The world’s rainforests are critical to our planet’s health and home to Indigenous Peoples who have safeguarded these ecosystems for generations. At the Rainforest Fund, we understand that by empowering these communities, we not only preserve the rainforests, which benefits us all from the effects of climate change, but it also protects their cultures and way of life.
Thanks to your generous support, since its inception 35 years ago, the Rainforest Fund has successfully supported over 300 projects and raised more than $45 million for Indigenous led projects. Our work now spans four continents in 14 countries.
Our Mission
The Rainforest Fund is a charitable foundation dedicated to the support of Indigenous Peoples and traditional populations in their efforts to protect their environment and fulfill their rights.
We are convinced that the accepted environmental and human rights principles embody the right of everyone to a secure, healthy and ecologically sound environment, and that environmental degradation leads to human rights violations such as the right to life, health and culture.
The Rainforest Fund bears in mind the universality, indivisibility and interdependence of all human rights, and carries out its mission by:
Funding programs and projects aimed at supporting Indigenous Peoples and traditional populations of the rainforests to assert their rights, to promote a sustainable development of their communities and to challenge governmental practices that have a damaging effect on their environment.
