Rainforest Trust

World land and biodiversity conservation: since 1988, Rainforest Trust has conserved areas in the tropics and subtropics through partnerships with local organizations which yield government designation of new protected areas, the purchase of land for private nature reserves, and strengthening land-tenure and guardianship of indigenous people and local communities. This work yields three areas of impact: ending the biodiversity crisis by slowing and reversing the extinction of species, stemming climate change by permanently locking up carbon and protecting nature's ability to sequester carbon from the atmosphere, and contributing to the rights and livelihoods of indigenous people and local communities. For species: Rainforest Trust reserves currently provide critical habitat for 37%of all iucn red list threatened terrestrial mammal species and 46% of threatened terrestrial birds.for climate: Rainforest Trust projects have permanently locked up 7.3 billion metric tons of co2 equivalent, more than a year's worth of us greenhouse gas emissions.for people: approximately 65% of acres protected or conserved with Rainforest Trust funding have supported the recognition of the rights, governance capacity and/or territorial management by indigenous or local communities, including through securing land tenure and resource rights, and Rainforest Trust projects have provided jobs, livelihood benefits, and the safeguarding of ecosystem services such as fresh water to millions of people. In 2022, Rainforest Trust agreed new projects totaling over $60 million and protected 5.6 million acres of habitat.