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An Evangelist for Sustainable Agriculture

In the foothills below Sri Lanka’s famed Peak Wilderness Sanctuary lives an evangelist for herbicide-free integrated pest management—a scientist by the name of Mahendra Peiris who serves as the manager of the Rainforest Alliance Certified Hapugastenne Tea Estate. 

When Peiris attended a Rainforest Alliance training workshop on herbicide-free, integrated weed management in 2014, he was thrilled to see our Sri Lankan agricultural trainer teaching farmers the very same methods he’d been experimenting...... Continue Reading

Article
June 20, 2016

The Future of the Forest

Our education program provides training, hands-on tools, and support in implementing conservation and climate-related curricula.... Continue Reading

Article
May 16, 2016

2015 Annual Report

The Rainforest Alliance is helping to arrest the major drivers of deforestation and environmental destruction. In our 2015 Annual Report, we provide a comprehensive overview of our on-the-ground work and detailed financial information. Click on the image below to browse the interactive version, or download the PDF. Financial Information 2015 IRS 990 Report 2015 Financial […]

Annual Report
May 11, 2016

Creating Economic Opportunities from Sustainable Forest Management in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras

This case study chronicles work undertaken with the CAIFUL forestry cooperative, situated near the indigenous Miskitu community of Brus Laguna, in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, in northeastern Honduras. Home to approximately 11,000 people, Brus Laguna is one of the country’s poorest municipalities, with an annual per capita income of US$1,090. The people who call […]

Case Study
December 13, 2015