WE Protect

Safeguarding one of the most climate-critical rainforests on the planet.

BIG ISLAND, BIG IMPACT

Borneo. The world’s 3rd largest island. Its vast tropical peatlands form one of the most important land-based carbon stores on Earth.

BIODIVERSITY BENEFITS US ALL

Home to around 6% of all biodiversity, including the critically endangered Bornean orangutan.

This spectacular diversity of life supports ours by providing people with food, water, medicine, raw materials, stable weather, and so much more.

 

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE

50% of Borneo’s peat swamp forest remains. Forest fires, logging, mining, peatland drainage and commercial agriculture all threaten the island’s wildlife, indigenous peoples, and our global climate.

Major Projects

FIREFIGHTING AND PREVENTION

We support a network of community firefighting teams who patrol the forest, ready to snap into action at the first sign of flames.

We help local communities secure legal management rights over their ancestral forests, protecting their way of life and preventing commercial deforestation.

We support communities to kickstart sustainable livelihood initiatives. From creating fishponds and permaculture gardens to developing ecotourism, this reduces poverty and pressure on the forest.

OUR IMPACT

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Community firefighting patrols prepare, prevent and tackle fires all year round.

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Through consultation and support we help Indigenous communities get control of their land.

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Our sustainable livelihood projects support people to start new businesses.

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