Rainforest Conservation

"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a songbird will come."

                                          — Chinese proverb                    624 acres protected!

The Amazon Rainforest is the single largest forest in the world, making up half of the worlds remaining forest. Its 1.7 billion acres occupies  nine countries in South America. Unfortunately, the Amazon is being cut down at a very high rate. Between 1991 and 2000 it is estimated that an area  six times the size of Portugal has been lost. The global impact of losing this forest will be devastating. The Amazon alone produces two out of every ten breaths we take, and a majority of our medicine comes from the plants within its boundaries.

Why is the Amazon being cut down?
The number one reason the Amazon is being cut down is for cattle farming. It is estimated 91% of land deforested since 1970 is for this reason. Most farmers use a 'slash and burn' technique. This technique of deforestation is when huge tracts of land are set on fire to clear way cattle farming or other purposes.

 What we are doing!

Planting Peace has purchased 624 acres of Peruvian rain forest land, which has now been placed in a land trust and is 100 percent protected from decimation. Planting Peace will continue to buy land around our existing reserve so we can expand our parameter, thus expanding our protective practices of the Amazon. Preserving this forest helps everyone because it contains the world's highest biodiversity concentrations, with an amazing array of flora and fauna species. Protecting the biosphere affects our generation and generations to come.

SPONSOR AN ACRE
By protecting an acre of the Amazon Rainforest, you are personally supporting our best natural defense against global warming. Every acre you sponsor will bring us one step closer to ensuring a future for this planet. Currently Planting Peace can buy one acre of rainforest for around $15 dollars.

SPONSOR YOUR VERY OWN AMAZON PARK
Large tracks of land need to be protected to insure the biodiversity of an area. To learn more about sponsoring you’re very on protected park, please email us at info@plantingpeace.org. Please note that Park sponsorships start at $5,000.