Today is International #OrangutanDay. Orangutans are natural farmers of the rainforest. They travel great distances across the landscape, consuming and dispersing different seeds as they go. In the process, they help to maintain and grow the diversity of trees in the forest, a hugely important role for this large, flagship species so well known and loved around the world. For this reason, orangutans are also an important measure of the health of an ecosystem: if a forest has orangutans, it also means it is home to many, many other species of flora and fauna!
For the last 20 years, the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme, with support from national and international partners, has run vital field conservation initiatives, ranging from orangutan rescue, rehabilitation and reintroduction to the wild, biodiversity research and habitat protection. SOCP's work has resulted in tangible impacts for orangutans and their rainforest home, not least the establishment of the two new populations of reintroduced orangutans in Sumatra.
📷 Kike Arnal / Arcus Foundation - Great Ape Conservation
conservation international forest 在 Leonardo DiCaprio Facebook 的最讚貼文
Today is International Golden Lion Tamarin Day. The recovery of these small Brazilian monkeys - from 200 individuals in the wild in the 1960s to 3,700 in recent years - is one of the world’s most celebrated wildlife comeback stories thanks to the international efforts of a large team of committed partners.
Starting in 2018, the population crashed for the first time since the ‘60s as a wave of yellow fever that began in humans in 2016 unexpectedly started to kill the endangered tamarins, reducing the population by 32%.
Now conservationists from Save the Golden Lion Tamarin, Associação Mico Leão Dourado and partners are hoping to vaccinate the special monkeys and to use the knowledge and experience of the past few decades to increase the population yet again and to continue to conserve and restore the iconic monkeys’ home in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest.
Via Global Wildlife Conservation #GoldenLionTamarinDay2020
conservation international forest 在 SABAH, Malaysian Borneo Facebook 的最讚貼文
Get out into nature, stop to look over an awesome mountain view, or go for a walk through the forest. Because nature makes you feel refreshed. 😉🌿
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The Convention on Wetlands, known as the Ramsar Convention, is an intergovernmental environmental treaty established by UNESCO. Ramsar identifies wetlands of international importance, called Ramsar Site, especially those providing habitat for waterfowl. Ramsar Convention provides for national action and international cooperation regarding the conservation of wetlands, and wetland resources sustainability. 🦆🐦🕊️🦅🦀🦎🐟
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🇲🇾Malaysia has 7 Ramsar sites, namely:
1. Tasik Bera (Pahang)
2. Tanjung Piai (Johor)
3. Pulau Kukup (Johor)
4. Sungai Pulai (Johor)
5.Kuching Wetlands National Park (Sarawak)
6. Segama Wetlands (Sabah)
7.📍Kota Kinabalu Wetlands (Sabah). .
📷 By @tompios