Introduction | Threats to the Selva Maya | How Rainforest2Reef is making a difference
Through the support of people like you, Rainforest2Reef is protecting this biological corridor through several concurrent approaches:
Land and coral reef protection. By incubating Amigos de Calakmul and supporting them through the signing conservation contracts with local communities within the Selva Maya, Rainforest2Reef has enabled this local NGO to offer economically viable options for conservation for communities who can 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 supported Amigos de Calakmul and biologist Gerardo Ceballos of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) along with their partner Unidos Para la Conservación who conducted research projects on both jaguars and migratory birds within the biological corridor. Rainforest2Reef will be identifying and working with new partners to provide similar research to endangered and protected species in the area.
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.
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