Through the support of people like you, Rainforest2Reef is protecting this biological corridor through several concurrent approaches:
- Land and coral reef protection. By signing conservation
contracts with local communities within the Selva Maya, Rainforest2Reef
makes it economically viable for communities to become stewards of
the rainforest. Rainforest2Reef has also initiated programs to help
local farmers diminish the damage their agricultural run-off has had
on the Mesoamerican Reef. Click
here to find out more about these programs.
Carbon offsets. Through Rainforest2Reef, everyone can fight global warming by purchasing carbon offsets. Carbon offsets are investments you make in projects that “offset” the carbon you are releasing through your car, air travel and other activities. Click here to find out more about carbon offsets.
- Wildlife research. In order to save the threatened
jaguars, birds, and other wildlife of the rainforest, we need to know
more about these threatened species. Rainforest2Reef is currently
collaborating with the National
Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and Unidos
Para la Conservación research projects on both jaguars
and migratory
birds within the biological corridor.
- Environmentally friendly business. In addition to the conservation contracts we sign with local communities, we are promoting other environmentally friendly income-generating business opportunities within the rainforest. In this way, we will ensure that conservation of the rainforest is a self-sustaining and economically viable option for generations to come.
Click
here to find out even more about our innovative conservation programs.
Rainforest2Reef, 20 Melrose Court, San Mateo, CA 94402
TEL: 1-650-585-6770 | info@rainforest2reef.org