Stories

Land acquisition in Murchison Falls Conservation Areas helps protect endangered species in Uganda March 4, 2022

With funding from Quick Response Funds for Nature (QRFN), the Environmental Defenders have purchased a new 135 acres of threatened land and created a haven for endangered and vulnerable pangolin species found outside Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda.

Expanding the Kivisuo Peatland Complex 2021: A Climate-Stabilization Area in the European North Receives a Crucial Boost March 4, 2022

The newly acquired site supports an establishment of an ecological corridor East of the original Kivisuo site to forested areas; secures the nesting areas of two rare European predator birds, the Peregrine Falcon and European Honey Buzzard as well as rare waders and duck species; and maintains tree stocks over 100 years old.

Land acquisition completes the Bigal-Payamino Corridor and improves habitat for endangered species in Ecuador March 4, 2022

The singular mission of FSM is to protect the Bigal-Payamino corridor, a biologically diverse stretch of foothill forests that connect the highland forests of the Sumaco Napo-Galeras National Park to the west with the lowland forests of the Payamino indigenous community to the east.

Conservation Northwest assists Colville Confederated Tribes to acquire 9,243 acres critical for Cascades-to-Rockies habitat connectivity. January 21, 2022

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 Colville Confederated Tribes, whose reservation lies just south of the property.

Quick Response Fund for Nature helped to add 6,600 acres to Heartland Ranch May 13, 2021

Heartland Ranch now covers nearly 25,000 acres, or nearly 40 square miles, with the preserve strictly protected to safeguard the native flora and fauna of the shortgrass prairie.

Environmental Defenders of Ngetha Media Association for Peace acquire land to conserve the critically endangered African pangolins October 30, 2020

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.