What's Destroying the Amazon?

The Amazon is vanishing fast. Find out why — and how you can help save it.

What to know:

  • The Amazon faces threats from cattle ranching, mining, logging, and global demand for goods.
  • Learn the real reasons behind the Amazon's destruction — and what’s at risk if we lose it.
  • Your choices can protect the Amazon. Take the quiz, get informed, and be part of the solution.

Learn More about this cause:

The Amazon rainforest isn’t just breathtaking, it’s essential to life on Earth. It stores carbon, regulates rainfall, and supports millions of people and species. But every minute, it’s being destroyed—driven by global demand for beef, soy, leather, and minerals. 

This destruction is no accident. It’s fuelled by choices, especially from wealthier countries, and by underfunded protections. Indigenous peoples are leading the fight to defend their forests, but they need international backing.

That’s why our campaign is calling on world leaders to support projects that will protect up to 30 million hectares of rainforest — an area the size of Italy — and keep more than 20 billion trees standing. This is our chance to stop deforestation and support the communities who’ve protected the forest for generations.

Take the quiz to learn more, then raise your voice to make forest protection a global priority.