Rainforest Alliance Certified flower and fern farms comply with the strict requirements of the Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard, which protects ecosystems and wildlife habitats, conserves water and soil, promotes decent and safe working conditions, and ensures that farms are good neighbors to rural communities and wildlands.... Continue Reading
The Appalachian Woods Alliance works to conserve foress and enhance the local economy.... Continue Reading
The only realistic way to conserve forests is to apply sustainable forest management practices.... Continue Reading
In the foothills below Sri Lanka’s famed Peak Wilderness Sanctuary lives an evangelist for herbicide-free integrated pest management—a scientist by the name of Mahendra Peiris who serves as the manager of the Rainforest Alliance Certified Hapugastenne Tea Estate.
When Peiris attended a Rainforest Alliance training workshop on herbicide-free, integrated weed management in 2014, he was thrilled to see our Sri Lankan agricultural trainer teaching farmers the very same methods he’d been experimenting...... Continue Reading
For José Román Carrera, protecting forests is a matter of life and death.... Continue Reading
Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms use methods that protect the health of farmers, their livelihoods, their land and the surrounding waterways. Through our training and certification programs, we are promoting farming techniques designed to protect the land for future generations.
Through the pictures below, take a glimpse into the daily life of India's tea estates.
Photo credit: Charlie Watson
The Rainforest Alliance currently works...... Continue Reading