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It's a jungle out there! . . . But not for long.

90% of the Earth's remaining rainforest is predicted to disappear by the year 2020

With your help we can reduce that number by over 15,000 acres immediately

Through our relationship with Robin Van Loon in Puerto Maldonado, serendipitous events have converged in the opportunity to purchase 15, 224 acres of endangered rainforest on the Rio Las Piedras in the Peruvian Amazon. This offer is available to THOTH until the end of October. After that the owners will potentially have to sell to those uncommitted to maintaining an ecologically mindful approach to conservation, eco-tourism and the preservation of indigenous cultures. Add in the trans-oceanic highway cutting through this area and you can count on its destined demise. The cost to transform the situation from destruction to restoration: $105,000. A very reasonable price to pay considering the Amazon rainforest generates over 20% of the oxygen you breathe.

After a visit to the land Robin reports, "I saw a greater diversity and density of animals here than I've ever seen along the Tambopata River. Going out into the jungle, spider monkey sightings are almost a given, even within 100 meters of the lodge. Howler monkeys wake you up out of bed in the morning with their eerie alien chant. We saw tocon monkeys feeding on fruits at the edge of the lodge's clearing. We saw jaguar tracks, wild pigs clicked their jaws nearby, and macaws and parrots were a common sight flying overhead in pairs at sunset." You can feel yourself there looking through Robin's eyes. Yet do you know 137 species of plants and animals go extinct every day.

All is not lost. You continually demonstrate your commitment to the restoration of our planet through your support of our earth stewardship programs. We thank you from the depths of our heart for your generosity. So it is imperative, in humble service, that we make this urgent appeal for your assistance to purchase and protect the rare biodiversity of the Rio Las Piedras environment. Your much needed contribution to Pachamama's protection is greatly appreciated. We can co-create a destiny of hope with your support.

It is highly unlikely that another opportunity of this scope and at a cost that is within our grasp will be found. As founder, Oscar Miro-Quesada frequently says: "Now is the time and the time is now". Let us join together in this great undertaking and bring into being our vision and our destiny: Preserving Indigenous Cultures, Restoring our Earth!

Please call Cindy at 877-314-3778 for additional information. Rainforest Sanctuary Initiative donations can be made on-line at www.heartofthehelaer.org or mailed to P.O. Box 1458 Old Chelsea Station, NY, NY 10113.

Land composition

• Parcel #1 71 acres. Existing twenty-bed eco-lodge.
• Parcel #2 2278 acres. Brazil Nuts.
• Parcel #3 1375 acres Conservation.
• Parcel #4 11,016 acres. Ecotourism.
• TOTAL 15, 224 acres