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 The RAINFOREST FUND, which works to protect the rights of INDIGENOUS PEOPLE living in the Rainforests of the world, wants to share its sadness for the  fate of BRUNO PEREIRA and DOM PHILLIPS. They are outstanding defenders and friends of the indigenous communities and have tragically gone missing  deep in the Amazon rainforest while fulfilling their goal to give a voice and help to the most forgotten of the world. Our thoughts and prayers go to their … [Read more...] about Dom Philips and Bruno Pereira

The 18th annual Free Land Camp was held in Brazil earlier this month. 200 different indigenous ethnic groups met to demand actions on land rights and the environment. This year, the Free Land Camp was a concerted effort to fight back against Bolsonaro’s anti-indigenous policies. The event brought together around 8,000 Indigenous … [Read more...] about 18th Annual Free Land Camp

In the Brazilian Amazon, near the XINGU RIVER, a sign proclaims a NEW MEKRAGNOTY Indigenous territory with “access forbidden to outsiders”. It ends with words “DEMARCATION FINANCED THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY OF THE RAINFOREST FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL”. It was the first  major achievement in 1993  of the then called Rainforest Foundation International, which has become RAINFOREST FUND in 1995.  It was an international partnership with indigenous leaders from the rainforest built on the … [Read more...] about

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At the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Indonesia pledged to end deforestation by 2030. However, Indonesian officials are now backtracking on the pledge. They are calling it unfair and inappropriate to demand that it stop clearing the world’s third-largest swath of tropical rainforest. This has caused concerns among environmental activists that Indonesia will continue to destroy its forests for plantations, mines, and infrastructure … [Read more...] about Indonesian Officials Backtrack on the Country’s No Deforestation Pledge

Rainforest Fund is so proud of Txai Suruí for having the courage to take the stage at the opening ceremony of the climate conference in Glasgow. Txai Suruí, a 24 year old indigenous woman spoke in front of 100 world leaders to share her message to the world. We are proud to be apart of her momentous journey supporting both her and her parents at a critical moment in history. Txai is the daughter of the great Chief Almir Suruí and the legendary activist Ivaneide Suruí. Rainforest Fund was the … [Read more...] about Txai Suruí

Conclusive Remarks  What do you do then, when you live in a country that has some of the best environmental and indigenous people’s laws, but the State itself bluntly violate them? And what do you do, when you spend substantial financial resources to file cases against corporations and exploiters of the common good, but the judicial system is so slow and ineffective that nothing will happen anyway. We see countries in the West to discuss in terms of Celsius degrees, when referring to the … [Read more...] about CALG (Coalition against Land Grabbing) 2021 Philippines Midterm Report Excerpt By Sisang – Head of Project

For more than 30 years the RAINFOREST FUND has supported the indigenous communities of the world rainforests through its empowerment approach based on the right of indigenous peoples to determine the nature and use of resources that come into their community, through direct grants or when impossible through a local NGO. Indigenous people are invaluable partners in solving many of today complex problems such as climate change, biodiversity preservation, sustainable management of natural … [Read more...] about RAINFOREST FUND CALL FOR 2022 PROJECTS FUNDING FOR THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES OF THE WORLD RAINFORESTS

These are the latest news from the Uru-eu-wai-wai who when they were first contacted in 1981, disease and death followed shortly thereafter. They had limited antibodies to fight foreign pathogens, infectious diseases which took a toll. From a community numbering in the thousands more than half died. When the coronavirus epidemic arrived in Brazil in March 2020, the events of the 1980s loomed large in the community collective memory so they took the quick decision to isolate their seven villages … [Read more...] about THE URU-eu-wau-wau in RONDONIA STATE – BRAZIL – RAINFOREST FUND/ECAM project

At the end of 2020 the downside risk was that in 2021 the virus would not be brought under control by the end of the year and that a second and third waves would emerge and be equally as lethal. It happened and today here we are in a race against time, and epidemiologists say that we are in for a long haul. Yes we have the vaccine and the western and rich countries might see the light out of the tunnel provided that their protection has a lasting effect, what nobody knows at the time of … [Read more...] about COVID – 2021 SCENARIO

The end of the most traumatic period of this year 2020 is finally in view, as Covid vaccines are being distributed, recovery has become reality even if it is still far away for the whole world. The pandemic has trained its death and destruction of livelihood on all the ethnic minorities of the world, men, women and children, and has underlined even more the profound disparities in access to vital elements like clean water, electricity, education, and health systems. But the ending is likely to … [Read more...] about Indigenous communities and the Pandemic: THE VACCINE