Forests where we work

Amazon

We’ve been working in the Amazon rainforests for more than 40 years. We’re helping Amazon countries create and manage protected areas, and we work with local communities, governments and businesses to promote development that minimises their impact on the environment.

Borneo

The island of Borneo has lost half its forests in the last few decades. These forests are home to many globally significant species, including orang-utans, pygmy elephants, Sumatran rhinos and clouded leopards. We’re working with the island’s governments to safeguard a huge area called the Heart of Borneo.

New Guinea

New Guinea and its islands contain the world’s third largest remaining tropical forests, which are home to as much as 8% of the planet’s species. Its wetlands are the jewel of the region. We’re defending the island’s unique wildlife, cultures and natural resources from devastating deforestation caused by illegal logging, palm oil production and other unsustainable development.

Amur-Heilong

The forests of the Amur-Heilong region - which includes parts of north-east China and the Russian Far East - are the last haunt of the Amur tiger, one of the world’s largest cats, and the Amur leopard, the world’s rarest big cat. Much of the forest there remains unspoilt, and we want to help keep it that way.

Atlantic forest, South America

The Atlantic forest, on the east coast of Brazil and into Paraguay and Argentina, is one of the most vulnerable forests in the world - but it still supports an amazing variety of life. We’re addressing the huge threats it faces from urbanisation and expanding agriculture.

Colombia

Colombia, in the north of South America, is home to over 10% of the world’s plant and animal species, and contains more species of bird than any other country. But it’s losing nearly 2,000 sq km of natural forest every year. We’re combating the causes of deforestation and defending the rights of forest communities.

Cerrado, Brazil

The Cerrado’s diverse landscape is a mix of grasslands, wetlands and forest. It’s home to an amazing variety of unique plants and animals, including dozens of vulnerable and endangered species. But the Cerrado is disappearing faster than the Amazon. We’re urgently addressing the rampant threat of unsustainable soya production, grown to feed farm animals across the world.

East Africa

East Africa’s coastal forests are vitally important to both wildlife and local communities. We’re giving people support to manage their forests sustainably, protect their crops and earn a better living through alternative livelihoods - all helping to reduce pressure on forests.

Eastern Himalayas

The Eastern Himalayas, across India, Nepal and Bhutan, are home to an amazing variety of landscapes and species. We’re restoring forest links that provide a habitat and passageway for animals, including tigers. We’re also helping people and wildlife cope with climate change, and helping communities increase their income by using their natural resources sustainably.

Lily Cole’s rainforest rubber rocks the Met Ball

Our celebrity ambassador Lily Cole was so moved by a trip to the Amazon that she made the ultimate eco-fashion statement at this year’s Met Ball (the fashion industry’s annual gala at New York’s Metropolitan Museum). Lily wore a specially-designed Vivienne Westwood dress with a corset made from Amazonian wild rubber from the Sky Rainforest Rescue project area.

Sky and WWF want young reporters to make the news

Know any budding presenters, journalists or reporters aged between 7 and 11? Sky and WWF are offering them a chance to show off their skills in our brilliant Young Reporter competition.

Is your furniture harming tigers in Russian forests?

The UK is contributing to an "epidemic” of illegal logging that’s seriously endangering Russian forests and rare tigers. And it could be down to the furniture we buy.

Watch Lily Cole in the Amazon as part of Rainforest Week on Sky

Starting today Sky will be dedicating a whole week to showcasing rainforest and environment programming. And we’re especially excited because we'll be launching a new film about Sky Rainforest Rescue: 'Lily Cole's Amazon Adventure'.

Timber regulation comes into force across all EU member states

This Sunday sees the launch of the European’s Union Timber Regulation (EUTR), a landmark piece of environmental legislation aimed at preventing the trade in illegal timber and wood products.