Rainforest Partnership

RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP'S MISSION IS TO PROTECT AND REGENERATE TROPICAL RAINFORESTS BY WORKING WITH RAINFOREST COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS THAT EMPOWER AND RESPECT BOTH PEOPLE AND NATURE.

IN 2022, RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP STRENGTHENED THE CONSERVATION OF CRITICAL STANDING FORESTS FROM THE ECUADORIAN AMAZON RAINFOREST TO THE CLOUD FORESTS OF THE TROPICAL ANDES IN PERU. OUR PROJECTS A) EMPOWER COMMUNITIES WITH TOOLS, RESOURCES, AND TRAINING TO DEFEND, RESTORE AND PROTECT THEIR FORESTS, B) BRING TOGETHER THE GROUPS WHO NEED TO COLLABORATE FOR EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION, AND C) STRENGTHEN CONSERVATION PLANS AND POLICIES WITH RESEARCH. THROUGH RESEARCH, ECONOMIC PROJECTS TO SUPPORT RAINFOREST COMMUNITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, AND WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT, OUR WORK SUPPORTED THE CONSERVATION OF 149,500 ACRES IN THE AMAZON AND 900,000 ACRES OF THE TROPICAL ANDES BY SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES' RESISTANCE TO DEFORESTATION AND BY CONVENING KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO WORK TOGETHER TO CONSERVE THE CORDILLERA DE COLAN. IN PERU, WE COORDINATED CAPACITY BUILDING AND FARM FIELD SCHOOLS WITH LOCAL PRODUCERS, LED A RESTORATION PROJECT WITH 100 FARMERS, AND LED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING WITH THE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF AMAZONAS. DURING SEVERAL GROUNDBREAKING BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS, WE DISCOVERED OVER 10 POTENTIAL NEW FROG SPECIES. IN ECUADOR, WE EMPOWERED OVER 100 KICHWA WOMEN BY SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD PROJECTS LIKE AMAZON FISH AND ARTISAN HANDICRAFTS AND COORDINATED WORKSHOPS WITH WOMEN AND YOUTH. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECT INFORMATION.

RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP EDUCATES, INSPIRES, AND BRINGS TOGETHER INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE TO EMPOWER AND ACCELERATE THE SYSTEMIC CHANGE NECESSARY TO SCALE RADICAL GLOBAL ACTION AND CONSERVATION IMPACT TO END DEFORESTATION BY 2030. FILMS FOR THE FOREST, RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP'S ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION, INSPIRES PEOPLE GLOBALLY THROUGH BEAUTIFULLY TOLD IMPACT-DRIVEN STORIES. IN 2022, WE SCREENED FILMS FROM ALL SIX POPULATED CONTINENTS IN TOKYO FOR THE FIRST TIME AND TO A GLOBAL AUDIENCE DURING WORLD RAINFOREST DAY. RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP'S YOUTH BRANCH, GEN Z FOR THE TREES, BRINGS YOUNG PEOPLE TOGETHER FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO TACKLE GLOBAL DRIVERS OF DEFORESTATION. THROUGH EXTENSIVE RESEARCH INTO THE WAYS THAT DEFORESTATION IS EMBEDDED IN GLOBAL ECONOMIC SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS, AND ADVOCACY INITIATIVES, GEN Z FOR THE TREES USED ITS PLATFORM TO ADVOCATE AGAINST DEFORESTATION IN GLOBAL SPACES SUCH AS COP26 IN GLASGOW AND TO PUSH FOR FURTHER TRANSPARENCY IN THE PALM OIL INDUSTRY BY UNCOVERING UNLISTED PALM OIL MILLS. FINALLY, RAINFOREST ACADEMY AND RAINFOREST PUBLISHING ARE PROGRAMS IN DEVELOPMENT TO EDUCATE PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ON RAINFORESTS AND THEIR PROTECTION AND TO BUILD CRITICAL PATHWAYS TO RAINFOREST CONSERVATION. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECT INFORMATION.

OUR WORLD RAINFOREST DAY AND RAINFOREST COLLECTIVE PROGRAMS CATALYZE SYSTEMIC CHANGE, RALLYING INDIVIDUALS, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE POWERFUL IMPACT ON THE GROUND TO PROTECT AND REVITALIZE RAINFORESTS. THESE PROGRAMS LEVERAGE THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP, UNLOCKING RESOURCES TO MAGNIFY THE SCOPE AND SUCCESS OF CONSERVATION PROJECTS ON THE GROUND. ON JUNE 22, WE CELEBRATE WORLD RAINFOREST DAY, FOUNDED BY RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP IN 2017, WITH THE ANNUAL WORLD RAINFOREST DAY SUMMIT. IN 2022, WE CONVENED 84 SPEAKERS AND 1000+ ATTENDEES FROM 73 COUNTRIES AND BROUGHT TOGETHER A GLOBAL COMMUNITY WITH A SOCIAL MEDIA REACH OF AROUND 10 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE. WORLD RAINFOREST DAY ACTIVATES A BROAD COALITION OF PEOPLE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD'S TROPICAL FORESTS; THIS PARTNER NETWORK CONSISTS OF RAINFOREST ORGANIZATIONS, INDIGENOUS GROUPS, POLICY REPRESENTATIVES, YOUTH LEADERS, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND ARTISTS AND CREATIVES, AMONG OTHERS, COLLABORATING AND INNOVATING FOR HOLISTIC FOREST IMPACT. RAINFOREST COLLECTIVE IS A BOLD, GLOBAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN FOREST-FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS, INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL RAINFOREST COMMUNITIES, AND GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY LEADERS, ALL COMING TOGETHER TO END RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION BY 2030. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECT INFORMATION.