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The rainforests in Peru and Canada are among the last intact wilderness areas on our planet—and unfortunately, they are under acute threat. 10-15% of all annual emissions are caused by the destruction of these forests and their moors—that's why we must act now!

Numerous studies confirm the threat to the rainforest in Peru and Canada.

Peru:

• According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), approximately 10 million hectares of tropical rainforest were lost annually between 2015 and 2020, with the Amazon region suffering the most damage (FAO and UNEP, 2020).
• There is no sign of this trend slowing down, as even in 2024 the destruction of primary forests was still well above the politically set targets (Forest Declaration Assessment, 2024). In 2024 alone, an area of primary forest larger than the whole of Belgium disappeared in Latin America (Forest Declaration Assessment, 2024). Peru holds a sad record in third place (Jong, 2024).
• Since the completion of the highway to Brazil, there has been considerable pressure on the forest for agricultural development and gold mining, particularly in the Tambopata region, where our protected areas are located. On this online map shows the deforestation that has taken place in the region around Puerto Maldonado, where we are active, over the last 20 years. 
• Also on this online map, which shows our protected areas, you can see the deforestation in the region. The historical development of deforestation is also very well illustrated in the video by YouTuber Tomary, who was with us in Peru.

Canada:

Everyone knows about the value and threat to the Amazon rainforest. But hardly anyone talks about the forgotten ecosystem of the temperate rainforest in British Columbia: 

• It is home to the last large contiguous area of temperate rainforest in the world (DellaSala, 2010). And yet British Columbia is one of the last jurisdictions in the world that continues to allow the large-scale deforestation of 600- to 1,800-year-old old-growth forest giants (Wu, 2019). 
• The main causes of this are the timber industry, agriculture, and infrastructure construction. 
• On the online map of the Ancient Forest Alliance (2016) , you can see an impressive visualization of how deforestation in southeastern BC has progressed up to 2016.

If we lose the last intact rainforests, this will have catastrophic consequences for our planet. The concept of planetary boundaries states that there are certain ecological limits which, if exceeded, will jeopardize the stability of the Earth's ecosystem and thus the progress of humanity. Numerous studies showthat we are well on our way to exceeding at least five of the nine planetary boundaries, also known as "tipping points." One of these elements is the loss of tropical rainforests. We can already feel the consequences of climate change, but we still have a chance to avert the worst effects, as summarized in the bookEarth for All' shows.