#Climate·#Wildlife
Project·8 min read

Preserving lowland peat swamp forests and mangroves in Indonesian Borneo

Village communities are saving forests and wetlands that are one of the largest natural carbon stores in the world, as well as protecting and rehabilitating critically endangered orangutans.

Aug 8, 2023

Image © Stand For Trees

Stand For Trees
Stand For Trees
Stand For Trees
Stand For Trees
Stand for Trees
Stand for Trees
Stand For Trees
Lesser adjutant storks · Stand for Trees
“
Orangutans are being driven to extinction by palm oil, it’s that simple. Palm oil is replacing the forest, forests are being converted into palm oil plantations. Timber, pulp, and paper are also playing a part, but palm oil is by far the biggest driving force for the conversion of the rainforests.
Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas
Anthropologist, Orangutan Expert, & Conservationist
Stand For Trees
Stand For Trees
One of three community libraries · Stand For Trees
Stand For Trees

More projects

Revitalizing coral reef infrastructure in Indonesia

Marine biologists, students, local community members, and tourists are planting 30,000 corals to fortify reefs and restore critical coastal ecosystems.

Project·7 min read
Advancing community-based mangrove restoration in Senegal

Local people are revitalizing 80,000 hectares of mangrove forest to safeguard valuable marine coastal ecosystems.

Project·8 min read
Rebuilding the reef in French Polynesia

Island innovators are restoring 40,000 “super corals” to the reef to save wildlife habitat and spread global awareness.

Project·4 min read
Giving plastic waste new life in India and Indonesia

Waste management experts are using the latest tracking technology to recover 50,000 kilograms of ocean-bound plastic.

Project·7 min read
Conserving a tropical coastline in Guatemala

Guatemalan community members are protecting almost 54,500 hectares of coastal and cloud forest to stop 18 million tonnes of CO2 from being released.

Project·5 min read
Growing maricultured corals in Indonesia

Reef education specialists are planting 20,000 corals grown in rope-and-rack nurseries to restore ocean habitats and build on locally led marine innovation.

Project·5 min read
Stopping emissions from deforestation in Cambodia

Forest rangers are protecting over 445,000 hectares of ridge-to-reef watershed to keep carbon safely locked away.

Project·5 min read