Exactly three regions covering just 0.1% of the Earth, hold the power to regenerate our entire planet. In fact, they have already done it 12 times in the past.

Environmental extremes like ice ages have repeatedly devastated nature across the planet. Only the Tropical Andes, Borneo-Sumatra, and the Daintree Wet Tropics endured due to their resilience, becoming sanctuaries from which life repeatedly rebounded to restore nature globally.

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 over 140 million years, making it one of the oldest 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.

Without help they won’t survive the next decade

While resilient to every natural hardship, human-driven deforestation has destroyed 75% of these forests. They are now nearing irreversible collapse. Yet, it’s not too late; together we can still save them!

Create your Nature reserve!

FAQs

does protecting 0.1% of the earth really save everything?

Absolutely, 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%?

We wish we could but not yet. 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.