Restoring rainforests

Although much of the world’s rainforests are fragmented and degraded, we have an opportunity to restore what’s been lost — for all wild kind. The indigenous people of the Amazon are reclaiming their territories and restoring them for the benefit of people and wildlife.

The United Nations has declared 2021–2030 the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Together with our partners we can can help rainforests rest and recover.

To start, protect rainforests at home by boycotting tropical hardwoods and unsustainable palm oil.

Learn more at www.rewild.org

[REWILD 101:]

[How do you restore a rainforest?]

When we are tired,
we all need time to recover,

to rest and restore.

The oldest rainforest on earth
has been here for 108,000,000 years.

That's really old.

Rainforests work hard to care
for the species that call them home,

and for the rest of the planet.

Rainforests draw carbon
out of the atmosphere,

and share oxygen for us to breathe.

Rainforests regulate climate, filter water

and stabilize the soil where they grow.

Rainforests are a part of a system
that helps hold the world together,

and they are in trouble.

Although much of the world's rainforests
are fragmented and degraded,

we have an opportunity
to restore what's been lost

for all wild kind.

The indigenous people for the Amazon
are reclaiming their territories

and restoring them for the benefit
of people and wildlife.

Local communities in Madagascar
are cultivating tree nurseries

to plant, protect,
and monitor native seedlings.

Rainforest restoration programs
around the world

are slowly rebuilding
complex ecosystems from the ground up.

[The United Nations has declared 2021-
2030 the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration]

Together, we can help
rainforests rest and recover.

We can rewild our world.

[Learn more about our partners restoring
rainforests from Amazonia to Madagascar:]

[rewild.org]