The 0.1%

Exactly three regions, comprising only 0.1% of the Earth; roughly the size of the tip of your thumb compared to the rest of your body are home to almost 20% of all species on Earth!

Paradises of biodiversity

More life than anywhere

These three regions together are roughly the size of France, and they're home to:

  • one in four bird species
  • one in six plant species
  • one in six mammal species
  • one in seven amphibian species

No other regions come close.

The lungs of Earth

Tropical Andes

Born 55 million years ago with the raise of the Andes, constant tropical microclimate created an incomparible biodiversity.

The island jungles

Borneo & Sumatra

Born 140 million years, making it one of the oldest ecosystems on Earth. The Island jungles position near the equator and unique terrain created stable refuges during ice ages.

Earth's oldest forest

Daintree Wet Tropics

The Daintree has persisted for over 150 million years. The Great Dividing Range traps moisture, protecting it through past ice ages and acting as a home for ancient biodiversities.

Ages of Extremes

Ice ages and warm periods reshaped nature across the globe again and again. Among the few regions that withstood them are the Tropical Andes, Borneo–Sumatra Uplands, and the Daintree Wet Tropics. They are refugias from which life was able to flourish anew, time after time.

12 COMEBACKS

The Superpower of the 0.1%

These three regions, which make up just 0.1% of the Earth, can restore biodiversity worldwide. They have already done so twelve times in the past.

FINAL BOSS: HUMANS?

Why It's Different This Time

Research shows that the 0.1% survived meteorite impacts, supervolcano eruptions, and twelve extreme climate shifts — but they will not survive deforestation by humans.

A forest that took over 50 million years to grow can be cleared in a matter of weeks.

But you can protect it permanently in just one minute.

Protect the 0.1%

FAQs

Does protecting 0.1% of the earth really save everything?

Yes, these areas don't only contain 18% of all species on the planet; they generate them. The unique conditions (stable climate, varied elevation, isolated pockets) create biodiversity spots where new species evolve constantly. More importantly, they act as genetic reservoirs. Lose the refugia and you lose both the current species AND the source for future biodiversity.

Is Fund The Planet protecting all of the 0.1%?

That is our goal. Right now we're focused on the Ucayali rainforest in Peru, which sits in the Tropical Andes region. It's one critical piece of a much bigger puzzle, we're starting where we know can make an immediate impact.

If they survived before, why do they need protection now?

Because the threat is different. Climate shifts happen over thousands of years, species can migrate, adapt, wait it out in refuges. Chainsaws happen in an afternoon. For over 55 million years, these ecosystems had time to recover between crises. Now they're being cleared faster than they can regenerate. This is the first time in their entire existence they're actually at risk of total collapse.

Why focus on these three places instead of protecting forests everywhere?

Because not all forests are equal. Most forests are young; they appeared after the last ice age around 12,000 years ago and will likely disappear in the next climate swing.

These three are the only places that have survived every climate extreme for tens of millions of years. They're resilient in a way nothing else is. Protecting them gives us the most return on investment for long-term planetary stability.

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