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Your crypto donation can help Rainforest Foundation US tackle some of the world’s most pressing issues—the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and human rights abuses—by supporting Indigenous communities.
At the critical intersection of environmental protection and human rights, we focus on three priority areas: Land Rights, Rainforest Protection, and Strengthening Organizations.
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.

Benefit sharing is a critical component of REDD+ forest carbon projects, particularly where Indigenous peoples and local communities are central to forest stewardship. As REDD+ evolves into market-based mechanisms, with

For three years in a row, Vox has featured Rainforest Foundation US in an article that lists high-impact organizations addressing the climate crisis.
Aerial view of a large gold mining operation in the middle of an indigenous territory.
Gold mining brings prospectors, disease, and destruction to indigenous lands in Brazil. But indigenous communities are fighting back.
Members of Karisparu Village, Guyana, identify customary use areas on a map
RFUS supported the Amerindian Peoples Association to conduct a nation-wide assessment of indigenous lands in Guyana. The report exposes inconsistencies and injustices in the land recognition process.
Indigenous women are charting a path toward stronger leadership and gender representation in their communities—an approach reflected in Rainforest Foundation US’s new Gender and Social Inclusion Strategy.

In early 2023, shortly after taking office, Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared a public health emergency in Yanomami territory, the largest Indigenous territory in the country. Years

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Earth is Counting on Us: Will You Act?

Rainforests, one of our most powerful defenses against climate change, are at risk. Indigenous peoples are defending these vital forests. We must stand with them.

Rainforests, one of our most powerful defenses against climate change, are at risk. Indigenous peoples are defending these vital forests. We must stand with them.

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