[ [link removed] ]Young bonobo sitting in a tree amongst rainforest greenery
John,
Huge swaths of Congo rainforest are being auctioned off for oil and gas
drilling, threatening to rip open the world’s second-largest rainforest
and wipe out the only home of endangered bonobos.
Local partners are racing to create a 1.2 million-acre nature reserve in
the heart of the Congo Basin – and for just $1 per acre, we
can help.
The Lilungu forest connects a critical wildlife corridor for bonobos and
other species, but with oil companies and developers swooping in and
accelerating deforestation, locals worry this beautiful forest and all who
live there won’t survive. But with all of us chipping in, we can help them
secure official protection – and to double the acres we help secure, Ekō
will match your donation.
Can you chip in to make the Lilungu Nature Reserve a reality?
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$3
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The lush Lilungu forest lies between the Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve to the
north and the Sankuru Nature Reserve to the south and links a critical
wildlife corridor in a vital area of bonobo habitat. It's also home to the
Balanga people who care deeply about protecting bonobos and preserving the
precious forest that is their shared home.
For almost 20 years the Bonobo Conservation Initiative (BCI) and Centre de
Recherche en Écologie et Foresterie (CREF) have worked together to
establish cooperative conservation and community-led development programs.
But their work is under increasing threat from out-of-control development,
logging, mining, hunting, and wildlife trafficking – and with the
government of the Democratic Republic of Congo now auctioning off oil and
gas blocks, the Congo rainforest and all living there need protection more
than ever.
Every $1 donated is another acre of the Lilungu forest
that we can help secure…creating a magnificent nature reserve in the heart
of the Congo rainforest where local communities and endangered bonobos can
live in harmony.
Local community leaders are ready to protect their forest – they just need
funds to do it.
Remember, Ekō is matching your donation, doubling the impact we make
together – can you chip in now to make the Lilungu Nature Reserve a
reality?
[ [link removed] ]Donate
$3
[ [link removed] ]Donate another amount
Thanks for all that you do,
Yasmin and the Ekō team
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More information:
[ [link removed] ]Why the Congo Basin is vital in the fight against climate breakdown.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. 18 November 2023
[ [link removed] ]Big potential and immense challenges for great ape conservation in the
Congo Basin, experts say. Mongabay. 28 June 2023
[ [link removed] ]How dash for African oil and gas could wipe out Congo basin tropical
forests. The Guardian. 10 November 2022
Anything extra raised will power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting
for people and the planet.
Ekō is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy.
Please help keep Ekō strong by chipping in $3. [link removed]
