TOP : AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANT BY SERGEY URYADNIKOV / SHUTTERSTOCK

Last November , at the world ’ s most important climate Biodiversity conservation has always been at the change conference , something unique happened . heart of our work . To many of us , the inherent value These meetings , which bring together world leaders of a species is justification enough to try to save it . to address the threats of climate change , have

But that value alone has not been enough to save typically given little time to biodiversity . At COP26 , cherished species from extinction . With your support , biodiversity was placed front and center on several we have protected almost 40 million acres . Our goal occasions , perhaps most significantly when over 100 is to protect at least 125 million acres by 2025 , saving nations pledged to end global deforestation by 2030 . half the world ’ s most threatened birds and mammals , The nations and the financial institutions of our world and mitigating the impacts of climate change in are waking up to the fact that we must conserve significant ways . biodiversity if we stand any chance of mitigating the

We ’ re supporting our partners by working with impacts of climate change . governments and civil society organizations to end The close link between species , habitats and climate deforestation and protect at least 30 % of the world ’ s change , which we explore in this newsletter , is now land and seas by 2030 . And we support Indigenous well publicized . Our collective response must be peoples and local communities to protect their lands proportionate to the threats and orchestrated from the myriad threats that not only impact their way efficiently and effectively . Our planet is on a razor ’ s of life but also our global community . edge of irreversible instability . Now is not the time to

We can hope that COP26 was a turning point , one at be slowing down , reducing efforts and losing focus . which the true value of biodiversity is considered and This year we must , and we are , scaling up our efforts efforts to conserve species are scaled up . Until then , across the tropics , focusing on some of the most Rainforest Trust , our partners across the globe and you biodiverse and carbon-rich habitats in the world . will continue to play a critical part in protecting species We will rely on your support to give us the flexibility and our planet one place at a time . and ready funding to act quickly to save the most

– James Lewis , Vice President of Conservation biodiverse landscapes in the world that have been storing carbon for millenia .

Rainforest Climate Action Fund ( RCAF ) Impact Facts

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