The Rainforest Site is proud to be partnered with four nonprofit land trust organizations that are making important strides in the protection of some of the most majestic and imperiled forests on the planet. Dedicated to identifying habitats in jeopardy and developing creative approaches to protecting them, these leaders in conservation benefit from your actions at The Rainforest Site.
Learn more about the work we are achieving together by reading specific project information from our partner organizations below: Rainforest Conservation Fund The Nature Conservancy World Land Trust-US
Rainforest2Reef (formerly Friends of Calakmul) www.rainforest2reef.org
Founded in 2001, Rainforest2Reef is dedicated to the conservation of jaguars and their habitat, primarily focused on the buffer zone surrounding the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in southern Mexico. Formed by a small group of scientists and concerned citizens, Rainforest2Reef is committed to reversing the impact of human activities on rainforests, and maintaining the long-term preservation of jaguars and their fragile ecosystem for generations to come.
"Mexico is host to approximately 10% of all plant and animal species in the world."
—Rainforest2Reef
At 1.8 million acres the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve is the second largest protected area in Mexico, and among the few remaining areas in the Americas where jaguars still roam. However, only the core zone of 600,000 acres is protected from human activity by the Mexican government. The other 1.2 million acres remain threatened by logging, illegal hunting, slash and burn agriculture, and development.
Rainforest2Reef's mission is to protect 350,000 acres of threatened jaguar habitat in the buffer zone of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. Working with community landowners (called ejidatarios) who live there, they execute conservation contracts in the buffer zone to forbid human disruption. Rainforest2Reef offers the landowners a better economic alternative to deforestation, while simultaneously increasing the long-term protection of jaguar habitat.
