Rainforest2Reef proves that land trusts can be set up in collaboration with indigenous groups!

Rainforest2Reef has participated in the conservation of thousands of rainforest acres in Calakmul, Mexico and have so by paying the local landowners to protect the land, thus engaging the local indigenous people in a positive way.

In this same area, other conservation organizations are paying the people to leave the land or are buying them out with dire consequences to their traditional way of life and unforseen social and ecological impacts down the line. Rainforest2Reef stands out as a beacon of how to do things in a more integrated and socially responsible way.

With $18, Rainforest2Reeef is able to protect 1 acre of rainforest in this critical habitat for jaguars and other endangered animals.