Rainforest Fund @_RFUND
RFUND, started by Sting, Trudie Styler, and Dr. Franca Sciuto, is determined to protect indigenous livelihoods throughout the world's rainforests. rainforestfund.org Joined May 2014-
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We would like to wish you a Happy World Wildlife Day! Did you know the rainforest is home to more than half the world's animals? Unfortunately, animals are being threatened every day due to deforestation.
The Terra do Meio Ecological Station is located in the state of Pará Brazil. It spans 3.37 million hectares, and is home to hundreds of wildlife species. Unfortunately, deforestation in the area doubled in 2022, reaching 4,300 hectares. news.mongabay.com/2023/02/in-bra…
Belo Sun is a Canadian mining company that wants to build a huge gold mine in the Big Bend of the Xingu River in the Brazilian Amazon. However, the company is facing opposition from indigenous communities.news.mongabay.com/2023/01/dammed…
The Cofán Bermejo Ecological Reserve is located in far-northern Ecuador. Due to its isolation, it has been mostly spared from oil-driven deforestation that has affected other nearby protected areas. news.mongabay.com/2022/12/gold-m…
For the first time, the Indonesian government relinquished state forest into the custody of Indigenous communities in the eastern region of Papua. news.mongabay.com/2022/12/in-fir…
According to new data from the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP), nearly 1,000 major fires burned in the Amazon during its 2022 fire season. news.mongabay.com/2022/11/2022-a…
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has hit a new high. Government Satellite data collected by space and research agency Inpe showed that approximately 9,494sq km were cleared in the region from January to October. aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/1…
Brazil, Indonesia, and the DRC are in talks to form a strategic alliance to coordinate on their conservation. The alliance is nicknamed an “Opec for Rainforests.” theguardian.com/environment/20…
Bolsonaro went silent for nearly two days after losing the election to the leftwing former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. theguardian.com/world/2022/nov…
The Siekopai are Indigenous communities in Ecuador that are world renowned for their knowledge of local flora and fauna. Around 800 Siekopai occupy territory in the Western Amazon along the Ecuador-Peru border. news.mongabay.com/2022/10/ecuado…
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is surging ahead of the presidential election. In fact, deforestation topped 1,450 square kilometers in September according to Brazil’s national space research agency INPE. This is a 48% increase over last year. news.mongabay.com/2022/10/ahead-…
A study using satellite data and an artificial intelligence algorithm shows how the spread of unofficial roads throughout the Amazon is driving widespread deforestation. news.mongabay.com/2022/09/road-n…
Seventy-five companies operating illegally inside forest areas have been pardoned by Indonesia under an amnesty scheme. The companies paid fines totaling 277.7 billion rupiah ($14.93 million) to receive the pardons. news.mongabay.com/2022/09/indone…
The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon hit a 5 year high in August. Unfortunately, It was the worst August for fire in 12 years. This includes the August of 2019 where fires devastated the rainforest. peoplesworld.org/article/number…
An indigenous land defender who protected the Amazon in Brazil has been murdered. Janildo Oliveira Guajajara was shot dead in the early hours of Saturday near the Araribó indigenous territory. theguardian.com/environment/20…
An Indigenous man who lived alone and isolated in Rondônia for the past 30 years has been found dead. He symbolized the violence and cruelty inflicted on indigenous people worldwide. We are heartbroken by his death. survivalinternational.org/news/13331?fbc…
The Bolivian government has auctioned off oil blocks that overlap with protected areas in the country’s Amazonian region. The oil blocks overlap with 21 of the 53 national and subnational protected areas within the Bolivian Amazon. news.mongabay.com/2022/08/in-bol…
According to data released by Brazil’s National Space Research Institute, deforestation in the Amazon is on track to rival last year’s 15 year high. news.mongabay.com/2022/08/amazon…
The Rainforest Fund would like to wish everyone a Happy International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples! It is proven that Indigenous peoples are the best guardians of the forest. © Kevin Arnold
Brazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested five people in connection with the murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira. Police say one of the suspects already in custody was likely the leader of an illegal fishing mafia tased in the Amazon region. theguardian.com/world/2022/aug…
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