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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
2 months
Do you value:.🐒 Healthy Rainforests.✊Indigenous Peoples’ Rights.🌎Climate Action?. So do we! Click to learn more about the ways you can support our work. Together, we can protect forests and tackle the climate crisis 👇.
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Donate to support rainforest protection, Indigenous peoples' rights, and climate action. Together, we can make a difference. Donate to Protect rainforests.
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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Huge thanks to @basejumpxyz ! We just received the first installment of their pledge to donate 5% of profits to help defend the Indigenous Matsés people's territory in the Amazon 🌳💚. Keep playing 🎮! you're helping protect one of the world’s most vital rainforest ecosystems in
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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🚨 Brazilian Congress has just approved the so‑called #DevastationBill, a massive rollback of environmental protections. If enacted, projects with medium polluting potential (including most mining and agribusiness) could self‑approve licenses online with no prior impact studies
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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RT @alianzabosques: 🌿 Join us to put mangrove conservation and community voices at the center!. 🌊 Mangroves connect ocean, culture & life.….
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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🌱 ✊A major new project led by @aidesep_org and the Regional Government of Loreto, in partnership with @RainforestUS and @RainforestTrust will support 41 Indigenous communities in Peru 🇵🇪to secure legal titles to 550,000 acres of ancestral rainforest — an area about the size of
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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🌳🛰️"We have more tools than ever to help us combat deforestation" – Crystal Davis, Global Program Director at @WorldResources, in conversation with Mongabay. ✊We're proud to see our work in Peru featured in this interview on the top tools to protect rainforests. 📽️Video
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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It's their planet too 💚. Let’s stand up for rainforest protection and all the incredible wildlife that call it home.
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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RT @globalalliancet: While Brazil highlights the Indigenous concept of #mutirão (a collective effort rooted in community and solidarity) th….
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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To protect the world’s rainforests, support Indigenous peoples. 🚨In 2024, the world lost over 16 million acres of primary rainforest——the highest in 20+ years. Indigenous peoples play a crucial role in keeping rainforests standing. In the Amazon, they protect nearly one-third
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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Call to Action: Join our Community of Subscribers. One of the most powerful ways you can support rainforests—and the Indigenous peoples who protect them—is by staying informed. Subscribe to our email list for the latest updates on rainforest news, Indigenous-led protection
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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Number of the Month: 1.5 million. That’s the approximate number of Indigenous people who live in the Amazon. They represent at least 385 different ethnic groups. Contrary to the common perception that the Amazon rainforest is an intact wilderness, Indigenous peoples have shaped
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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Top tools to protect rainforests | Against All Odds. Crystal Davis, Global Program Director at the World Resources Institute @WorldResources, highlights positive strides in rainforest conservation worldwide. From successful protection efforts in Brazil and Colombia to the.
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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How to Save the Amazon:.Listen to the people who live there, the slain journalist Dom Phillips advised. Via @thenation .
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thenation.com
Listen to the people who live there, the slain journalist Dom Phillips advised.
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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‘Ayahuasca tourism’ is a blight on Indigenous peoples and our environment. The popularity of ‘healing’ through psychedelics is fueling exploitation of Indigenous peoples and threatening biodiversity in Ecuador. Via @guardian .
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The popularity of ‘healing’ through psychedelics is fueling exploitation of Indigenous peoples and threatening biodiversity, say Nina Gualinga and Eli Virkina, both Indigenous women of the Ecuadorian...
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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Indigenous peoples and local communities from the world’s major tropical forests deliver unified message ahead of COP30:. “Rooted in the wisdom of our ancestors and the strength of our territories, we came together to build a common voice and a shared vision for the future. The
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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📢What happened in the world’s rainforests this month? From powerful declarations to urgent warnings, June brought stories that highlight both the strength of Indigenous leadership and the challenges these communities face on the frontlines of the climate crisis. 📩 Stay
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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“The answer is us—all of us.”. Last month at the First Global Forest Basins Congress in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, Indigenous peoples and local communities from the world’s major forest basins came together with one urgent message: The future of Earth’s forests, and the
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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In 🇵🇦Panama’s Darién region, Embera Wounaan women weave chunga palm leaves 🌴 into intricate handcrafted pieces, an ancestral tradition passed down through generations and a vital source of income. But sourcing chunga palm, essential to their crafts, has become increasingly
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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In 2024, Anibal’s community was one of 20—that secured legal titles to their ancestral lands in the Amazon rainforest. Have you seen our 2024 Annual Report yet? It highlights some of the milestones made possible thanks to the support of people like you ⬇️.
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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🚨Today is World Rainforest Day, but the numbers tell a troubling story. In 2024, the world lost over 16 million acres of primary rainforest—more than in any previous year of the past two decades, according to @WorldResources. The world must act urgently to curb this
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@RainforestUS
Rainforest Foundation US
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RT @globalalliancet: 🌊 The ocean is not negotiable. ⛔ Stop extractivism at sea. 🌱 Indigenous Peoples are not just resisting - we are adap….
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