Join the Rescue

You can support any of these projects through direct donations or by contributing to our active GoFundMe campaigns.

Donations can be made through bank accounts in Guatemala or via Rescue The Planet Global in the United States, where tax-deductible receipts can be issued when applicable.

Every contribution helps protect one of the most important and threatened ecosystems in the Americas.

This project aims to bring the documentary Mayan Forest in Check to public schools, private schools, and universities, beginning in Guatemala and expanding throughout Mexico and Belize.

It is not simply about screening a film. Each presentation is accompanied by guided discussions, educational materials, and interactive activities designed to foster a deeper understanding of the issues and inspire meaningful behavioral change among students and educators.

This model has already demonstrated its effectiveness through the documentary Plasticsphere, reaching more than 75,000 students and generating measurable change within educational communities.

The goal is to scale this impact across the entire Great Maya Forest region, helping to build a new generation that is informed, engaged, and prepared to take action in response to the environmental challenges facing the region.

Your support helps cover logistics, transportation, educational materials, coordination with educational institutions, and regional expansion efforts.

This project works directly with young people living within the forest, beginning with the community of Uaxactún in Guatemala.

Through a phased approach, the initiative seeks to train and empower youth as environmental leaders through the Rescue Rangers program, integrating education, communication, and hands-on action in the field.

The first phase includes the implementation of educational programs tailored to the local context, the development of learning materials, and capacity-building in environmental stewardship, communication, and leadership.

In addition, the project will launch a participatory biological monitoring component, where local youth will be trained to take part in real-world biodiversity monitoring efforts within the forest.

This approach recognizes that conservation cannot succeed without the leadership and active participation of the communities that call the forest home.

Your support helps fund training, educational materials, technical mentorship, and the implementation of field-based activities.

he Great Maya Forest is facing a crisis that remains largely invisible to much of the public, including people in the countries directly connected to it.

This project aims to develop a high-impact media campaign to inform, raise awareness, and elevate the issue at both the national and regional levels, beginning in Guatemala and expanding into Mexico and Belize.

The campaign combines audiovisual storytelling, social media, traditional media outreach, public relations, and strategic partnerships to amplify the message. This is not a one-time effort, but an ongoing campaign. Environmental issues are often forgotten as public attention shifts elsewhere, and lasting change requires sustained visibility and consistent public engagement. If we want to protect the forest, we must continually generate awareness and public pressure that encourages decision-makers to take action.

The objective is clear: to close the awareness gap, build public support, and bring the future of the Great Maya Forest into the spaces where critical decisions are made.

Without public awareness, there can be no lasting structural change.

Your support helps fund content creation, media placement, public relations efforts, and the long-term strategic outreach needed to keep this issue in the public eye.

This project, currently in the planning phase, aims to develop a monitoring system for the Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao cyanoptera) across the entire Great Maya Forest.

With an estimated wild population of only around 500 individuals, the Scarlet Macaw is one of the most iconic and vulnerable species in the ecosystem.

The monitoring program will help researchers better understand movement patterns, migratory behavior, and population dynamics, generating critical information to strengthen conservation strategies throughout the region.

In addition, this effort seeks to bring together science, technology, and local participation by engaging stakeholders across different areas of the forest.

Investing in science is essential for making informed decisions and measuring the effectiveness of conservation actions.

Your support helps fund project design, equipment acquisition, fieldwork, and the generation of the scientific data needed to protect this species and the ecosystem it represents.