Our rainforest campaigns
Find out more about our campaigns and the issues we address – and what you can do to protect the rainforests.
![Orangutans are dependent on large contiguous rainforest areas Two young orangutans in the rainforest on Sumatra, Indonesia](/uploads/photos/article/scope/xl/denker-orang-utans-regenwald.jpg)
The rainforest
A green sea of ferns, mosses, vines and ancient trees. Iridescent butterflies and colorful birds. Flowers in every hue of the rainbow. The “green lung” is a natural wonder of the world. Find out more about the world’s most diverse, fascinating and threatened ecosystem.
![Automeris sp. caterpillar on a twig](/uploads/photos/article/wide/m/biodiversitaet-raupe-pfauenspinner-jk.jpg)
Biodiversity
![Aerial view of the Peruvian Amazon](/photos/article/wide/m/luftaufnahme-peru-amazonas-rettet-den-regenwald.jpg)
Climate and the rainforest
Rainforests are tightly intertwined with the climate: while forests are suffering from global warming, they are also the key to climate protection.
![Children with face masks during the 2013 Healing Walk against tar sand mining](/photos/article/wide/m/protest-gegen-teersand-2.jpg)
Carbon credits – the indulgence trade of the 21st century
A plethora of offsetting, compensation and carbon credit schemes say we can protect the climate without having to cut our emissions – but it’s too good to be true.
![Destruction of the rainforest](/photos/article/wide/m/mg-3139.jpg)
Palm oil – deforestation for everyday products
Palm oil is literally everywhere – in our foods, cosmetics, cleaning products and fuels. How could it come to this? What can we do to protect people and nature?
![Biofuel photomontage](/photos/article/wide/m/eu-palmo-l-composer-fotolia-rdr.jpg)
Biofuel
![Logs being marked as illegal](/uploads/photos/article/wide/m/maderailegal-pierrebaelen-greenpeace.jpg)
Tropical timber
![Goldmine in Ghana](/uploads/photos/article/wide/m/ghana-bogoso-gold-ltda-copyright-fian-ev.jpg)
Gold
![Compacted aluminum cans](/photos/article/wide/m/aluminium-dosen-flickr.jpg)
Aluminum – a light metal with a massive impact
Yoghurt lids, beverage cans, deodorants – aluminum is everywhere. Mining its raw material, bauxite, lays waste to vast swathes of forest and other land.
![Two cows in a cage](/uploads/photos/article/wide/m/kuehe-fleisch-stall-flickr-hugo-stephens.jpg)
Industrialized meat production – rainforest on our plates
Burgers, steaks, chicken wings – more and more meat is ending up on our dinner tables. What are the consequences of our meat habit for the environment and our climate?