Restoring Africa's equatorial forest
Action zones
Africa
Challenge
BiodiversityInternational solidarity
The planet's second green lung, the African equatorial rainforest, is disappearing at an alarming rate (3.9 million hectares per year), with dire consequences for the biodiversity of which we are a part.
A few hundred chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) live in this area. They are considered "endangered due to poaching and deforestation". Yet they play an essential role in their ecosystem through their role as pollinators and actively participate in the ecological balance of tropical forests!
Solution
Identify, restore forest reserves in order tocreate an ecological corridor enabling the development of biodiversitywith the help of local populations. This project will put an end to the fragmentation of natural habitats for all local wildlife.
Local populations are at the heart of this project. They are the ones who determine where, when and how to act. They are the ones who decide how best to work for them, while preserving their natural heritage (animal and floral).
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First anniversary of the project and first assessment
Dear captains,
Your support over the past year has enabled significant advances in our project to restore an ecological corridor in Burundi.
Over the past year, you have helped to:
Your support over the past year has enabled significant advances in our project to restore an ecological corridor in Burundi.
Over the past year, you have helped to:
- accurately map 815 hectares
- plant more than 23,000 native trees, more than 80% of which survive more than 2 months
- create 9.7km of fire belt to protect the corridor from fires
- hiring 2 community guards each month
- and much more!
A big thank you for your generosity in creating a better world between humans, other animals and our shared environment!
Floods in Burundi, our nurseries hit!
Successive floods hit our activities during November, December and January.
The nursery managed by the Jane Goodall Institute France, thanks to your invaluable support, was partially washed away by the overflow of the small Gasango river in the commune of Rumonge.
Thanks to a natural barrier on this river, the majority of the bags were laid down by the torrent and not washed away. We were able to recover and restore them. Nevertheless, around 3,000 of the nursery's 20,000 trees were completely washed away.
Thanks to a natural barrier on this river, the majority of the bags were laid down by the torrent and not washed away. We were able to recover and restore them. Nevertheless, around 3,000 of the nursery's 20,000 trees were completely washed away.
On the other hand, further south, in the commune of Nyanza, not far from the border with Tanzania, on the edge of the chimpanzee ecological corridor, a second nursery with 30,000 trees was completely washed away by the overflowing Mushara River. Unfortunately, only around 50 trees were able to recover.
These floods have caused a great deal of damage: to homes, crops, road infrastructure.
Unfortunately, scientists' predictions say that the waters of Lake Tanganyika will reach their highest level in May 2024.
But with the hope of a fairer world for people, animals and nature, we're not giving up!
Thank you for your support dear Captains, thanks to you, our team on the ground has been able to repair the damage of these floods and will be able to ensure the continuity of our action on the ground!!
Together, we can.
Together, we will succeed!
Unfortunately, scientists' predictions say that the waters of Lake Tanganyika will reach their highest level in May 2024.
But with the hope of a fairer world for people, animals and nature, we're not giving up!
Thank you for your support dear Captains, thanks to you, our team on the ground has been able to repair the damage of these floods and will be able to ensure the continuity of our action on the ground!!
Together, we can.
Together, we will succeed!
The money will be used for
Donations will be used to
- Sow trees in nurseries;
- Help local people plant these trees;
- Raise awareness of biodiversity and agroforestry.
5 € = 1 planted tree
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The world's leading conservation institute for primates is carrying out a magnificent project that responds to an emergency in an effective and educational way, by putting local populations at the heart of the project.
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