"My spirit is always warning me that when the forest is all destroyed there will be strong winds, the sun will get very hot. It will be difficult  to breathe, then everybody will die. Not just Indians. I am warning you to think, you have to change your ideas. Leave the jungle alone." Chief Raoni (1989)


 Public opinion has become painfully aware of the catastrophic effects of climate change. In the past two years we have witnessed increased frequency and severity of hurricanes, storms, floods, droughts, water shortages, melting of the polar ice caps, rising of the oceans and the burning of tropical rainforests. Continued

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Good News From The Field

Brazil

The Rainforest Foundation as a whole has been in action, helping indigenous people to conserve their environment and defend their rights since 1989. In June 2007, almost twenty years later, a letter from the XINGU tells us that our pioneer work is still appreciated.

Continued

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Oil and Water

IMMEDIATE ACTION to improve access to safe water in the Ecuadorian amazon affected by oil contanimation Continued

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Two natural elemnets of the ecosystem have become a threat for indigenous communities through their destructive use.

In 2008 in cooperation with Unicef Ecuador, under the direct  supervision of Trudie Styler, we will fund a project aimed at finally giving clean water to the communities victims of oil extraction and pollution of their territory. Continued

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