Beneath the Canopy is the Rainforest Alliance’s external webinar series designed to bring more of our community and organization’s impact directly to donors, consumers, and followers. Each session features voices and stories from the field, connecting you with the people and landscapes that our work touches across our five impact areas, and the chance to ask deeper questions directly through live Q&A.
Have you missed one of the webinars? Not to worry, all 7 recordings for previous “Beneath the Canopy” events are available on our YouTube playlist. And don’t forget to check next month’s line-up!
Community-Led Impact: Lessons from the Congo Basin
Recorded: July 9, 2026
Description: This session highlighted conservation work in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo protecting the Congo Basin, the world’s second-largest tropical forest and home to roughly 130 million people. Community partners discussed the Integrated Community Forest Management approach, which strengthens community forest rights while increasing incomes to make conservation economically viable.
Education, Livelihoods, & Gender in Uganda’s Coffee Communities
Recorded: April 30, 2026
Description: This webinar examined how the Rwenzori Education, Livelihoods, and Gender Project is addressing the root causes of child labor in Uganda’s coffee-growing communities through education, financial literacy, and gender-focused interventions. The multi-year partnership with Nespresso, Kyagalanyi Coffee Ltd, and other partners benefits over 3,000 farmers across three sub-counties.
Regeneration in Action: Inside Our New Regenerative Agriculture Standard
Recorded: December 10, 2025
Description: This session celebrated the launch of the Rainforest Alliance Regenerative Agriculture Standard, with CEO Santiago Gowland reflecting on 2025 achievements and goals ahead. Guests included farmer-entrepreneur and the Rainforest Alliance Ambassador Ricky Echanique and strategic direction Maya Sermeno, who shared field perspectives on regenerative practices already showing measurable impact.
Regenerating Hope: The Power of Optimism in Conservation
Recorded: October 29, 2025
Description: Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler and Rainforest Alliance co-founder Daniel Katz discussed optimism as a catalyst for environmental action amid record deforestation and funding losses. Rainforest Alliance colleagues also shared how positive storytelling is advancing real climate results on the ground.
Maya Biosphere Reserve: A Conservation Success Story
Recorded: July 24, 2025
Description: This webinar explored the creation and impact of Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve, featuring Rainforest Alliance Director of Forests & Partnerships, José Román Carrera, who helped establish the 2.1-million-hectare reserve in the 1990s. Panelists discussed how community forest concessions are building sustainable local economies, joined by partners from Teeccino and the University of Minnesota.
Forest Allies: A Community of Practice
Recorded: May 8, 2025
Description: This session spotlighted Forest Allies, a community of practice supporting sustainable forest management, featuring stories from our partnership with the KWML cooperative in Java, Indonesia, the first community forest in Indonesia to earn FSC certification.
USAID and Resilience Fund Briefing
Recorded: March 6, 2025
Description: The inaugural webinar in our Beneath the Canopy series provided an update on the U.S. foreign funding freeze and its impact on five USAID-supported Rainforest Alliance programs, alongside the launch of our Resilience Fund.