Looking Forward
Mexico | Create a Corridor for Mexican Wolves and Jaguars
Proposed protection : 2,138,854 acres Partner : Nature and Culture International
Large carnivores like the Jaguar , Mexican Wolf and America Black Bear still roam a 2.5-million-acre watershed of streams , tributaries and lush forests in the mountains of western Mexico . This oasis for wildlife in the otherwise dry region of the Sonoran Desert supports several important migratory routes for birds , pollinators and bats . But logging , poaching , wildfires , cattle ranching and large-scale mining concessions threaten this vast habitat and its aquifers .
Goal | Formal government designation of the Cuenca del Río Mayo Natural Resources Protected Area — an area three times the size of Yosemite National Park . Once protected , the area will fortify a wildlife corridor of over 4.2 million acres in the Sierra Madre Occidental .
Brazil | Save the Brazilian Amazon
Proposed protection : 2,262,878 acres Partner : Instituto Internacional de Educação do Brasil
The Amazon is the world ’ s largest and most important tropical rainforest and originally spanned more than 1.7 billion acres — nearly the size of the continental U . S . It is a refuge for a third of Earth ’ s terrestrial species and stores 100 billion metric tons of CO 2 equivalents . Traditional communities have been living sustainably within these ancient rainforests for generations . But land-grabbing for illegal mining , logging and the expansion of agriculture and cattle farming is threatening the biodiversity that sustains their way of life .
Goal | Legal recognition of the land tenure of traditional communities and their long-standing role in sustainably managing their lands .
The Critically Endangered West African Slender-snouted Crocodile is at the brink of extinction . Its population has decreased 70-90 % in the last 75 years due to habitat loss and poaching . Rainforest Trust and our partner , Threatened Species Conservation Alliance , are working to establish the community-based Techiman-Tanoso Crocodile Sanctuary along a 25-mile stretch of the Tano River to save the crocodile .
West African Slender-snouted Crocodile | eric isselee
16 Rainforest Trust 2022 Annual Report