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Through these local partnerships, we empower indigenous people to own and steward their own lands while offering them education, training, and economic assistance. This training includes employing them as reserve guards, wildlife monitors, and eco-tourism guides. This highly effective, landscape-based, and community-inclusive model ensures long-lasting results for all the biodiversity within the forests we purchase and protect.

Rainforest Trust is proud to be a founding member of the Species Recovery Alliance, a groundbreaking collaboration of ni...
10/20/2026

Rainforest Trust is proud to be a founding member of the Species Recovery Alliance, a groundbreaking collaboration of nine philanthropic organizations and conservation leaders committing more than $500 million over the next five years to prevent extinctions and recover the world’s most threatened species. 🌎🐾

Officially announced at the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Species Recovery Alliance brings together nine founding members, including:

Rainforest Trust

Ayers Wild Cat Conservation Trust

Bezos Earth Fund

Colossal Foundation

Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund

Fondation Segré

Franklinia Foundation

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Wildearth

More than 31,000 species worldwide are classified as Endangered, Critically Endangered, or Extinct in the Wild.

Protecting their habitats is essential, but research shows that 57% of threatened species also need targeted conservation interventions, such as conservation breeding, habitat restoration, genetic rescue, reintroductions, disease mitigation, invasive species control, poaching prevention and anti-poaching measures, or other methods to prevent extinction.

The Species Recovery Alliance aims to become the largest coordinated philanthropic effort dedicated to species recovery.

Rather than pooling funding, members will coordinate and align their investments, and work alongside conservation organizations and local partners to support effective recovery actions at the scale and over the time frames needed to achieve measurable results.

Members will also share lessons and report on progress using the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Green Status (IUCN) of Species, as well as the Red List of Threatened Species, to assess collective impact.

At Rainforest Trust, we know that preventing extinction requires more than protecting habitat alone. It takes sustained investment, targeted conservation action, and strong partnerships that empower conservationists and local communities to deliver results on the ground. 🌿

We are honored to join our fellow founding members in advancing this critical effort to make species recovery a global conservation priority and help secure a future for the world’s most threatened wildlife.

Link in comments to learn more about the Species Recovery Alliance!

In a new field report from Ghana, our PR manager braves slippery streambeds for an elusive frog.“Hi. It is so nice to me...
10/15/2026

In a new field report from Ghana, our PR manager braves slippery streambeds for an elusive frog.

“Hi. It is so nice to meet you. I really love frogs.”

When our Public Relations Manager Brynn Garner met Dr. Caleb Ofori-Boateng, she approached him with a simple greeting that kicked off an expansive conversation.

Soon, Brynn and Caleb were reflecting on the outsize impact of an elusive frog that was once thought extinct.

Caleb is a conservation hero, internationally recognized for his efforts to protect Ghana’s amphibians and reptiles.

He talked with Brynn about a unique species that he helped rediscover: the Critically Endangered Togo Slippery Frog. Our partnership with the organization Caleb founded, H**p Conservation Ghana, helped establish and expand the Onepone Endangered Species Refuge to cover the majority of this rare frog’s global range.

The latest expansion protects an estimated 250 mature Togo Slippery Frogs, Caleb told Brynn. They are some of the last survivors of their species.

While their conversation was compelling, Brynn was determined to see the Togo Slippery Frog firsthand.

As a certified Frog Watch volunteer who can identify the calls of 26 frogs and counting, she is no stranger to night hikes and careful listening.

In our new Substack article, join Brynn as she searches the streams of Onepone Refuge for this elusive, resilient amphibian. 🐸

Link in comments to read the article!

70 million acres protected! 🌎🌿Thanks to donors like you, we have surpassed 70 million acres protected worldwide!That’s a...
10/07/2026

70 million acres protected! 🌎🌿

Thanks to donors like you, we have surpassed 70 million acres protected worldwide!

That’s an area roughly the size of Nevada, and we reached it just eight months after our 60 million-acre milestone.

Together with our dedicated partners and local communities, you have helped us accelerate the pace of conservation for some of the planet’s most important places for biodiversity, climate and people.

