The Forest Nourishes Life, Hope, and a Sustainable Future for Everyone.

But the forest is threatened. Together with Indigenous Peoples and local communities, Forests of the World fights to protect the forest so that we can give future generations a world of healthy ecosystems.

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.

Rosana, CEPPEC

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.

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.

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Amazonfloden med kraftig vandmængde og brede bredder omgivet af tæt regnskov. Det illustrerer, hvorfor floden regnes som verdens vandrigeste flod med enorm betydning for klima og natur.

Forests of the World selected as Strategic Partner of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Future of Forests Is Often Decided Outside the Forest

Ultiminio: “We are the guardians of the water”

News From Forests Around the World

Sweet Returns: How Uganda’s Vanilla Farmers Went Organic and Doubled Their Income

Anders Morten i Panama

Anders Morten Christoffersen steps down as Chair of Forests of the World