Rainforest Trust was established in 1988 and has grown into one of the world's most effective and respected conservation organisations. In the last 30 years, the organisation has protected over 42 million acres across the tropics, ensuring not only the storage of carbon which would otherwise have been released into the environment, but also the protection of endangered species and threatened indigenous communities.
Rainforest Trust UK is able to allocate 100% of donations to conservation action as all its operating expenses are covered by donations from Board members, Gift Aid and other supporters.
By protecting rainforests, we achieve multiple goals:
- We prevent CO2 being released into the atmosphere, reducing the impact of climate change.
- We protect indigenous wildlife, such as orangutans, pangolins and jaguars which could otherwise face extinction.
- We protect the livelihoods, traditions and cultures of local communities.
Our support of Rainforest Trust supports their Climate Action Fund to protect forests which store and sequester vast quantities of carbon. The fund supports high-impact projects to protect frontier forests in imminent danger of destruction, highly efficient water-inundated forests that protect against carbon-releasing decomposition, and large ‘carbon vault’ hardwood forests that store carbon in their wood, roots and soil. By protecting the world's most important tropical forests, Rainforest Trust will work to permanently lock up 15 billion tonnes of carbon by 2025.
Our donations to date have supported the following projects:
