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At the critical intersection of environmental protection and human rights, we focus on three priority areas: Land Rights, Rainforest Protection, and Strengthening Organizations.

10 Things You Can Do To Protect The Rainforest

What can you do to protect the rainforest? It turns out quite a bit, even if you don’t live near one! Here’s a list with opportunities to take action.

2022 Annual Report

We are thrilled to share with you the achievements of Rainforest Foundation US’s (RFUS) work over the past year. Our efforts in the areas of territorial protection, land rights, and

2021 Annual Report

With the pandemic raging across the world this year, 2021 was the deadliest year of our lives. Because illegal loggers, gold miners, and narco-traffickers didn’t let this virus deter them

What if We Acted for Our Planet Before It’s Too Late?

Rainforest Foundation US (RFUS), alongside Indigenous partners, has long advocated for a proven solution to mitigate the impacts of climate change—securing Indigenous peoples’ rights to their ancestral lands in Latin

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To Counter Climate Change, We Must Protect Indigenous Peoples: an Op-Ed by RFUS’s Executive Director

To counteract climate change, we must protect indigenous peoples. Rainforest Foundation US’s Executive Director lays out why.

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Mining on Sacred Land in Raposa Serra do Sol

Gold mining brings prospectors, disease, and destruction to indigenous lands in Brazil. But indigenous communities are fighting back.

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The UN’s IPCC Report: To Avoid the Worst of the Climate Catastrophe, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Must Be Protected

Earlier this month, the United Nations’ climate change panel released a report stating that global warming will inevitably intensify in the coming decades. The only question is: By how much?

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RFUS Joins Indigenous Leaders to Address Climate Challenges and Community Rights in Roraima, Brazil

We have expanded our programming in Brazil to focus on territorial defense, Indigenous governance, and territorial control through community-led forest patrolling. Learn more about our recent visit to Brazil, where

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Profile in Forbes Gives a Face to the Amazon’s Front Line

An article in Forbes describes the work of indigenous leader Betty Rubio Padilla, who uses satellite technology and deforestation alerts in order to quickly detect and respond to illegal incursions.

Expanding Impact in Protecting Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Rainforests

Our 2024 Annual Report is out! →

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Central America and Mexico

Amazon Region

10 Things You Can Do to Protect the Rainforest

Fires In the Amazon Rainforest

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What if We Acted for Our Planet Before It’s Too Late?

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To Counter Climate Change, We Must Protect Indigenous Peoples: an Op-Ed by RFUS’s Executive Director

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Mining on Sacred Land in Raposa Serra do Sol

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The UN’s IPCC Report: To Avoid the Worst of the Climate Catastrophe, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Must Be Protected

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RFUS Joins Indigenous Leaders to Address Climate Challenges and Community Rights in Roraima, Brazil

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Profile in Forbes Gives a Face to the Amazon’s Front Line

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2024

$7,881,562

$1,126,105

$812,050

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Central America and Mexico

Amazon Region

Expanding Impact in Protecting Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Rainforests

Our Work

Central America and Mexico

Amazon Region

10 Things You Can Do to Protect the Rainforest

Fires In the Amazon Rainforest

Search in our website

2024

$7,881,562

$1,126,105

$812,050

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Amazon Region

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