Protected
Protection in Progress
Prey Preah Roka National Park, Cambodia 223,287 acres protected in 2016
Geometric Tortoise Reserve, South Africa 1,063.54 acres protected in 2015-2022
South Africa is home to more tortoise species than any other country in the world. This includes the Critically Endangered Geometric Tortoise, which is among the world’ s rarest reptiles and has already lost nearly 95 % of its habitat. Rainforest Trust and local partner South African Turtle Conservation Trust began purchasing land in 2015 to establish the Geometric Tortoise Reserve and save the species’ final acres of habitat. Today, the reserve safeguards 1,063.54 acres and supports 40 % of the wild Geometric Tortoise population.
Lomami National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,193,948 acres protected in 2016
The Congo Basin is home to the world’ s second largest rainforest and is the last rainforest to absorb more carbon dioxide than it emits every year. In 2016, Rainforest Trust and partner Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation— with support from local communities— helped establish the 2,193,948-acre Lomami National Park, safeguarding essential habitat for many threatened species, including Bonobos, Tshuapa Red Colobus, and Okapi.
Known as the Serengeti of Southeast Asia, Cambodia’ s Northern Plains hold the last intact representation of a landscape that once dominated the region. Rainforest Trust and partner Wildlife Conservation Society-Cambodia worked with the Cambodian government to designate the 223,287- acre Prey Preah Roka National Park in 2016, safeguarding vital habitat for at least 28 threatened species, including the Endangered Asian Elephant and the Critically Endangered White-shouldered Ibis and Giant Ibis— two of the world’ s most at-risk water birds.
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Puwamajhuwa Community Red Panda Conservation Area, Nepal 287 acres protected in 2024
Rainforest Trust and parter Red Panda Network, in partnership with local communities, helped establish the 287.16-acre Puwamajhuwa Community Red Panda Conservation Area in 2024. This is the firstever Community Red Panda Conservation Area to be declared in Nepal, and is part of an ongoing Rainforest Trust project that seeks to ultimately protect 430,050 acres for Endangered Red Pandas and other threatened species.
Rainforest Trust 2024 Annual Report 7