Rainforest Action Network

"REDPAL-Peru carries out its work with Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon, including Shipibo and Achual communities, but none of our work would be possible without the support we've received over the years from the Protect-an-Acre program. PAA grants have furthered our work with communities to conserve, restore and regenerate their land, to carry out environmental education and cultural revitalization projects and in establishing sustainable economic alternatives that benefit the environment and build local capacity toward self-sufficiency."

"The grants we received from Protect-an-Acre were critical in our struggle to protect our ancestral territory from international oil companies and local colonizers. We are the smallest Indigenous nationality in the Ecuadorian Amazon, but our territory is undamaged and has a higher density of animals than any other area of Pastaza. Thanks to Protect-an-Acre, we are preserving this beautiful land for our children and for all people."

"RAN'S Protect-an-Acre grant came at a point in our struggle that made the difference between a road being bulldozed across the Copper River Delta, or not. We are forever indebted to RAN's support in our time of need, your belief in us (Eyaks) inspired us to once again successfully defend our ancestral land, leaving it intact, pristine, and wild."

"Your donations have been instrumental in enabling various meetings and workshops to happen within Intag communities about the importance of conserving our environment. These funds also served to help stop two large-scale mining projects which threatened some of the most biodiverse forests on Earth, in addition to the well-being of several communities working on sustainable alternatives."

"Support from Protect-an-Acre has helped the Achuar remain strong and very committed to their defense of Mother Earth and contributed to their success in compelling Arco, Burlington, Repsol and Oxy to stop exploring for oil on their territory, which is helping to preserve more than 2.7 million acres of pristine forest in the Peruvian Amazon."