SPONSOR AN ACRE WEEK
12 - 19 AUGUST
Celebrate International Orangutan Day on 19 August by Sponsoring an Acre!
As little as £2 will help protect critical orangutan habitat.
All donations receive a certificate of Habitat Sponsorship.
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£2 pays for 5 eco-bags (handmade by local women) for saplings grown in the four nurseries
£15 provides longboat fuel for one week of habitat protection
£20 purchases a water drum used to fight forest fires
£50 provides a guard post sign board to prevent entry into a protected area
£100 supports radio communication between guard patrol staff
£600 pays for a hand tractor for planting out seedlings into degraded forest
WHY?
Habitat loss is the main reason orangutans are listed as critically endangered by the IUCN. By sponsoring an acre, you are supporting Habitat Protection and Reforestation to protect the home of over 5,000 orangutans.
Your donation will help us:
Operate 12 guard posts situated at vulnerable access points to the protected areas
Carry out regular forest and river patrols to deter illegal activity (including logging and mining)
Maintain fire-fighting equipment at our guard posts to allow field staff to rapidly respond to forest fires
Support our 4 sapling nurseries to plant approximately 46,500 trees into degraded forest annually
WHERE?
We work in Lamandau Wildlife Reserve and Tanjung Puting National Park, in Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. These areas combined total over half a million acres of prime habitat supporting close to 5,000 orangutans.
THE BIGGER PICTURE
The tropical forests of Borneo and Sumatra provide far more than a home for orangutans. They are one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth, supporting the livelihoods of local people and playing a vital role in mitigating climate change.
On average, one acre of tropical forest in Indonesia stores 326 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2e) - the amount generated by about 69 passenger vehicles being driven for one year.
By keeping tropical forest standing, we are safeguarding the future of orangutans, forests and people.