Last month, the designation of Agua Dulce Municipal Wildlife Reserve took us past the 70 million-acre mark. 🇧🇴

Protected in partnership with Faunagua, this rainforest near the border of Bolivia and Brazil shelters 489 bird species and more than 70 mammal species, including Jaguars and Endangered Amazon River Dolphins.

Agua Dulce’s ecological corridors connect to six other conservation areas, and the project’s alliance among local and international partners will ensure lasting impacts are lasting for conservation and the community.

It has never been more urgent to invest in rainforests!

Reaching 70 million acres is a measure of progress and a reminder of the scale of work still ahead. 🌎💚

As we continue our work to protect millions more acres, we are truly grateful for your partnership and support.

Link in comments to learn more about our work to protect rainforests and critical habitat, and help support conservation action now!

09/24/2026

It’s World Gorilla Day, and we have remarkable new footage from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that reveals the power of protection and the real-world impact of donors like you. 🦍🌿

Shared by our partners at the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, the video clip features a family of Grauer’s Gorillas foraging through grasslands in the Community Forest that we helped establish together.

Look closely, and you can see a baby gorilla riding on an adult’s back!

Keeping rainforests intact is essential to the long-term survival of species in DRC and around the tropics. Large mammals like these gorillas need safe, expansive habitats free from the threats of deforestation and hunting.

Many of our partnerships support local teams who patrol, monitor, and manage Community Forests.

In the Nkuba Conservation Area, the Fossey Fund reported on the incredible value our partners bring to conservation in the Congo.

In recent months, their teams have:

🚫 Removed more than 1,500 illegal hunting traps

🔬Trained 40 biodiversity researchers in SMART data collection

🌳 Conducted more than 100 biodiversity surveillance patrols, each lasting two weeks

On World Gorilla Day, you can do your part for threatened wildlife and conservation that lasts. Donate to our Conservation Action Fund so that we may act urgently to save the species and habitats at greatest risk. 🌍

Link in comments to donate now!

We’re honored to share the replay of our conversation with our partners in Papua New Guinea, home to Oceania’s largest s...
09/23/2026

We’re honored to share the replay of our conversation with our partners in Papua New Guinea, home to Oceania’s largest stretch of intact rainforest! 🌏🌿

Dr. Lisa Dabek, Founder and Senior Director of the Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program at Woodland Park Zoo, and Modi Pontio, Associate Director of the Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program, share their stories of success and opportunity in community-led conservation.

The Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program is at the forefront of conservation in Papua New Guinea.

Together, we helped create the country’s first nationally recognized conservation area of its kind.

Named for the Yopno, Uruwa, and Som rivers that flow through it, the YUS Conservation Area protected 233,186 acres, and subsequent protections have expanded to nearly 400,000 acres.

Our continued partnership will build on this important milestone, extending protection across an additional 74,000 acres.

Join us for an inside look at how partnership and community-led conservation can create lasting impact in a globally important rainforest.

🔗 Link in comments to watch the replay and learn more about conservation action in Papua New Guinea!

Rainforest Trust announced a $10 million commitment to conservation in Madagascar during Climate Week NYC, providing new...
09/22/2026

Rainforest Trust announced a $10 million commitment to conservation in Madagascar during Climate Week NYC, providing new funding to help protect some of the world’s most irreplaceable biodiversity while supporting Madagascar’s ambitious conservation goals!

This new commitment will support Madagascar’s efforts to protect its extraordinary biodiversity and advance progress toward conserving 30% of its lands and waters by 2030. 🌍🌿🌊

Madagascar is one of the most biologically unique places on Earth, with the vast majority of its plants and animals found nowhere else.

Its forests are home to lemurs, chameleons, frogs, and thousands of other endemic species, including many that remain unknown to science.

But these ecosystems continue to face intense pressure from deforestation, habitat degradation, and other threats.

Rainforest Trust's pledge will support new conservation projects, working alongside Malagasy conservation organizations, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, government agencies, and other partners to establish and strengthen durable protections for priority ecosystems.

The $10 million commitment comes at a time when rapid action can secure important landscapes before they are lost!

