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  1. Butterfly Conservation have an appeal for butterflies in Rowland Wood

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    Ancient woodland now covers just 2.5% of the UK.   And Butterfly Conservation say that the Small Pearl-bordered and the Pearl-bordered fritillary are finding their habitat is reducing at a horrifying rate:  the small pearl-bordered have gone down 66% and the pearl-bordered Fritillary 64%.

    Butterfly Conservation purchased Rowland Wood back in 2010.  They’ve been working hard to reverse years of damage to it.  But it still risks losing one of the last remaining colonies of both the small Pearl-bordered and Pearl-bordered Frilliary in the south east.

    The good news is that the butterflies have appreciated this effort – there have been successful reintroductions of both species – but Butterfly Conservation know they really need to keep going.

    Help save the Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryHelp save the Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary

    They need to raise £12,000 to keep this conservation work going. 

    Unfortunately, back in the 1960s, critical points of the wood were planted with non-native trees, and this ruined the natural eco-system.  

    In 2017-2019, the charity reintroduced both species.   Traditional woodland management techniques such as coppicing have reopened sections of canopy.  This has created open spaces which has helped the butterflies to thrive.  

    We need to keep this effort going.    Rowland Wood is one of the last places in southern England where you can see both these species of butterfly.

    Please help Butterfly Conservation carry on this vital conservation work, regenerating Rowland Wood and increasing the amount of habitat available for both species of butterfly.   Please donate to this appeal today.  Thank you

     

  2. Save the Penan Forest

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    Rainforest Rescue have updates on their website about what is happening in the Mulu National Park which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  In Sept 2019, staunch resistance by indigenous communities saved the Park from destruction. A palm oil company which was going to clear 4,400 hectares of forest backed down and withdrew its heavy machinery from the site.  Find out more here 

    You can see some of the Mulu National Park here.  

    Take a look at Save Mulu  where there's a petition you can sign to protect the Mulu rainforest.   

    Sarawak’s indigenous communities celebrate historic win against palm oil development and thank Sarawak's Premier

    Sarawak: Palm oil project off the table for good

    Help save the Penan Forest from becoming a palm oil plantation

    There’s a petition on Rainforest Rescue that I wanted to tell you about.     

    The Mulu rainforest is being destroyed by greed and corruption.  

    Oil palm plantations are closing in on the ancient rainforests of Sarawak's only UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mulu National Park. The local indigenous Berawan and Penan communities are resisting the project, which would destroy their ancestral forest and livelihoods.  The rainforest is a treasure trove of biodiversity. 

    The Penan and Berawan people need all our help to resist this destruction. 

    Back in 2008, the Chief Minister of Sarawak at the time, Taib Mahmud, granted an oil palm concession to Radiant Lagoon – a Malaysian company.  (His son happened to be the director and controlling shareholder.)

    Palm oil plantations are spreading at a rapid rate in Malaysia which goes against pledges by the Malaysian government and the late Sarawak Chief Minister Adenan Satem to stop the expansion of oil palm monocultures.

    The joint petition by Rainforest Rescue and Bruno Manser Fonds demands a moratorium on the cultivation of new oil palm plantations and an immediate stop to the destruction of rainforest in the Mulu National Park area. 

    Please sign the petition here and let's stop the rot of deforestation

     

  3. Protect tropical rainforest for orangutans

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    It’s International Orangutan Day on 19th August and the Orangutan Foundation have a wonderful opportunity for us all to create real impact for orangutans, forests and people!

    How can we do this?

    By sponsoring an acre of tropical rainforest!   You can protect an acre of essential rainforest habitat for one year from ONLY £2!

     Please sponsor an acre of rainforest and help orangutans this International Orangutan Day
    Please sponsor an acre of rainforest and
      help orangutans this International Orangutan Day.
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    Sponsorship will directly benefit 5,000 orangutans in the Lamandau Wildlife Reserve and Tanjung Putting National Park.  The Orangutan Foundation is aiming to protect 3,000 acres in the run up to International Orangutan Day!

    Donations support:

    • 500,00 acres of tropical rainforest – we all need tropical rainforest to help keep the balance of nature and keep us all well and healthy
    • 5,000 critically endangered orangutans
    • 10 forest guard posts in critical orangutan habitat
    • 25 Local people directly protecting habitat
    • Training in SMART technology to improve forest and wildlife protection

    You could also sponsor an acre as a gift to someone who loves orangutans and the natural world.  All you need to do is to leave a name and email address in the “Additional Info” section at checkout.

    Please give others the opportunity to sponsor rainforest too – tell everyone you can about it! 

    There’s more information about it – just swing over to the Orangutan Foundation’s website!