No Forests = No Future: A Call to Support Indigenous Defenders on the Frontlines
As we near the end of 2025, an urgent truth continues to drive our work: Without tropical forests, we have no future. Rainforest Foundation US (RFUS) has long supported Indigenous partners across the Amazon basin and Central America’s rainforests. It has been proven time again that Indigenous peoples are the most impactful defenders of rainforests […]
The Rainforest Foundation Family
Amazonas Adentro | 3. The Watchers, the River, and the Opportunists (Podcast in Spanish by Radio Ambulante)
RFUS’s 2030 Plan for Forests, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, and Climate Action
Rainforest Foundation US (RFUS) envisions a world where the rights of Indigenous peoples are respected and rainforests flourish. Our 2025–2030 Strategic Plan is a blueprint for achieving that vision, scaling Indigenous-led forest protection across Central and South America so that people, forests, and the climate can thrive together, now and for generations to come. Our […]
Where Ancestral Knowledge Meets Modern Tech (Published by Worth Magazine)
Indigenous women in Peru use technology to protect Amazon forests (Published by Mongabay)
Top tools to protect rainforests (A video series by Mongabay)
Stories From the Ground: A Visit to Upper Napo Beekeepers and Rainforest Monitors
We’re often asked what it’s like to journey deep into the Amazon to meet with our partners on the frontlines of rainforest protection. As part of our new series, Stories From the Ground, we’ll be sharing firsthand experiences from our field team. In our latest trip, members of the Rainforest Foundation US (RFUS) team, joined […]
Climate Resilience in Action: Lessons from Indigenous Communities in Brazil’s Amazon
In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, Indigenous communities are showing the world what true climate resilience looks like. The Amazon rainforest is one of the most vital ecosystems on Earth, but it’s also one of the hardest hit by climate change. Vast expanses of once-healthy forest have been devastated by record-breaking droughts, relentless fires, […]
Las Fronteras de la Amazonía: Un Bastión Vital para Pueblos Indígenas en Aislamiento Voluntario
En las zonas fronterizas de la Amazonía peruana y brasileña, los corredores Yavarí-Tapiche y Pano Arawak contienen los territorios contiguos más grandes del mundo donde pueblos indígenas viven en aislamiento voluntario.
