There has been a number of large REDD+ projects undertaken in Cambodia in the past few years. Recently, Save the Rainforest has reached out to some Cambodian NGOs working with community forest stakeholders whose titled lands are smaller in extent. FLO Cambodia (https://flocambodia.org/), one of these NGOs, asked if we could help them originate a…
Heidi Meudt was one of many students from across America who signed a petition asking President George H.W. Bush to attend the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. She is shown in the forefront of this photo testifying at a Special Senate Hearing chaired by then Senator Al Gore. After the hearing Senator Gore presented the…
CVHS’s 2023 “Make a Difference” charity event was undertaken to protect rainforest and cultural diversity in the Amazon. I was invited to speak at the event and was overwhelmed by the passion and interest of the students and teaching staff. After my talks a school-wide pep rally was held in the gym and the fundraising…
After a sizziling summer with unprecendented wildfires, tornados and massive rainfall events, it is more important than ever to pull the reins in on climate change. One way to do this is ending deforestation in the tropics. Not only would ending deforestation preserve important carbon sinks and prevent emissions, it would keep our planet cooler…
One of the most pristine forests in the Peruvian Amazon is being threatened by an illegal logging road that is about to infringe on indigenous lands. We have teamed up with the Upper Amazon Conservancy (UAC) and Everland LLC to work with four indigenous gateway communities to prevent this. These communities, whose lands total 331,000…
In the summer of 1988 there were eight thousand fires burning in the Amazon and the world was experiencing the hottest temperatures on record. I spent that summer traveling throughout Costa Rica taking photographs of the rainforest and of rainforest destruction. That fall I gave a slide presentation to my Dodgeville High School students. They…
There are wild jaguars in Panama, but few remain. Because Panama is the land bridge between North and South America, it is biologically diverse and important in the transfer of species between the landmasses. Jaguars range from Arizona to Argentina. They are the largest feline predator in the Americas. The majority of jaguars can be…
Restoring Life to Mangrove Ecosystems in Ecuador Gettin’ Our Hands Dirty Save the Rainforest trips provide the roots of academic knowledge needed to inspire students to be leaders and activists in caring for and saving our planet’s vital rainforest ecosystems. But knowledge yearns for application. So the students took this opportunity to apply their knowledge…
The students and I are having an epic time out here in Embera Village and Bocas del Toro in Panama. Every day brings countless new and exciting adventures, but I have managed to narrow down and highlight some of the trip favorites! Here are my Top 7… so far 1) All-day super dense, difficult and…
Forgive the exclamations, but what a day! Mangrove flats and endemic poisonous red tree frogs, Ngobe Village, cabana picnic on the water. BEST SNORKELING IN THE WORLD! The coral and fish – never so many or so colorful! And then, to top it off, while sleuthing on the Caiman Trail a pair of sloths were…