Project Profile: Stopping deforestation and improving livelihoods with community forestry in the Congo Basin
Sitting in the heart of the Congo Basin, the 36,000 square kilometer Salonga National Park (SNP) is the largest protected area of dense rainforest on the African continent.[Read more...]
Topics: In the Field
Project Profile: Tackling Forced Labor and Child Labor in the Ghanaian Cocoa and Gold Mining Sectors
Amid Ghana’s tropical forests and lush hills, the cocoa and gold industries are booming. Ghana is the largest gold producer in Africa, and Ghana and Côte D'Ivoire account for over 60% of global cocoa production. [Read more...]
Topics: CocoaGhanaIn the Field
Media Coverage
15 Ways to Have a More Environmentally Friendly Thanksgiving 2021
Abdul-Razak Saeed, Lead, Climate Change for Rainforest Alliance, provides suggestions on how consumers and citizens can act more sustainably by looking at different aspects of their lives and behaviors.
Topics: Everyday actionsImpacts
Media Coverage
How to Produce Climate-smart Coffee
5THWAVE caught up with Colleen Popkin, Coffee Sector Lead, Market Transformation at Rainforest Alliance, to discuss why building climate resilience at origin is also not only great for the planet, but makes great business sense for farmers too.
Topics: CertificationCoffee
CEO Santiago Gowland on CNN’s Call to Earth Broadcast
CNN’s Julia Chatterley spoke with the Rainforest Alliance’s CEO Santiago Gowland about what our frog seal represents, the connection between thriving nature and livelihoods, and the importance of climate adaptation.[Read more...]
Topics: Insights
Case Study
2020-2025 Strategy: Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve
For rural, isolated communities in Guatemala, natural capital is the people’s greatest wealth. Since 1997, the Rainforest Alliance has worked with community forestry concessions to strengthen their
View: 2020-2025 Strategy: Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve
