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Protecting the Lungba Samba Landscape in Nepal

Protecting the Lungba Samba Landscape in Nepal

The intact 400,000-acre Lungba Samba Landscape, including Thudam, is a locally designated Biocultural Heritage and Ecotourism Special Conservation Zone. Yet, hydropower companies are aggressively pushing destructive roads through unethical ways, as exposed by Mongabay...

Saving the Mindo Harlequin Toad: A Story of Urgency and Hope

Saving the Mindo Harlequin Toad: A Story of Urgency and Hope

In the cloud forests of Mindo, Ecuador, the relict population of the Mindo Harlequin Toad (Atelopus mindoensis) is on the brink of extinction. After being declared “possibly extinct” and not seen since 1989, a relict population of five individuals was rediscovered in...

Expanding the Rio Bigal Biological Reserve

Expanding the Rio Bigal Biological Reserve

Created in 2008, the Sumac Muyu Foundation is an Ecuadorian NGO dedicated to species and habitat conservation to preserve genetic diversity and natural resources, with the goal of fostering harmony between people and nature. The Foundation's mission is to protect the...

Expanding the Budunwela Forest Corridor in Sri Lanka

Expanding the Budunwela Forest Corridor in Sri Lanka

Preserving Land and Nature (Guarantee) Limited, or PLANT, is a not-for-profit organization established by the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka (WNPS), the third oldest conservation entity in the world and the most active conservation body in Sri...

Conserving the San Bartolo Rainforest in Panama

Conserving the San Bartolo Rainforest in Panama

Asociacion Adopta Bosque Panama-ADOPTA (Adopt a Panama Rainforest) is a non-profit, public charity NGO whose mission is to promote conservation and sustainable development of the unique natural ecosystems of the Republic of Panama for the benefit of both people and...

Securing the Kilombero Elephant Corridor in Tanzania

Securing the Kilombero Elephant Corridor in Tanzania

For a number of years, Southern Tanzania Elephant Program (STEP) has led a multi-stakeholder project involving communities, civil society, Government, and the private sector to protect and restore the Kilombero Elephant Corridor in the Kilombero Valley of...