Stories from the Forests
In Brazil’s Cerrado, families are building a future around wild baru nuts
Beneath the baru trees, Rosana Claudina Sampaio and the local association CEPPEC are working to turn a wild nut into both a source of income and a way of protecting one of Brazil’s most threatened landscapes.
The Future of Forests Is Often Decided Outside the Forest
Agroforestry in Uganda and Ethiopia shows how stronger livelihoods can help reduce pressure on forests.
Indigenous people
Organising to defend territories in Honduras’ La Moskitia
Seven training modules helped strengthen leadership and territorial self-management in DIUNAT, RAYAKA and BARAUDA.
We Fight for What We Believe In
Who is Forests of the World?
A group of biology students founded the organisation in 1983 under the name The Rainforest Group Nepenthes. Since then, we have grown substantially and in 2011 we became Forests of the World. Today, we have nearly 6,000 members and since 2022 we have proudly been a Strategic Partner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Denmark.
Read Our In-Depth Articles
In Brazil’s Cerrado, families are building a future around wild baru nuts
The Future of Forests Is Often Decided Outside the Forest
Organising to defend territories in La Moskitia
Illegal Logging Threatens Muhangi Forest
