Rainforest Alliance includes farmers and forest communities, companies, governments, civil society, and millions of individuals. Together we work to protect forests and biodiversity, take action on climate, and promote human rights and improve the livelihoods of rural people.

Their four main areas of work are all interconnected and have been designed to drive sustainability in the sectors and landscapes where we believe we can make the biggest difference for people and nature:

1. Certification: Provides a path toward more resilient and inclusive agricultural practices, with a focus on cocoa, coffee, tea, bananas, and other tropical commodities.

2. Landscape management: Develop and implement long-term conservation and community development programs in a number of critically important tropical landscapes.

3. Advocacy: Work with governments, companies, and civil society organizations to advance policies that support rural producers who invest in sustainability transformation.

4. Tailored supply chain services: Provide customized support to help companies define and achieve their sustainability commitments within certification and beyond.

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GLF Amazonia 2021: As it happened

About Eduardo Góes Neves

Eduardo Góes Neves, Professor of Brazilian Archeology at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, tells the history of human occupation in Amazonia and the legacies left by Indigenous Peoples, local communities and Quilombolas. To engage with the future of Amazonia, we can’t separate its natural history from the populations that transformed and lived in the region for the past 12,000 years, he says.

Audio em Português
English subtitle is available

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The lion’s share (as much as 80 percent by some estimates) of the world’s remaining biodiversity intersects with Indigenous lands. Yet, despite having an unparalleled understanding of the most biodiverse spaces on the planet, Indigenous communities are rarely properly consulted in conservation decision-making processes.

Drawing on case studies from Long Pilah, Long Tungan and the Baram Basin in Malaysia, this session makes clear the importance and need of community-generated solutions to biodiversity loss, while breaking down their essential components, and guiding the global community on how to protect and promote Indigenous rights.

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Journey to Malaysian Borneo with The Borneo Project to learn about the rare wildlife of this unique island and see how local communities are involved in documenting and maintaining forest health! Join Fi, Bryan, Shahnaz, and Jettie on an exploration of the rainforests of the Baram River Basin to learn about a community-led project to document the endemic species of this ecosystem. This extraordinary, remote land is home to the Orang Ulu, which roughly means “people of the interior”, a term that includes many different indigenous groups. Together, we discuss how community-led forest protection is an essential tool in maintaining biodiversity, and take a look at some of the rare species that have evolved to suit this particular climate. It’s everything you could want from an exotic eco-tour, minus the mosquitos and humidity!

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Home to approximately 40 percent of the world’s species and more than a quarter of the world’s forests, Latin America is a biodiversity powerhouse. But multiple drivers, the majority human, are exerting profound and unmitigated pressure on the region’s ecosystems and wildlife. In this session, experts build on the ‘Financing Diversity’ plenary, shedding light on the potential that sustainable finance could have in restoring both ecosystems and supply chain equity in the Amazon basin, while exploring the initiatives, instruments and innovations needed to bring an inclusive and rights-based bioeconomy to scale.

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Drawing on case studies from Long Pilah, Long Tungan and the Baram Basin in Malaysia, this paper makes clear the importance and need of community-generated solutions to biodiversity loss, while breaking down their essential components, and guiding the global community on how to protect and promote Indigenous rights.

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