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JungleKeepers was founded by the same people that run Tamandua Expeditions and that created the scam mockumentary 'Eaten Alive' for the Discovery Channel. The special was intended to draw attention to wildlife conservation and the destruction of the Amazon, the special was condemned prior to its premiere by critics and the animal rights group PETA as an inhumane publicity stunt oriented towards shock value, resulting in calls for Discovery Channel to pull the special. After its premiere, Eaten Alive was widely criticized for false advertising. It did feature Paul Rosolie (JungleKeepers & Tamandua Expedition director) attempting to feed himself to an anaconda, and the snake did attack, but did not swallow him as the title of the special implied. The stunt itself was called off due to safety concerns.
Since the shockumentary didn't work a new attempt is being made with Unchartered Amazon a film that will glorify the beauty of the Amazon. What he couldn't do with shock, he is doing with pity and beauty. The money raised for JungleKeepers will be used to purchase land for this 'non-profit'.
The land is conveniently right beside Tamandua Expeditions which profits from guided excursions and the recent inclusion of paid yoga excursions through Modo Yoga New York and Moksha Yoga Montréal.
Adding other respected individuals to the board of Junglekeepers and implicating the yoga community is another way of ultimately achieving the goal that 'Eaten Alive' couldn't.
Please consider all the facts before supporting them and not just the tag lines of "saving the jungle". This feels more like buying the summer cottages for a bunch of directors of a non-profit and disguising it under "saving the jungle" since they will be the only ones that can have access to the land. It will be like having their own personal Galapagos Islands. The ego of this man is finding every means possible and necessary in order to expand his own personal Tarzan playground, implicating good people and a good cause in order to achieve his goal.
This 'non-profit' does not involve any biology, science or University nor any other association with any globally recognized organization or entity or any kind.
This non-profit is not a scam. They have done some well documented work to protect the Las Piedras Region, they are running a ranger program covering 55,000+ acres of rainforest working with the local communities and have partner with established philanthropies. See for instance the involvement of Age Of Union: https://www.ageofunion.com/feature/film-the-heart-of-a-mission or some of the features about the work on ABC: https://youtu.be/8FAbqkaI9HY
Criticism is useful, but perhaps researching thoroughly before make wild claims like these can help. I invite people to do their own research.
Who audits their annual reports? From the looks of it, this non-profit is yet another form of neocolonialism disguised as “saving the jungle”.
I think your understanding of how non profit organisations support their efforts is limited & tainted solely by the unfortunate choice of Paul Rosolie to take part in the Discovery Channel's version of click bait programming. This does not automatically equate to JungleKeepers as a non profit being of the same ilk or being untrustworthy.
Non profits with a mission focus as substantial and under as much opposing pressure from destructive forces as JungleKeepers is are required to be very creative, pulling funding from as many avenues as possible. Creating eco tours through Tamandua Expeditions is one part of how the fund their conservation efforts, create employment for locals and really what better way to showcase where the funds have been spent and all the work that has been done than by offering tours for those that are lucky enough to be able to pay for a guided tour through this spectacular region? Any additional funding avenues, whether they be based in & around the Las Piedras Region, the USA or elsewhere does not mean funds are being misused or that the organisation is a scam. Diversification of funding sources is fundamental to an organisations survival and continuation of the central mission.
The fact that someone with the background, reputation and substantial ecological backing of Dax Dasilva with his Age Of Union Alliance - who support various global aspects of environmental support - would put their money & their brand behind JungleKeepers says so much about their environmental and ethical authenticity. To think that Age Of Union wouldn't do their due diligence before committing substantial financial support to an organisation is incomprehensible.
JungleKeepers is one non profit that does live up to it's mission, it's incorporation and employment of locals and it's determination to save as much of this precious part of the world as is possible.
It’s always this « American of USA » saves the day narrative that is most problématique about non-profitd like Junglekeepers. How about hearing less from Paul and more from the locals in the community who are actually benefitting from their presence?
Paul cares about fame, money, his ego, and praise from women. Everything else is just a vehicle to attain those things. It’s so CLEAR what his motives and intentions are it astounds me that more people can’t see it. He spends 50% of his time taking photos of HIMSELF “looking cool” (I.e. crying in front of a flaming jungle, flexing his abs, riding motorcycles, furrowing his brow into the camera) and the rest of the time convincing dim witted people that he’s a hero amongst men. The “operation ancient forest” campaign was so obviously a grift, there was never ANY documentation or evidence of the land purchase he purported, and when asked for evidence he comically stated it was “confidential for safety reasons”. You guys just bought Paul another couple years of playing adventurer! I bet he’s got some pretty…. Interesting… opinions on women as well. If he lost all social media and stopped receiving congratulations and praise, I bet he’d just give up junglekeepers to be honest. Ego drives this man