Our Projects
From working solely in the Amazon, we’ve replicated our model across all three of the world’s rainforest biomes.
Each project partners with indigenous villages to protect rainforest on the frontline of deforestation.
Ashaninka
Our Ashaninka Project in central Peru is working alongside 15 villages to form a shield to halt the advance of logging and protect millions of acres of pristine rainforest.
- Location Central Peru
- Threat Logging, Cocaine
- Livelihood Focus Cacao, Coffee
- Population 2,151
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Lubutu
Our first project outside of the Amazon is working with 5 villages in eastern DR Congo to form a buffer for two neighbouring national parks.
- Location DR Congo
- Threat Mining
- Livelihood Focus Agroforestry
- Population 12,900
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Awajun
Located in one of Peru's worst deforestation hotspots, we're partnering with 6 Awajun villages to defend their vunerable forest.
- Location Northern Peru
- Threat Logging, Extraction
- Livelihood Focus Fish Farms, Seed Jewellery
- Population 2,213
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Gadaisu
Helping three villages turn down the off of a palm oil contract to prevent 140,000 acres of primary forest being converted into monoculture
- Location Papua New Guinea
- Threat Palm Oil
- Livelihood Focus Coconut Oil
- Population 270
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Hunstein
Strengthening the capacity of six villages in PNG's Highlands so they are best placed to make decisions on the future of their forest.
- Location Papua New guinea
- Threat Logging
- Livelihood Focus Smoked fish, eaglewood resin
- Population 1,975
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Orangerie Bay
Of all the drivers of deforestation, palm oil is the worst. An ecosystem that has taken millions of years to evolve is destroyed in a matter of days.
- Location Papua New guinea
- Threat Palm Oil
- Livelihood Focus Smoked fish, eaglewood resin
- Population 1,975
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Current Projects
Completed Projects
AWACACHI
This project in Ecuador has saved more than 55,000 acres of Chocó rainforest.
MADEIRA
Our first and one that we are incredibly proud of, saving 64,000 acres of black-water forest in Brazil.
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Supporting Cool Earth means we can offer a lifeline to villages desperate to keep their trees safe. By putting the right people back in control, we can save the world’s most at-risk rainforest.