Right now a generous donor is tripling Ekō’s contribution to protect Borneo’s ancient rainforest. With that match, every dollar we send to our partners can help protect almost an acre!

John,

Industrial-scale loggers and palm oil plantations are cutting deep into one of the oldest forests on Earth — home to orangutans, elephants, and over a million Indigenous Peoples who depend on it for their survival.

Today we can help them defend it, forever.

Working with our long-time partner Rainforest Trust, we have an extraordinary opportunity to help Indigenous Dayak Peoples in 56 villages in Borneo secure and protect 500,000 acres of rainforest through land tenure rights. Supporting government designation takes a lot of work, but when it happens, it will prohibit industrial-scale exploitation of any kind, including commercial hunting, logging, and mining.

Industrial logging operators are actively clear-cutting near the project area, posing an imminent threat to this wondrous place. Can you chip in to help give the oldest forest in the world a safe future?

Eko’s contribution to the project will be matched 3x, tripling our impact!

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Borneo’s tropical rainforests are among the oldest and most intact on Earth. They’re critical to global conservation, but have already been reduced by half by the ravenous palm oil and logging industries, and other threats.

Rainforest Trust is supporting on-the-ground partner Komunitas Konservasi Indonesia Warsi, which has years of experience in the region. The proposed protected area can be found here, where the arrow is pointing, adjoining one of the largest already-protected areas and national parks in Borneo:

In this area alone over 500 species have been documented, including endangered gibbons (pictured above!) and a variety of hornbills, like the Critically Endangered Helmeted Hornbills here:

Most Indigenous communities in these remote forest areas are only accessible by boat, and each village will be consulted throughout the project. Our contribution will not only help establish their legal rights, but also ensure that support is provided to these communities for species monitoring and capacity-building on sustainable forest management.

Can you chip in to protect this forest and help us work on more campaigns just like this one?

Again, Eko’s contribution to the project will be matched 3x, tripling our impact!

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Your donation will help power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting for people and the planet. Will you chip in?