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We see incredible climate action take place in rainforest around the world each and every day. Find stories and news to inspire your own climate action now.

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Could tech and ancestral knowledge save the Amazon?

Over the past twenty years, the Amazon rainforest has lost nearly 54 million hectares of rainforest due to deforestation, primarily caused by illegal logging, mining, monoculture farming, and forest fires, among other activities promoted by extractive industries. Deforestation not only…

Huaracayo strengthened for the protection of its forests

Thanks to this community-led project, more than 1800 hectares of the rainforest could be protected. Huaracayo, inhabited by almost 600 members of the Awajún indigenous people in the Amazonas region, has decided, together with Cool Earth, to…

International Day of Forests – Dr. Chris Dahl

This international Day of Forests we hear from Dr. Chris Dahl Dr. Dhal is a researcher at the National Agriculture Research Institute Papua New Guinea. You can find out more about his tiny frog discovery here. Today we’re hearing…

Frogs, conservation and the importance of local knowledge

On World Frog Day, we reflect on the exceptional biodiversity in Papua New Guinea and the conservation efforts of our partners. Papua New Guinea (PNG) is known for its incredible wildlife, accounting for 5% of the world’s biodiversity on just…

Papua New Guinean biologists revolutionising knowledge creation

The Binatang Research Centre – a sanctuary for local knowledge and global discoveries You will have heard of Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard but have you heard of the Binatang Research Centre in Papua New Guinea? Founded in 1997 and located…

People vs. the climate crisis in Papua New Guinea

What are people on the ground doing to address environmental issues in Papua New Guinea? Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the most ecologically diverse countries on the planet, with an estimated 7% of the world’s…

The warmest year on record – what can YOU do about it?

2022 was a year marked by extreme weather events. Europe saw its hottest summer ever with intense heat waves, droughts and wildfires. In fact, the last 8 years have been the warmest on record globally…

Join the Cool Earth Team

Our team of climate optimists is growing – be part of it.   We’re looking for three rainforest enthusiasts to join the Cool Earth’s Programmes team; a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager, an Interim Programmes Administrator and a…