In the last 40 years over half of the world's rainforest has been destroyed.
The best way to protect it?
Working alongside local communities.
Want to help?
Cool Earth doesn’t put up fences, it gives control back to those who deserve it. Locals.
How to start a rainforest
revolution in 3 steps.
Help communities thrive in the rainforest, so loggers can’t.
Read moreHow to start a rainforest
revolution in 3 steps.
Switch rhetoric for action and actually do something – no matter how small – to make a difference in the fight against deforestation.
Read moreHow to start a rainforest
revolution in 3 steps.
Kick back against the ‘them’ and ‘us’ mentality and build a new model that sees everyone unite behind one common purpose – to keep the rainforest standing.
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901,679
Acres
234,436,540
Tonnes of CO2
5,668
Rainforest Partners
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
- Visit project
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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Helping Cool Earth to halt tropical deforestation makes a real difference. Perhaps the biggest difference we will make in our whole lives.
– Sir David Attenborough
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We’re on a mission to revolutionise rainforest conservation. it’s time to rethink what we know about saving the rainforest.
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