Objectives of the Kayapo NGO alliance are to:
1. Strengthen capacity for territorial management and control, and
2. Develop sustainable non-timber product enterprises for generating the income they need to access the outside goods they have come to depend on
Tropical rainforests are home to about half the species of plants and animals on Earth. The current extinction rate may be 1000-10,000 times the historic long-term level.
The Kayapo have only been in contact with outside society since the 1960s and are still learning how to negotiate the new realities of a capitalist society. As the development frontier reaches the Kayapo, external support helps them understand and deal with modern society and empowers them to continue to protect their land against invasion by loggers, ranchers and miners.
No conservation effort in the tropics has been more successful than that of the Kayapo Indians of Brazil. They’ve achieved more for the preservation of tropical forest than any other group or organizations on earth. They are the true guardians of the rainforest.
100% of funds donated will go directly to Kayapo rainforest preservation projects.
Support the Kayapo“Where indian lands begin is where deforestation ends.” —Steve Schwartzman, Environmental Defense Fund
