This organization has raised $1 billion to pay countries to keep forests standing
The LEAF Coalition uses corporate funding to pay countries to preserve forests and has raised money from companies including Amazon, Salesforce, Nestlé, and Delta Air Lines.
Last year, the planet lost more than 30 million acres of tree cover—an area roughly 38 times larger than Rhode Island—including around 10 million acres of tropical rainforest. For years, governments and companies have promised to stop deforestation and failed. But as the climate crisis worsens, more money than ever is now going into the effort. To have any chance of keeping global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius, deforestation will need to end.