Arbor Vitae support Rainforest Concern
We are proud to sponsor threatened tropical rainforests through our partners Rainforest Concern.
Tropical rainforests are vital to the survival of the world as we know it, but decades of deforestation have left many areas in a precipitous situation. It is vital for the survival of almost every living thing on earth that as much tropical rainforest as possible is preserved.
Our corporate sponsorship helps to protect 20 acres of forest in the Ecuadorian Neblina Cloud Reserve and the Nasampuli Araucaria Reserve in Chile.
Why Rainforest Concern?
I researched several organisations, looking for a way to give money to protect rainforest, and Rainforest Concern really stood out. I was taken by their professionalism, transparency and their approach to rainforest conservation.
Rainforest Concern are actively protecting rainforests in nine countries: Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Belize, Chile, Romania and India. The charity is currently working hard to extend ecological corridors in the Tropical Andes that are immensely threatened by development and road-building.
Connecting areas of incredible biodiversity, between Costa Rica’s highest mountains and lowland Caribbean forests, is the Bosque de las Madres corridor, still home to many rare and threatened native animal species.
Rainforest Concern’s activities are designed to help restore ecological continuity and biodiversity, to strengthen local populations and conservation minded land management.
One of the keys to their success is that they work with people who actually live and work in the forests, and have long-term partnerships with local NGOs.
Please support Rainforest Concern to help secure land in the Bosque de las Madres while it can still be protected, to provide environmental education programmes, and to support the regions’ park rangers who prevent illegal logging and poaching.
The charity purchases land in the name of local NGOs, communities or private reserves.
Indigenous peoples’ rights and traditions are respected and protected.
Sustainability, supporting local communities and environmental education are key components of their conservation strategy. They enable the establishment of ecological corridors to connect fragmented habitats. Working with researchers, Rainforest Concern continually monitor the progress and success of these strategies.
Get involved
If you would like to sponsor an area of rainforest, you can do so from as little as £5 per month. You can also make a one-off donation or look at corporate sponsorship options like ours.
If you represent a school, village, woodland- or land-owner, or even a sports club, you can twin your land with threatened rainforest. Every acre of land you twin will protect around 2.5 acres of threatened tropical rainforest habitat.
