact
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Worldwide Impact
Save species from extinction
A million species are at risk of extinction this century, each unique and irreplaceable. The leading cause is habitat destruction, and the most valuable habitat is rainforest.
Worldwide Impact
Save rainforests to stop climate change
We cannot stop climate change without saving tropical forests and keeping historical carbon safely locked up in the wood and soil while removing excess CO
from the air.
Worldwide Impact
Saving the world isn't possible without people
We establish strategic partnerships with the world’s most experienced and committed conservationists and their organizations in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Status
Protected
2025
Final Frontier for Okapi and Grauer’s Gorilla in Congo
Bolivia
Status
Protected
2025
Help Fortify South America’s Largest Dry Tropical Forest
Ghana
Status
Protected
2025
Protect a Critical Waterway in Ghana for Slender-snouted Crocodiles
Brazil
Status
Protected
2024
Preserve the Amazon’s Coastal Gem in Brazil
Peru
Status
Protected
2024
Save 450,000 Acres of High-carbon Amazon Rainforest from Deforestation in Peru
Laos
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Protected
2024
Expand Protection for the “Asian Unicorn”
South Sudan
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Protected
2024
Establishing a Protected Area for Chimpanzees in South Sudan
Nepal
Status
Protected
2024
Creating the Red Panda Community Forest
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Protected
2022
Save Grauer’s Gorilla and lock up 28.6 million tons of carbon
Mexico
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Protected
2023
Protecting a Unique Cloud Forest in Veracruz, Mexico
Mexico
Status
Protected
2022
Save Mexico’s Biodiversity Stronghold
Panama
Status
Protected
2021
Protecting a “Sky Island” of Cloud Forest for Threatened Amphibians
Bolivia
Status
Protected
2021
Stopping Deforestation at the Edge of the Bolivian Amazon
Nepal
Status
Protected
2021
Critical Protection for Nepal’s Rhododendron Forests
"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. Wilson
Two-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. Wilson
Two-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,” 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 Deutsch
CEO, 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 Deutsch
PhD, 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,” 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 Deutsch
CEO, 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 Deutsch
PhD, 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
"One can see from space how the human race has changed the Earth. Nearly all of the available land has been cleared of forest and is now used for agriculture or urban development. The polar icecaps are shrinking and the desert areas are increasing... All of this is evidence that human exploitation of the planet is reaching a critical limit. But human demands and expectations are ever-increasing. We cannot continue to pollute the atmosphere, poison the ocean and exhaust the land. There isn’t any more available."
Stephen Hawking
Physicist & Author
“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 Deutsch
PhD, 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,” 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 Deutsch
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
What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
Dr. Jane Goodall
Scientist & Activist
"The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.”
E. O. Wilson
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and former Rainforest Trust Board Member
Madagascar’s Prime Minister Announces Landmark Commitment to Protect the World’s Most Irreplaceable Wildlife
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Tracking Gorongosa’s Gentle Giants
Rainforest Trust Surpasses 60 Million Acres Protected Worldwide
Protect Rare Parrots Targeted by Traffickers
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