John,

The great call of the Javan gibbon is one of the most beautiful and unique sounds in the natural world – and it could soon vanish forever.

Developers have their sights set on Java's tropical forests, threatening to carve up what little remains for industrial agriculture, palm oil, and mining. And it's pushing Javan gibbons to the brink.

Less than 10% of Java's forests remain. Deforestation has destroyed the natural bridges that these gibbons need to travel through the forest. They're now isolated and stranded. They can't reach one another to socialise and mate or cross the forest for food. 

Without us intervening now, the species can't survive.

SwaraOwa is a local group of young nature defenders working to make Java's forests whole again and give stranded gibbons a way to reunite with the larger forest and each other. But they're up against greedy developers who could swoop in at any time – and they urgently need an influx of cash. If enough of us chip in, we can help save Java's forests and the last gibbons before it's too late...and carry forward the vital work of protecting species and forests from exploitation.

This is one of the only projects standing between survival and extinction for Java's gibbons – can you help save the species?

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Java is the only place on Earth where these gibbons exist in the wild. Java's tropical forests are the perfect habitat for them, but they can't survive in isolation. They are social creatures. They live in family groups, raise young together, and sing their great call across the forest to find one another.

When the forest is cut up into isolated patches, those bonds are broken – and so is the species' ability to thrive.

Reconnecting Java's forests is vital for their survival. These gibbons use trees as natural bridges to cross the forest safely in search of food, find mates, and keep their families strong. Every forest corridor created also helps restore the ecosystem, shelter countless other species, and revive precious tropical forests that our planet so desperately needs.

SwaraOwa has been working tirelessly for years to save the Javan gibbons by reconnecting broken forest – and it's already working. New forest corridors have boosted the Javan gibbon population by 20%!

But developers keen on taking over more land could destroy the last fragile links between Javan gibbons. The way to stop them is for enough of us to step in to help. All of us together can power SwaraOwa's work to create forest corridors, protect threatened land, and keep the great call of the gibbon alive for generations to come – and continue the vital work of protecting nature everywhere from exploitation.

Can you chip in now to save Java’s gibbons?

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