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Forests

A force for planetary health

What's at Stake

Source of air, water, food, shelter, medicine: Forests are critical to the survival of every living thing on Earth. They also provide livelihoods for 1.6 billion people. Yet, alarmingly, deforestation rates are accelerating—triggering a global chain reaction of increased greenhouse gas emissions, rising temperatures, and devastating forest fires.

Trees: Our Best Defense Against Climate Change

Forests are a powerful natural climate solution. As they grow, trees absorb carbon emissions, converting them into clean oxygen. In fact, 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 Impact


The Rainforest Alliance has developed innovative, farm and landscape-level strategies to tackle tropical deforestation—a proven, 360-degree approach that addresses not only immediate environmental threats, but also the underlying economic pressures that contribute to them.

Strong Forests

0.4% deforestation rate

in the forest concessions of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala*

In Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve, nine forestry concessions safeguard around 353,000 hectares of the largest and most important tropical forest north of the Amazon. These community-run concessions have boasted a near-zero deforestation rate since 2004—a remarkable feat given that adjacent areas suffer some of the highest deforestation rates in the Americas.

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*Community forestry concessions in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve have demonstrated a near-zero deforestation rate, since data collection began in 2000. Data accurate as of December 2019.

Our Crisis Mobilization to the Amazon Fires

USD $1.2 million

raised in emergency funds*

Following the catastrophic fires that engulfed the Amazon in 2019, we raised more than US $1.2 million to help scale up the crisis mobilization of frontline organizations across the region—including essential fire-combat equipment for community fire brigades, and efforts to tackle the root cause of the fires: deforestation.

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*Data accurate as of May 2020

Our Work: Forests


Together with forest and farming communities, Indigenous leaders, companies, governments, and global citizens, the Rainforest Alliance works in 70 countries to promote more sustainable land management practices and cultivate thriving rural economies—the most widely proven strategy to keep our tropical forests standing.

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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.
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Why Our Forests Are Burning

The answer is complex, but at the root of it all: a destructive combination of climate change and reckless land use.
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Our 360 Approach to Stopping Rainforest Destruction

Our proven approach to protecting forests puts communities and livelihoods first.
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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.
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World Rainforest Day: Five UK favourite foods ‘under threat from climate crisis and deforestation’

Published on June 23, 2022 | The Independent

The Rainforest Alliance says climate change and deforestation threaten the supply of key raw ingredients for some of Britain’s favourite foods.

Topics: BananasCocoaCoffeeTea

The Science of Sustainability: Researchers Supporting Forest Communities in Latin America

Meet three of the scientists whose work we have supported through the Kleinhans Fellowship for Community Forestry Research.[Read more...]

Published on June 17, 2022

Topics: 35th AnniversaryIn the Field

Annual Report

2021 Annual Report: We Grow Together

Explore the Rainforest Alliance 2021 Annual Report! Inside you’ll meet the farmers, forest communities, businesses, and individuals who are working with us to create a world where people and nature
View: 2021 Annual Report: We Grow Together

Published on June 15, 2022
Available in: English, Spanish, German, French, Indonesian, Portuguese, Japanese

Topics: ImpactsIn the Field

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Rainforest Alliance embarks on plans to rehabilitate Mt. Kenya forest ecosystem

Published on June 6, 2022 | KBC Channel 1

The organization seeks to train over 50,000 farmers in Embu County on ways to preserve and better manage their resources to collectively protect Mount Kenya’s biodiversity reservoir.

Topics: CoffeeKenyaTea

Announcing The Business Case for Collective Landscape Action Initiative

The Business Case for Collective Landscape Action Initiative will set out to reduce commodity-driven deforestation, contribute to global climate and biodiversity goals, and drive new investment in inclusive development across some of the world’s most important tropical landscapes.[Read more...]

Published on June 2, 2022

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5 ways to save rainforests and the world every day

Published on June 1, 2022 | The Optimist Daily

Rainforests are among the most vibrant and iconic ecosystems Earth has to offer. They are also crucial for the survival of the planet and its life.

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