Est. 2011 — A non-profit for land & forest stewardship

Protecting the ground we share.

We work with 74 indigenous and rural communities across three continents to restore forests, secure land rights, and build climate-resilient local economies — rooted in the people who live there.

2.4M

Hectares under protection

Partner communities

01 — The Cause

A forest is cut every second. A community loses its home every day. This is not inevitable.

For over a decade, we've learned one thing: the most effective protectors of land are the people who already call it home. Our role is to stand beside them — with resources, legal aid, and time.

Land Rights

Securing legal recognition of ancestral territories through partnership with local legal collectives.

Reforestation

Community-led planting programs using native species and traditional ecological knowledge.

Livelihoods

Building local economies around forest stewardship — not extraction — to make protection sustainable.

02 — Projects

Where the work is happening.

PRJ / 01

The Chocó Corridor

Colombia Biodiversity Active

A 180km biological corridor connecting coastal rainforest reserves, managed in partnership with eleven Afro-Colombian and Emberá communities.

$1.08M RAISED72% OF GOAL

PRJ / 02

Seeds of the Sahel

Burkina Faso Reforestation Active

Farmer-managed natural regeneration across 40,000 hectares of dryland — restoring tree cover, soil, and food security through traditional practice.

$450K RAISED45% OF GOAL

PRJ / 03

Mekong River Guardians

Laos Land Rights Active

Legal recognition and participatory mapping for 23 riverside villages facing displacement from industrial concessions.

$880K RAISED88% OF GOAL

PRJ / 04

Andes Highland Initiative

Peru Livelihoods Launching

A Quechua-led cooperative building regenerative potato and quinoa economies at 3,800m — protecting seed diversity and cloud forests.

$220K RAISED22% OF GOAL

03 — Ways to Help