Action to preserve the remaining areas of rainforest is needed urgently to give us crucial breathing space in the fight against climate change. Cool Earth is supporting local communities to protect their forest livelihoods and is providing powerful examples for action on a big scale.
Sir Nicholas Stern - economist & author of the Stern Review
Rainforests are made of living carbon - more than 260 tonnes are locked away in each acre. Destroying them releases more climate warming CO2 each year than the entire USA.
is a charity that protects endangered rainforest. This combats global warming, protects ecosystems and provides sustainable jobs for local people.
With your money, 
secures threatened rainforest. We put it in a local trust, and help protect it around the clock to keep the carbon where it belongs. We employ local people to do the work, helping them to get income from the forest without cutting it down and make sure the rainforest is worth more standing.
