by ostyx | Mar 4, 2022 | Story
Murchison Falls Conservation Areas (MFCA) is located in the Northern Albertine Rift region of Uganda, a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot, home to several wildlife and forest reserves. The area is critical for flora and fauna, including endangered African...
by ostyx | Mar 4, 2022 | Story
The Atlantic Forest of Brazil is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and one of the world’s top biodiversity hotspots. The Serra do Brigadeiro mountains in the state of Minas Gerais are located one of the priority conservation areas in the state, home to several endemic and...
by ostyx | Jan 21, 2022 | Story
In October 2021, Conservation Northwest—a Seattle-based NGO—closed on the purchase of the 9,243 acre Figelinski Ranch in the Tunk Valley of Okanogan County in Washington State, USA. Following the completion of the purchase, the deed was transferred directly to the...
by ostyx | May 13, 2021 | Story
The Quick Response Fund for Nature helped make possible the expansion of the Southern Plains Land Trust’s (SPLT’s) Heartland Ranch Nature Preserve by 6,600 acres in February 2020. Heartland Ranch now covers nearly 25,000 acres, or nearly 40 square miles. All grant...
by ostyx | Oct 30, 2020 | Story
The Environmental Defenders of Ngetha Media Association for Peace have been able to acquire 54 acres of land near Murchison Falls National Park, in a globally significant area of Uganda. Upon receipt of grant funds, they demarcated the land, signed and completed land...
by ostyx | Sep 30, 2020 | Story
Sumac Muyu Foundation has managed the Bigal River Biological Reserve since 2008 (soon reaching 800 hectares) within the Payamino-Bigal-Sumaco Corridor, Ecuador. The corridor is located on the eastern slope of the Sumaco Volcano, within the “East Andean Slope of...
