Did you know that 70% of the known cancer-fighting plants only occur in the rainforest and that almost 70,000 fields are destroyed every day?
Every minute, 50 acres of rainforest are lost forever. Rainforests are the life-support system of our planet and home to millions of communities and threatened species, but climate change, species extinctions and deforestation threaten all life on Earth.
Saving rainforests helps regulate our climate, filter pollutants and protect our most endangered wildlife, among so many other benefits.
Rainforest Trust takes the direct approach of purchasing and protecting threatened tropical habitats and is proud to have purchased and protected over 20 million acres of rainforest in our 30-year history.
Today are the first hearings in a case that is unique in the Netherlands: Milieudefensie and others are trying to enforce through the courts that Shell adopts a greener policy. A few years ago, no one thought it possible that such a case could be won, but since Urgenda successfully sued the State, this suddenly seems possible. Read more