Thanks to our donors, endangered sea turtles now have triple the protection along Colombia’s Caribbean coast! 🌊Your supp...
09/21/2026

Thanks to our donors, endangered sea turtles now have triple the protection along Colombia’s Caribbean coast! 🌊

Your support helped expand the Wildlife and Flora Sanctuary of Acandí, Playón, Playona, San Francisco, and Cabo Tiburón along the border of Panama and Colombia.

This expansion faced years of delay, but local communities remained committed to conserving the remarkable region and its biodiversity. 💚

Initially covering 65,000 acres, the sanctuary now protects 220,568 acres of connected marine and terrestrial ecosystems, including:

🐢 Rocky shores where Vulnerable Leatherback Turtles and Critically Endangered Hawksbill Turtles build their nests

🪸 Reefs that sustain diverse species, including Critically Endangered Elkhorn Coral

🦈 A migratory corridor for marine megafauna like Critically Endangered Scalloped Hammerhead sharks

🌿 Seagrass beds and mangrove forests that store blue carbon

We supported our local partner, WWF Colombia, in their collaborations to expand the protected area with Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia and the community councils of Cocomanorte, Cocomaseco, and Cocomasur.

Strong community representation throughout the process and ongoing co-management will ensure that the protections align with local priorities and needs.

From all of us at Rainforest Trust, thank you for helping us secure this important Caribbean sanctuary!

🔗 Link in comments to learn more about our work and help support conservation action now

09/18/2026

In our latest Substack blog, Rainforest Trust CEO James Deutsch reflects on how a migration he first encountered as a PhD student became one of conservation’s rare third chances.

Our donors stepped up to make a powerful difference for Madagascar’s high-altitude rainforest! The new Tsinjoarivo-Ambal...
09/15/2026

Our donors stepped up to make a powerful difference for Madagascar’s high-altitude rainforest!

The new Tsinjoarivo-Ambalaomby Protected Area has been officially designated as a Harmonious Protected Landscape, a designation that conserves key habitat while recognizing the role of communities in shaping the area’s future. 🌿

This is Madagascar’s first major declaration of a new protected area in more than a decade!

Our donors’ generosity supported our long-term collaboration with local NGOs Madagasikara Voakajy and Sadabe Madagascar, who worked with the Government of Madagascar and communities for lasting conservation that will improve people’s lives while protecting unique biodiversity. 🤝🌍

With several species found nowhere else on Earth, Madagascar’s rainforest is vital for local and global biodiversity. Rare wildlife in the new 65,859-acre protected area includes critically endangered lemurs such as the Sibree’s Dwarf Lemur and Diademed Sifaka, in addition to two critically endangered orchids.

Thanks to donors like you, we helped secure a safe habitat for these threatened species and many more. 💚

Your support is essential for successful, sustainable conservation in Africa and worldwide!

Our partners in Indonesia recently shared incredible images from the field, featuring the rare Sumatran Tiger! 🐅Critical...
09/01/2026

Our partners in Indonesia recently shared incredible images from the field, featuring the rare Sumatran Tiger! 🐅

Critically Endangered Sumatran Tigers are on the brink of extinction, victims of a deadly legacy of poaching, human-wildlife conflicts, and relentless deforestation.

Thanks to donors like you, protection is underway for the vital habitat that remains for this and other threatened species in Sumatra’s rainforest.

Our partnership with Yayasan Palka Agra Hayati is helping create Village Forests across 44,479 acres. This social forestry agreement between local communities, Solok Protected Forest Management Unit, West Sumatra Forestry Service, and our partner builds on the government of Indonesia’s vision of collaboration with NGOs, academics, and other related parties to preserve the forests and environment for the long term.

Illegal logging, commercial hunting, and conversion to plantations will be prohibited.

The new protected area lies within the RIMBA Ecosystem corridor, an important landscape for Indonesia’s wildlife, and it connects to the 3.39-million-acre Kerinci Seblat National Park.

The largest known population of Sumatran Tigers (~128 individuals) relies on this corridor, along with endangered species like the Malay Tapir and Sumatran Clouded Leopard and the Critically Endangered Sunda Pangolin.

Supporters like you play an important part in protecting the vulnerable species like these.

Together, we can take urgent action for extraordinary biodiversity.

Link in comments to donate and take action now!

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