Results

For 22 years we have helped protect both the incredibly rich biological diversity of the rainforest and the cultural integrity of the peoples whose lives and livelihoods are inextricably linked to those forests.

Together with our partners we have successfully:

• Protected 28 million acres of rainforest.
• Won several precedent-setting national and international legal battles upholding indigenous peoples’ rights.
• Strengthened dozens of local indigenous organizations that are actively defending the rights and lands of over 200,000 indigenous peoples.
• Proven to the world that, given secure rights to their land and livelihoods, indigenous peoples are the rainforest’s most effective guardians.