Tropical Rainforests are the world’s largest sources of biodiversity and CO2 absorption. Protect our tropical rainforests from deforestation by becoming a Rainforest Guardian.

"I Adopted an Acre of Rainforests because it is an easy way to offset my C02 emissions."

CREA's Program to Save Rainforests

In 2006 CREA, a non profit organization, stepped in when a 1000 acre forest in Panama was about to be sold to cattle ranchers. CREA found a donor to buy this forest in order to protect its abundant forest, water reserves and biodiversity. in 2007 CREA incorporated this forest as a nationally registered private nature reserve called COCOBOLO NATURE RESERVE.

In order to maintain and protect this reserve CREA is reaching out. We invite you to become a Rainforest Guardian of this reserve and to help us protect it from illegal hunting, logging and burning. You can become a Rainforest Guardian of this rainforest for a minimum donation of $39 for one year.

When you become a Rainforest Guardian of 1 acre of the Cocobolo Rainforests, you...

• ensure that 100 tons of CO2 is not released into the air
• protect hundreds of species of plants and animals, many rare or endangered
• preserve our precious natural heritage from being burned or illegally hunted
• support CREA in its farmer training program

When you become a Rainforest Guardian you receive

• a beautiful certificate with your name and a description of your rainforest
• membership into the online gallery of rainforest guardians (publishing is optional)
• a newsletter updating you about the Cocobolo Nature Reserve rainforests

Rainforests

Tropical rainforests are the richest ecosystem on our planet and are an essential element to the planet’s life support machine. Tropical rainforests only cover 6% of the Earth's land surface yet harbour over 50% of the Earth's terrestrial biodiversity.

However, about 50 million acres (approximately the size of Great Britain) of tropical rainforests are destroyed each year. Tropical deforestation leads directly to the extinction of several thousands of animal and plant species every year and causes changes to global weather patterns. 

Burning of tropical rainforests for agricultural expansion is responsible for approximately 20% of the total human made global emissions of CO2 into our atmosphere. In order to combat global warming we are trying to raise direct support from the public to protect tropical rainforests.

You can help by becoming a Rainforest Guardian today.