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a view of a forest from the floor.
Majestic forset The sun shines through the forest on the way to Proxy Falls in summer 2017. © Chandel Draine/TNC Photo Contest 2019
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The Power of Forests

When forests thrive, we thrive.

Every day, we depend on their power. Now more than ever, they depend on ours.

 

Anyone who’s walked through forests understands their majesty and mystery. Their ability to inspire awe at the wonder and complexity of nature. What might be less obvious: the power of forests to shape and support life on Earth by filtering our air and water, providing homes to millions of species and helping to keep climate change in check. 

Today, forests around the world are counting on you to take action against our ongoing climate and biodiversity crises. You, too, have the power to help them thrive, and when you work with us to protect forests today, you do so for generations to come. 

Because their future is our future.

Three Ways to Act Today for Forests Everywhere

Do your simple (yet important) part to help ensure the power of forests endures.

  • Workers with the Conservador das Águas project separate seedlings in Extrema, Minas Gerais, Brazil to be taken to the planting areas. September, 2018. Plant a Billion Trees Project.

    Help Plant 1 Billion Trees

    Help us plant and care for trees in critical forests around the world. Plant your tree.

  • The Cumberland Forest Project is one of TNC's largest-ever conservation efforts in the eastern United States.

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Watch: The Incredible Power of Forests

The Incredible Power of Forests: Borneo Forest Join Nature Lab on a journey to the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia, to explore the island’s vast rainforests that home to more than 15,000 plant species, 6000 which are unique to the island!

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The View from the Canopy

  • 80%

    The percentage of land-dwelling species that call forests home

  • 45°F

    The degrees to which trees can cool pavement temperatures

  • #2

    The ranking of tropical deforestation (were it a country) among carbon emitters