BRAZILIAN RAIN FOREST FOUNDATION

We extend a very warm welcome to everyone visiting our website, the website of the BRAZILIAN RAIN FOREST FOUNDATION and it´s Brazilian foundation partner, the Nature Concervancy. This is an exclusive alliance.

This site will be constantly changing as our group carries on it´s mission to help save the rapidly disappearing BRAZILIAN RAIN FOREST. We will be adding more photos and maps detailing the areas in which we are most active. Everyone who supports our efforts either in spirit alone or with monetary contributions is considered a member of our team. These are truly challenging and exciting times for our group!

You'll notice that we have a new logo (the Amazon jaguar, also known as a panther)* and a new representative image (a panther and a woman). These say it all. The panther represents strength and determination while the combination of the woman with the panther indicates that we are truly all a part of this nature; there is literally no separation at all. We are intertwined with the various ecosystems on this planet, there is no way getting around it.

Expect to see more images of the BRAZILIAN RAIN FOREST FOUNDATION and the Nature Concervancy in the weeks, months and years to come on several products around the world. With 16 years of history, YOUR foundation is on the offensive and this is just the beginning.


	* As so noted, the logo we have selected is the AMAZON RAIN FOREST jaguar. For us, this animal represents power. The majority of jaguars in this forest appear like this, with color and with circled spots. This giant cat looks similar to the leopard found in Africa, but this Amazon species is a bit more compact in size and is considered far more aggressive (and unpredictable). An easy way to differentiate the two is that you will normally see on the Jaguar a dot in the center of the black rings on its fur; the leopard simply has a various circles in black on its fur with no interior dot. Although more rare in the AMAZON RAIN FOREST, you will find some cats who are partially or totally black; thus the BLACK PANTHER does exist after all.


	WHO WE ARE?

We are showing you reality with this photograph. Normally the rain forest does not burn naturally. It is simply too wet for spontaneous fires to occur. This is an example of the result of mans activities; burning to clear the forest for soy beans crops or for the raising of cattle. It is undeniably shocking to look at this image. We are horrified every time we look at this photo.

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