Its goal is raising funds to buy properties in the Esquinas Rainforest which is 146.7 square kilometres big and located in the south of Costa Rica.
In 1991 the government of Costa Rica has declared the area as a National Park to protect the forest against the clearing.
But there has not been enough money for buying the whole forest and the government has needed foreign help for realizing their environmental protection plan.
As a result of further protection initiatives there are now 90.3 square kilometres (65% of the Esquinas-rainforest) part of the National Park.
In the year 2000 the organization Rainforest of the Austrians was honoured with the prestigious 'Binding Environmental Prize' in Liechtenstein.