This collection of rainforest essays were written by 7th Graders at Adobe Middle School in Elko, Nevada. Elko is a desert climate in a rural gold mining community. Students studied rainforests as part of their geography curriculum. In this assignment, students had to convince others to save the rainforest by explaining all the valuable resources that come from the area. They were surprised to find out that, even living in Nevada, how much we rely on the rainforests. Students also had to come up … [Read more...] about How to Save the Rainforest, By Our Next Generation: Part 4
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How to Save the Rainforest, By Our Next Generation: Part 3
This collection of rainforest essays were written by 7th Graders at Adobe Middle School in Elko, Nevada. Elko is a desert climate in a rural gold mining community. Students studied rainforests as part of their geography curriculum. In this assignment, students had to convince others to save the rainforest by explaining all the valuable resources that come from the area. They were surprised to find out that, even living in Nevada, how much we rely on the rainforests. Students also had to come up … [Read more...] about How to Save the Rainforest, By Our Next Generation: Part 3
How to Save the Rainforest, By Our Next Generation: Part 2
This collection of rainforest essays were written by 7th Graders at Adobe Middle School in Elko, Nevada. Elko is a desert climate in a rural gold mining community. Students studied rainforests as part of their geography curriculum. In this assignment, students had to convince others to save the rainforest by explaining all the valuable resources that come from the area. They were surprised to find out that, even living in Nevada, how much we rely on the rainforests. Students also had to come up … [Read more...] about How to Save the Rainforest, By Our Next Generation: Part 2
How to Save the Rainforest, By Our Next Generation: Part 1
This collection of rainforest essays were written by 7th Graders at Adobe Middle School in Elko, Nevada. Elko is a desert climate in a rural gold mining community. Students studied rainforests as part of their geography curriculum. In this assignment, students had to convince others to save the rainforest by explaining all the valuable resources that come from the area. They were surprised to find out that, even living in Nevada, how much we rely on the rainforests. Students also had to come up … [Read more...] about How to Save the Rainforest, By Our Next Generation: Part 1
A letter from the field: Brazil
August 7th, 2017 Dear Members of the Board of Rainforest Fund, I wanted to take this opportunity to share some of the recent results of our work with indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon and take the opportunity to thank you and everyone on the board of the Rainforest Fund, its chair Dr. Franca Sciuto and its staff for their commitment to strengthening indigenous communities and their rights around the world. On the 11th of July in Sao Paulo at the Google Brazil offices, 3 … [Read more...] about A letter from the field: Brazil
FROM THE AMAZON TO UNIVERSITY: A SUCCESS STORY
We are proud to announce that Jesmarly, a participant of the Rainforest Fund-supported Niños de Amazonia program, has graduated from the University of Iquitos in Peru. Jesmarly, from one of the most desolate areas in the Peruvian Amazon, dreamt of receiving a university-level education. With support from the Rainforest Fund and Niños de Amazonia program, she was able to graduate with honors and plans to bring the skills she learned in university back to her community. … [Read more...] about FROM THE AMAZON TO UNIVERSITY: A SUCCESS STORY
An Open Letter to President Hernández, Honduras
In the wake of Ms. Berta Cáceres’s assassination, Rainforest Fund has written a letter to President Hernández with the intention of expressing our sadness but also our demand for justice and an end to senseless violence. Dear President Hernández, We write to you as Rainforest Fund, a non-profit organization that for twenty-seven years has supported indigenous peoples throughout the world’s rainforests in their efforts to protect their ancestral lands and fulfill their rights. In the … [Read more...] about An Open Letter to President Hernández, Honduras
Reflections and gratitude from Peru, Niños de la Amazonia
Jesmarly, one of five indigenous young people supported by Rainforest Fund in the project, Ninos de la Amazonia in their studies at University in Iquitos, wrote the following letter to express her deep appreciation for the the project and the strides she has made in the direction of her dreams. … [Read more...] about Reflections and gratitude from Peru, Niños de la Amazonia
Why Not Including Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Paris Agreement Was Wrong: Ethically and Practically
Indigenous peoples from around the world traveled to Paris in December 2015 for the COP 21 Climate Summit to advocate for their rights and to ensure that their states uphold them when developing and implementing climate change policy. … [Read more...] about Why Not Including Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Paris Agreement Was Wrong: Ethically and Practically
A Common Goal: “The Good Life”
This letter is from our partner organization, Ceibo Alliance, in Ecuador. They are gearing up for another year of water tank installations and projects that will maintain their good life. … [Read more...] about A Common Goal: “The Good Life”
