Our Mission to Protect the World’s Forests
We are working in 60+ countries to build sustainable, rural economies—a proven strategy to keep our forests standing.... Continue Reading
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What's at Stake
Forests are critical to every living thing on Earth. Not only do they give us clean air, shelter, and rain, they house 80 percent of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity. Alarmingly, humans have destroyed half of the world’s tropical forests and driven extinction rates up thousands of times higher than what is natural.
Climate & Nature
Forests are a powerful natural climate solution. As trees grow, they absorb and store carbon emissions, while releasing oxygen into the atmosphere. Conserving forests could cut an estimated 7 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide each year—the equivalent of getting rid of every car on the planet.
Our Work: Forests & Biodiversity
Together with forest and farming communities, Indigenous leaders, companies, governments, and global citizens, the Rainforest Alliance works in 58 countries to promote more sustainable land management practices while cultivating thriving rural economies—the most widely proven strategy to restore biodiversity and keep our tropical forests standing.
The World’s Best Forest Guardians: Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous peoples and local communities have an unsurpassed connection to the Earth's forests. ... Continue Reading
Community: The Secret to Stopping Deforestation in Guatemala
The forest concessions of the Maya Biosphere Reserve have boasted a near-zero deforestation rate for 20 years.... Continue Reading
Indonesian Coffee Farmers Help Conserve Biodiversity in Iconic National Park
We're training coffee farmers in the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park buffer zone to help them conserve biodiversity and improve their livelihoods.... Continue Reading
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What a Rainforest Taught Me About Life and Love
A Rainforest Alliance staffer’s first visit to a rainforest gave him more than he expected.... Continue Reading
Ask the Experts: What’s Next for Climate Action?
We asked Celia Harvey and Duncan Williamson, our climate experts, for their insights from the most recent COP and to weigh in on the state of global climate action as we head into the second half of this decade.... Continue Reading
EUDR: green light, red tape
In an interview for Global Coffee Report, Fanny Gauttier, Public Affairs Lead at the Rainforest Alliance, outlines the consequences of the delay to the EU Deforestation Regulation deadline.
Rainforest Alliance Certified Cashews
The Rainforest Alliance is working to make cashew farming more sustainable by addressing challenges like deforestation, poor working conditions, and low farmer incomes through certification, sustainable practices, traceability, and supply chain improvements.... Continue Reading
4 ways companies can limit deforestation now
Rainforest Alliance experts Kerry Daroci and Fanny Gauttier weigh in on the EU's proposed 12-month delay of its regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) and its implications for companies' compliance progress.
Top deforestation drivers could dodge ‘high risk’ tag under EU benchmarking
Fanny Gauttier, Public Affairs lead at the Rainforest Alliance, comments on the delay of the anti-deforestation regulation (EUDR).