PROTECTED ACRES
With your support, our local partnerships conserved critical acres for Giant Anteaters, Staghorn Coral, and other threatened species across Latin America and the Caribbean.
BRAZIL | 1.8M ACRES PROTECTED
Guardians of Biodiversity: Support for Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact in the Brazilian Amazon
Rainforest Trust’ s first-ever project to help protect the territories of Indigenous Peoples living in voluntary isolation through legal recognition and land tenure rights culminated in the formal designation of the Arará Indigenous Territory in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. Home to the Okoymoyana, Xowyana, and Kararayana Peoples as well as Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation, the protected area spans nearly 1.8 million acres. This biodiverse rainforest holds threatened species like the Vulnerable Amazonian Manatee and the Endangered Black-faced Black Spider Monkey and
Vulnerable Giant Armadillo | Francisco Rubini
PERU | 87,778 ACRES PROTECTED Protecting the Wild Heart of the Amazon
After nearly a decade of effort, the Aguas Calientes Maquía Regional Conservation Area has been officially designated. Loyal donors to CAF supported our long-term partnership with the Center for the Development of an Indigenous Amazon( CEDIA) as they persevered through political, social, and logistical setbacks to establish this reserve, expanding protection we had previously achieved together.
Giant Otter. Another 405,000 acres of the Mamoriá Grande Indigenous Land have secured legal restricted use rights as the full protection process moves forward to completion. The protections now in place will prohibit exploitation of natural resources and help sustain Indigenous ways of life, including fishing in the Mamoriá Grande River.
This new protected area covers 87,778 acres along the Sierra del Divisor National Park on the Peru-Brazil border. This remote rainforest sustains rich biodiversity across wetlands, rivers, and mountain slopes. Historically inaccessible, Sierra del Divisor is a refuge for thousands of plant species, hundreds of bird species, mammals including Jaguars and Giant Armadillos, several primate species, and many species yet to be described by scientists.
Rainforest Trust has successfully partnered with CEDIA for nearly 25 years, and together we have safeguarded more than 22 million acres of Peruvian Amazon rainforest, an area larger than South Carolina.
Establishment of the reserve contributes to CEDIA’ s priority goal of creating contiguous mosaics of Indigenous territories for conservation and sustainable use by communities.
Endangered Giant Otter | Jose Angel Cortes Garcia