Rooted in Skincare
We have protected 1 m2 of rainforest in your name
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Personalize your certificate and download it with the exact geo-coordinates of your square meter in the "Rooted in Skincare" forest here. You can also protect more forest if you wish.
Now it's your turn!
This Earth Day, Caudalie protected 1 square meter of rainforest in Western Canada in your name!
Would you like to do even more? Then protect your own piece of old-growth forest with an additional donation now.
You will receive a certificate with the exact geo-coordinates of the protected forest area.
Let's go, for the future of our planet and for a healthy climate 🌳
1.5 CAD / 1 USD / 1 Euro = 1 sqm of forest protected forever
Your Donation at a Glance
Concrete use: $1.5 CAD donation protects 1 m² of rainforest
Good for the climate: 60 kg of CO2 remain permanently bound in living biomass
Transparent: you will receive a certificate with the geo-coordinates and an aerial photo of the protected forest area
Lasting impact: Your one-off donation guarantees the permanent protection of the area
Tax deductible donation with donation receipt
Country: Canada
Region: British Columbia
Location of the reserve: on Porcher Island, about 40 km south of the port city of Prince Rupert and not far from the border with Alaska
Ecosystem: temperate coastal rainforest
Your wilderness certificate
You will receive a personalized certificate of the piece of wilderness you protected immediately after your donation.
Thanks to the geo-coordinates, you know exactly which piece of forest we are protecting with your donation.
Impressions from the temperate rainforest
The temperate rainforest on Porcher Island, which you protect with your donation, is a diverse ecosystem with a variety of habitats. Its trees, waters, peat bogs and coastline provide suitable habitat for a huge variety of animals and plants.
A rare coastal wolf on beach patrol.
In the sea, otters hunt for mussels and snails.
The gnarled, old trees defy the harsh weather of the north coast. In the shelter of their thicket, otters can enjoy their seafood in peace, fertilizing the forest floor with the minerals from the shells.
Among seaweed and kelp, a playful mink pursues its favorite food, abalone.
Nestled in soft layers of ancient sphagnum moss grows rare long-leaved sundew, its nectar drops glistening in a rare sunbeam. In the silence of the bog, it lures flies into its trap with its sticky tentacles.
A humpback whale, a species that was almost wiped out by industrial whaling, swims in the waters next to our protected areas.
About Wilderness International
The foundation, based in Canada, Peru and Germany, purchases legally secure wilderness areas and protects them for all futures. The purchases are refinanced by donations that ensure the long-term protection of the areas and enable environmental education projects and research on CO2 storage and biodiversity.
Wilderness International purchases primary rainforest areas with land title and legally protects them for all future. Donations refinance the purchases and at the same time finance long-term protection as well as environmental education and research. Donors receive a personalized certificate with the exact geo-coordinates and aerial photograph of the forest area they are protecting. Thus, the use and impact of the donation is tangible and directly traceable. We are currently working in the temperate rainforest of Western Canada and the Amazon rainforest of Peru, where we are protecting ancient primary rainforests.
It is important to protect the rainforest because this is the only way we can stop species extinction and climate change. They are home to the world's greatest biodiversity and store huge amounts of CO2. It is also important to protect rainforests because they are the basis of our existence: they provide us with clean air, clean water and stable rainfall. They also cool the environment.
In Canada, good legal security helps us, as well as the legal situations and sanctions that even prohibit trespassing.
In Peru, we have additionally started a forest guardian program with local people. To ensure long-term protection, we also have several other measures in place. In general, we visit the areas on regular expeditions to check on them. We also work with local partners who inform us of any irregularities if necessary. The donations per square meter also already include the costs for property taxes.
Like no other, the legal form of the foundation allows a (charitable) purpose to be realized permanently and independently of outside interests, thus achieving the desired effects in the long term. It is thus the most long-term organizational construct currently known. Not even states, companies or national parks are designed for such a long term. This makes the foundation the only one that is oriented toward the lifespan of the ecosystems we protect.
There are no further obligations for you. The donation is one-time, and enables us as a foundation to ensure the long-term protection of the area. The sponsorship is a symbolic one. The forest area remains the property of the Foundation.