The Nature Conservancy has recently launched the "Plant a Billion Trees Campaign" at http://www.plantabillion.org/ to restore and plant one billion trees by 2015 in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, one of the greatest repositories of biodiversity on Earth.

Once twice the size of Texas, the Atlantic Forest spanned across eastern Brazil, northern Argentina and eastern Paraguay. Yet today, more than 93 percent of the forest has been cleared to accommodate Brazil’s rapid development and support the region’s 130 million residents, 70 percent of Brazil’s population.

Although the remaining 7 percent is highly fragmented, these last stands of lush forest harbor one of the greatest repositories of biodiversity on Earth.

Find how you can help at http://www.plantabillion.org/ -- it's just $1 per tree! Together we can make a difference for the rainforest.