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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.
Video: Rainforest Foundation US 2019 Year In Review
- December 31, 2019
Rainforest Foundation US’s Senior Geographer, Cameron Ellis, shares an overview of RFUS’s major victories in 2019.
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Stories
In Eastern Panama, Indigenous Peoples Fight Deforestation as they’re Scapegoated for it
The Darien Bioregion of Eastern Panama is being deforested at an alarming rate, driven in part by illegal trafficking. Rainforest Foundation US’s partner Geoindígena is actively fighting to stop rainforest destruction in the region, bolstering indigenous peoples’ case for land claims in the eyes of those agencies.
Newsletters
August 2022 Newsletter
In this newsletter you can read about the expansion of our Rainforest Alert forest patrolling program, including payments for communities involved that are used for collective benefits. Also meet our Senior Geographer, and learn about the Justice for Saweto campaign.
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