Those acres will provide critically needed habitat for 932 Endangered , Critically Endangered , and Vulnerable species and will permanently lock up 1,620,283,453 metric tons of CO 2 equivalents . Although slowed by the COVID pandemic , our ongoing projects protected over 4.2 million acres in 2021 , the third-largest area in our history , and total deforestation across all our projects since our founding remained less than 1 %.
The durability of our success is reassuring as we face a challenging 2022 . We are already seeing the war in Ukraine , inflation and falling markets impact some of our supporters ’ ability to give . But we will remain focused on our critical mission to safeguard habitat , guided by Tom and Ed ’ s powerful ideas . We are confident this mission , more than anything else we could do , will protect our planet and the exquisite life forms living on it that we all cherish and depend upon .
Dr . James C . Deutsch , Chief Executive Officer
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Mark Gruin attends Glasgow Climate Conference where the world commits to end deforestation by 2030 |
• New Rainforest Trust website launched
• James Deutsch delivers keynote at Manila Rotary Conference
• Bezos Earth Fund grants Rainforest Trust $ 20 million
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• Record fundraising for the year concludes with a total of $ 70 million raised |
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