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Our mission is to sustain an area of tropical forest at least the size of Wales (two million hectares) as part of our national response to climate change.
Scientific evidence shows greenhouse gases are heating our planet and destabilising the climate. To limit this damage, we must drastically cut emissions and limit global warming to 1.5°C. However, time is running out.
Our planet’s tropical forests sit roughly 28 degrees north or south of the equator. They are essential to life on Earth. They absorb vast amounts of carbon, produce oxygen, maintain the water cycle, and play a significant role in maintaining the global climate.
Tropical forests are hotspots for biodiversity and are home to around 80% of documented species. A single hectare may contain 200 species of tree and over 40,000 species of insect.
Millions of humans also live in tropical forests, including many of the world’s Indigenous Peoples.
The world’s tropical forests are under threat. Demand for commodities such as beef, soy, palm oil, cacao and coffee drives deforestation in forests like the Amazon. In the process, one of our best defences against the climate crisis is being destroyed.
Between 2000 and 2018, 157 million hectares of tropical forest was destroyed, an area the size of India. Global deforestation is estimated to account for 20% of global emissions. Tropical forests also risk releasing more carbon than they store.
To meet international climate targets and limit global temperatures to 1.5°C, our political leaders must end global deforestation. That’s why we are calling for Wales to make history and become the world’s first Deforestation Free Nation.
trees are destroyed each minute
billion metric tonnes of carbon are stored in forests each year
of the planet is covered by tropical forest.
different species of trees in a single hectare of tropical forest
million people live in the planet’s forests
of all medicines derive from plants found in tropical forests
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