A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers but borrowed from his children -Audubon ------ The world’s forests need to be seen for what they are.. giant global utilities, providing essential services to humanity on a vast scale. Rainforests store carbon, which is lost to the atmosphere when they burn, increasing global warming. The life they support cleans the atmosphere of pollutants and feeds it with moisture. They help regulate our climate and sustain the lives of some of the poorest people on this Earth. -Prince Charles ------ We are living in an interminable succession of absurdities imposed by the myopic logic of short-term thinking. -Jacques-Yves Cousteau ------------ The only way to avert the catastrophe of neglect is though an evolutionary leap in the way we see and feel our context. We need to experience nature and the universe within ourselves. -Tom Hayden ------------ If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed. -Chinese Proverb

RainTrust Newsroom

RainTrust is active all over the world. News comes in all the time, so check the News Section of the website Regularly.

Asia

RainTrust attends Save Our Planet 2 in Bangkok

David Plattner Speaking to Indonesian leaders on Historic Agreement

Bali, July 2007

David Plattner CEO of RainTrust speaking to 235 Indoneisan leaders of the National Association of Rural Cooperatives (INKUK-KUD) representing 70 million farmers and fisherman. He spoke on sustainability and the environment. RainTrust will be working closely to assist this organization.

RainTrust Asia signs 12.5m acre Agreement in Papua

RainTrust Asia has now placed under conservation agreement 12.5 million acres of rainforest of Papua Indonesia. This agreement will be the largest sustainable conservation initiative. This is a historic public private partnership with the people of Papua, Indonesia benefiting from all progams.

The Baixo Sustainabilty Agreement

RainTrust Joins Major Sustainable Development Project in Impoverished Region of Brazil-

The RainTrust Foundation will help provide an extensive educational and training program to create environmentally and socially-responsible businesses in the impoverished Baixo Sul region of the Brazilian State of Bahia. The program, which will affect over 250,000 households in 11 municipalities, is the result of an historic sustainable development partnership agreement recently signed between the prestigious Odebrecht Foundation (Fundação Odebrecht ), the not-for-profit arm of the largest construction conglomerate in Brazil and RainTrust, LLC, the for-profit strategic partner of the RainTrust Foundation.

12.5 Million Acres to Be Protected Under Trial Program that Could Eventually Include All of China's Forested and Deforested Lands.

The Municipal Government in China's Yichuan province October, 2006 (Yichuan City, China)

The RainTrust Foundation and the municipal government in China's Yichuan province have signed an agreement in principle to place 4 million hectares (10 million acres) of forest land under the protection of a RainTrust Conservation Agreement. Included among the 10 million acres are approximately 200,000 degraded acres to be reforested. An additional 2.5 million-acre reforestation project was also announced during the same trip by the RainTrust contingent.