Standing rainforests are powerful allies in the fight against climate change 🌳
A new report reveals that in 2025, forests across Rainforest Foundation US's program footprint removed a net 12.2 million metric tons of CO₂e from the atmosphere—equivalent to the annual emissions of approximately 2.8 million gasoline-powered cars 🚗
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This #DAFDay, put your donor-advised fund to work for rainforests. 🌳
A grant to Rainforest Foundation US supports Indigenous peoples and local communities working to protect their rights, territories, and some of the world’s most critical rainforests.
If you have funds in a DAF, today is a great moment to put them into action.
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📅DAF Day is October 8! If you have a Donor-Advised Fund, this is the perfect opportunity to recommend a grant to Rainforest Foundation US and support Indigenous communities to protect their rainforests and our planet.
Join people across the US who are putting their charitable dollars to work on this national day of giving.
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📢 A new Indigenous forest monitoring hub has opened in the Peruvian Amazon. This new hub will support the Matsés people in defending their territory from threats including deforestation, illegal mining, and drug trafficking.
The hub was made possible with support from Rainforest Foundation US (RFUS) and DANIDA, working alongside ORPIO and AIDESEP.
Through our Rainforest Alert program, RFUS has now trained and financed more than 400 Indigenous forest monitors protecting 19.6 million acres across Brazil, Peru, Guyana, and Panama.
This Sunday, Brazilians head to the polls for presidential and general elections, and the fate of the Amazon hangs in the balance.
A record 191 Indigenous candidates are on the ballot — more than double the number in 2014 and the highest ever registered in Brazil. Women account for 44% of the candidates, and close to half come from the Amazon region.
📷 Photo by Isis Medeiros/RFUS
An Indigenous forest monitor receives a satellite alert showing possible deforestation within their territory. What happens next?
Turning that alert into action requires trained monitors, equipment, and a place to coordinate the response before more forest is lost.
Now, at the mouth of the Auaris River in northern Brazil, the Ye'kwana people have inaugurated a new hub to coordinate Indigenous-led monitoring in the region.
From here, monitors can combine satellite data, drone imagery, and field reports to investigate incursions, document environmental damage, and organize a response.
The hub is one of more than a dozen planned across strategic river basins in Yanomami territory, where illegal gold mining has devastated forests and waterways for decades and continues to threaten Indigenous communities.
This effort is led by the Associação Wanasseduume Ye'kwana (SEDUUME) and supported by Rainforest Foundation US, with funding from the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) and other allies, in collaboration with Hutukara Yanomami Association, Urihi Associação Yanomami, and Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) @socioambiental .
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✊We have more tools than ever to help us combat deforestation, and they're most effective when they're in the hands of the people who know these forests best.
We're proud to see our work in Peru featured in this Mongabay video with @WorldResources on the top tools to protect rainforests, highlighting how our Rainforest Alert program uses Global Nature Watch @globalforests to help detect and respond to deforestation in real time.
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Thank you to everyone who voted for Rainforest Foundation US in the @CREDOMobile campaign last month! 🌿
Your support helps us compete for critical funding to protect rainforests alongside Indigenous partners across the Amazon and Central America. Every vote makes a difference, and we're so grateful you took the time to stand with us.
Thank you for being part of this community. 💚
📚 In honor of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we're sharing our updated reading list featuring 18 powerful books by Indigenous authors from around the world.
We hope these recommendations inspire you to discover new voices and perspectives.
Do you have other recommendations that you would like to see included here? Share it below!
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Amazon fires fell to their lowest level in four decades in 2025. But the progress may not last.
Forecasters warn that a potential “super El Niño” could bring hotter, drier conditions back to the region this year, raising the risk of another severe fire season.
👇Learn more about fires in the Amazon and how we are supporting our Indigenous partners as they prepare for fires in our latest article.
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For Indigenous peoples, maps can be powerful instruments for protecting their territories.
Founded by Indigenous technicians in Panama, GeoIndígena works with communities to map territories, monitor forests, and generate evidence that strengthens land rights claims.
For years, Rainforest Foundation US has supported GeoIndígena to strengthen its capacity and expand its impact. Today, Indigenous technicians are generating maps, data, and evidence to support rainforest protection across the region.
GeoIndígena's story is just one of many featured in our 2025 Annual Impact Report 📖 Read the full report here: rainforestfoundation.org/202…
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🇵🇪 En la Amazonía peruana, cerca de 20 millones de hectáreas de territorios indígenas aún carecen de reconocimiento legal o seguridad jurídica. Un modelo en Loreto está acelerando la titulación de tierras y fortaleciendo la protección de los bosques. 1/9 es.mongabay.com/2026/07/peru…
20 million acres of rainforest. 🌳
More than 400 Indigenous forest patrollers.
See the impact we made together in Rainforest Foundation US's 2025 Annual Impact Report.
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📢JUST RELEASED: Our 2025 Annual Impact Report
Today, as climate change grows increasingly intense, the challenges facing the world's rainforests are more urgent than ever. Yet Indigenous peoples continue to demonstrate what decades of evidence have shown: they are the most effective stewards of tropical forests.
This report highlights what's possible through long-term partnerships rooted in Indigenous leadership.
Read the full report 👇rainforestfoundation.org/abo…
🔥 Fire is becoming an increasingly dangerous reality across the Amazon.
After fires devastated the Amazon in 2024, Indigenous communities aren't waiting for the next crisis. Last month, leaders from Peru and Brazil gathered to share knowledge on fire management and climate resilience—strengthening Indigenous-led solutions for a changing Amazon.
Read more: rainforestfoundation.org/lea…
🌳💚We’re grateful to share that Rainforest Foundation US has received more than $21,000 through our collaboration with @donatedotgg, thanks to a community on @pumpfun that chose to direct a portion of their trading fees to rainforest protection.
A special thank you to @AndyAyrey and his creative work on @truth_terminal, which inspired this community to turn a meme into real-world impact for Indigenous peoples and the forests they protect.
We’re continually inspired by the innovative ways communities come together to support rainforest protection and climate action. Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible 👏











