Rainforest Alliance

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In more than 50 countries around the world, the Rainforest Alliance is helping communities, businesses and governments to change their land-use practices.
Mission Rainforest Alliance
The mission of the Rainforest Alliance is to protect ecosystems and the people and wildlife that depend on them by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior. Companies, cooperatives and landowners that participate in our programs meet rigorous standards that conserve biodiversity and provide sustainable livelihoods.

We set standards for sustainability that conserve wildlife and wildlands and promote the well-being of workers and their communities. Farms and forestry enterprises that meet our comprehensive criteria receive the Rainforest Alliance certification seal. We also work with tourism businesses, to help them succeed while leaving a small footprint on the environment and providing a boost to local economies.

The Rainforest Alliance's Sustainable Tourism Program works with tourism entrepreneurs and community-based businesses in Latin America, providing them training and information on environmentally and socially sound management, in order to help them gain access to and be more competitive in the marketplace, while contributing to the conservation of the local culture and nature. We believe that many of these small tourism businesses could be interesting projects for the BID challenge.