Stories
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Expanding the San Francisco Reserve in Ecuador to protect critical habitats for new and rare amphibian species May 25, 2022
With funding support from QRFN, Nature and Culture International (NCI) successfully acquired a piece of 85-hectare property located next to San Francisco Scientific Station, a private reserve located in the buffer zone of the Podocarpus National park, Ecuador, in March 2021.
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QRFN and Rainforest Trust partner to launch new Preventing Extinction Fund March 16, 2022
The Quick Response Fund for Nature (managed by RESOLVE) and Rainforest Trust are proud to announce a new USD 1,000,000 partnership to protect habitat for the world’s most threatened species.
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Serra da Graminha Conservation Project March 4, 2022
Thanks to QRFN, Iracambi Rainforest Center was able in 2021 to acquire a strategic 15 hectare (38 acre) plot of partly deforested land, part of a farm the rest of which was bought by four other people all wishing to restore the forest.
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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.
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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.
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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.