in progress: 740,000 acres
Democratic Republic of Congo | Last Chance to Save Unprotected Species in the Heart of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo’ s 8.3-million-acre Salonga National Park is the largest protected area of tropical rainforest in all of Africa. It is also home to an estimated 40 percent of all the world’ s Endangered Bonobos. In fact, the dense tropical rainforest within and surrounding this park is the one and only home in the world for Endangered Bonobos.
With support from our donors, Rainforest Trust and partner Rainforest Foundation UK will collaborate with local communities and conservation organizations to establish the Oshwe Community Forests, which will protect 740,000 acres of critical lowland rainforest habitat for the Bonobo and other threatened species. These community forests will link the Salonga National Park with two additional protected areas, creating a combined conservation network of more than 12 million acres.
Guinea-Bissau | Expand
in progress: 106,900 acres
Tandy’ s Smalltongue Toad | David C. Blackburn
Cameroon | Create a Safe Haven for Cameroon ' s Endangered Species
Montane cloud forests are often rich with endemic species, and those found in the Rumpi Hills of Mount Rata are no exception. Critically Endangered African Forest Elephants, Endangered Chimpanzees, and various antelope species all rely on these forests. Frequent rainfall also supports numerous amphibians, including the Critically Endangered Smooth Egg-guarding Frog, Tandy’ s Smalltongue Toad, and Cameroon Wolterstorff Toad.
Bonobo | Sergey Uryadnikov
Increasing deforestation and poaching threaten these and other species. Rainforest Trust and partner AJEMALEBU Self Help are collaborating to establish the 106,900-acre Rumpi Rata National Park by combining and upgrading two existing forest reserves in the Rumpi Hills. The new national park, made possible with our donors’ generous support, will provide improved protections for the region’ s many threatened and endemic species.
Every Species Matters. Every Habitat Counts.
Right now, countless species around the world are fighting for survival as their homes disappear. Forests are vanishing. Oceans are warming. Wetlands are drying up. But there’ s still hope. And that hope starts with you.
You can help us safeguard species and the habitats they rely upon by donating today!