You can Adopt an Acre of rainforest and help to protect Costa Rica's breathtaking Osa Peninsula now and for future generations.
Rainforests of the World
Wild and wondrous, rainforests extend from as far as Alaska and Canada to Latin America, Asia and Africa. They nurture thousands of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth and provide life's essentials such as our medicines, food and water.
The Nature Conservancy is working around the world in places like Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula to protect rainforests, engaging local and indigenous communities in creative solutions that balance the needs of people with nature.
The places and projects featured on this site reflect examples of The Nature Conservancy's current work in rainforest protection. And every year, through our Adopt an Acre® program, we choose an imperiled rainforest site that is in critical need of protection.
Why Should You Care About the Rainforest?
Besides providing food, water and air to the rest of the world, rainforests offer critical habitat for many of the Earth's most interesting and rare plants and animals. Read on for more rainforest facts:
- Temperate and tropical rainforests help regulate the Earth's temperature and weather patterns.
- Rainforests provide jobs to surrounding communities.
- Rainforests contain many of the essential plants used in the treatment of cancer.
- Fifty percent of the world's plants and animals can be found in the rainforest.
The Nature Conservancy's Rainforests Work
The Nature Conservancy has launched many conservation programs to protect these vital forests and all the plants, animals and people that depend on them. Working in many of the world's most threatened forest systems, The Nature Conservancy has had many tangible and lasting successes:
- Plant and animal diversity assessments of the coastal Amazon rainforest;
- Training for national park guards in Bolivia;
- Support for implementing rainforest protection projects in the Asia Pacific region;
- Sustainable income-generating projects in Chile;
- Effective park management in Panama and Costa Rica;
- Scientific analysis of new protected areas within temperate rainforests in Canada; and
- Since its beginning, our Adopt an Acre® program has protected hundreds of thousands of forested acres worldwide.
As some of the last truly wild places left in the world, rainforests deserve our immediate attention. You can help preserve the world's rainforests and the local communities around them when you adopt an acre of rainforest today.
How Can You Help Save the Rainforest?
We are all part of this Earth. Invest in our future and the future of our planet. Be a steward of the rainforests.
When you make a gift to protect the rainforest, you'll help to ensure that the world’s most vital forests like the Osa are restored, protected and sustained for future generations.
You can Adopt an Acre of rainforest and help to protect Costa Rica's breathtaking Osa Peninsula now and for future generations.
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