The Climate Tree


  
                                      

     

The Climate Tree is an initiative of The Forest Trust that brings people and organisations together to carry financial support directly to programs tackling the root causes of forest destruction.  Right now 20% of all carbon emissions come from deforestation so stopping forest destruction is fundamental in the fight against climate change. The planet cannot wait for our leaders to agree on a new framework to stop deforestation: together we need to act now.

Take a look at the Climate Tree to find out more about our 4 program areas.

Importantly, we depend upon this additional funding from trusts, foundations and individual donors to enhance and secure our forest projects; without their help our work would be as threatened as the forests we are trying to protect. The other primary aim of Co-funding is to communicate our work to those outside of the forests and the timber trade and to show the positive impact our work is having.

Project needs vary but below are further examples of work funded so far:

  • Establishing habitat corridors
  • Supporting schools and health centres
  • Employing a social anthropologist to find solutions to problems faced by indigenous peoples
  • Delivering training to local farmers on sustainable forest management
  • Developing local language radio broadcasts to aid communication between logging companies and local communities
  • Developing the technology with partners to produce hand held icon driven GPS units to produce maps of areas of special interest to indigenous communities

Make it happen

Why we need to 'Make It Happen'

Forests are of unique value to mankind. They are critical in our fight against some of the greatest threats this planet and our species ever faced; poverty, biodiversity loss, climate change, HIV/AIDS and cancer.

Forests help reduce the impact of climate change by regulating temperatures and weather patterns; they provide 70% of the plants found to be active against cancer and support the livelihoods of 800 million of the world's poor for their daily needs. We simply cannot afford to lose them.

We need your help to ensure that forests are managed sustainably for future generations. Please visit the Climate Tree and make a donation today. For further information, please email mailto:j.mudie@tropicalforesttrust.com or call 0041 223679446.
Thank you.

Donor acknowledgements 

TFT, and the Members of TFT, are indebted to the co-funding partners who have in significant part made the work of TFT possible, by sharing our vision and facilitating our work.

We would like to thank the following donors:

Alan James Henry Memorial Trust
Allan & Nesta Ferguson
Andrew Bonar Charitable Trust
Body Shop Foundation
DFID
DOEN
Environmental Protection Services UK ltd
European Commission
Fondation Chirac
Fondation Ensemble
Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco
Friends of Howletts and Port Lympne
Home Depot Foundation
J G Joffe Charitable Trust
MacArthur Foundation
Margaret Hayman CT Fund
Mary Webb Trust
Methodist Relief and Development Fund
Moriah Fund
Mr. Salmon
Paul & Louise Cooke Endowment Ltd
Powertraveller
Ryklow Charitable Trust 1992
Staples Trust
The Fulmer Charitable Trust
The International Tropical Timber Organization
The Nature Conservancy
The Norben Charity
The Oakdale Trust
The Rhododendron Trust
The William Adlington Cadbury CT
The World Bank Development Marketplace
Thomas Silvewright Catto
Virgin Balloon Flights
Virgin Media
Waterloo Foundation
World Bank (Forest Resources)

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