John,

It was the most hopeful story in the Amazon: a small team replanting hundreds of thousands of trees in deforested rainforest. Then arsonists burned it to the ground.

Now the small team needs our help to rebuild. Rioterra is dedicated to returning lost forest to the Amazon -- harvesting seeds from ancient trees, planting saplings, and nurturing them to grow. It's an inspiring story, and just a few weeks ago thousands of us chipped in to help supercharge their effort.

Then tragedy struck. Police have confirmed it was arson, probably sparked by commercial cattle farmers trying to intimidate these forest protectors. A brand-new forest the size of Manhattan - gone.

We cannot let the arsonists win. If enough of us (again) chip in now we can rush Rioterra cash to get them right back to work rebuilding and saving a corner of the Amazon -- and we can step up our campaigning against illegal deforestation everywhere. 

Ekō is matching the first 500 donations 1:1 -- can you help the Amazon recover from the ashes? 

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The Amazon is speeding towards a point of no-return. Stripped and burned and hacked by chainsaws, it faces the possibility of total ecosystem collapse.

Scientists said this project was one of the brightest hopes left to rescue the rainforest -- and if an area twice the size of Germany could be rapidly replanted, the forest would have a chance to recover and rebuild.

Rioterra is doing everything it can to make it happen. And success here would be a leap forward for the planet -- locking critical tonnes of carbon back into the Amazon’s extraordinary trees and restoring vital habitats for jaguars, macaws and untold other species.

That's what makes this project so important -- and one of the most hopeful things the Amazon had going. Now it needs all the help it can get. 

Ekō is matching the first 500 donations 1:1 -- can you rush a donation now and help the Amazon rebuild once more? 

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The group’s founder grew up amid a forest being destroyed. Now he's reliving it with the fire. But he's determined to give the Amazon new life. Together we can help and give the Amazon a chance to recover and rebuild once more. Are you in?