Cambridge Rainforest Appeal
The Cambridge Rainforest Appeal has been set up to raise funds for the World Land Trust’s urgent appeal to save Orang-utans in Borneo.
In April 2008, with support from the Marshall of Cambridge Group of Companies, Kirsty Burgess, Conservation Programmes Manager of WLT carried out a site visit to Malaysian Borneo to identify a project that would make a real difference in saving the endangered Orang-utan. The outcome of the visit was clear: there was an urgent need to create ‘biodiversity corridors’ to link together protected rainforest reserves in a region devastated by forest clearance for oil palm plantations.
Oil Palm plantations have had a catastrophic effect on the rainforests of Borneo, which are some of the most diverse habitats in the world and vital for the survival of the endangered Orang-utan as well as other threatened species including the Bornean Pygmy Elephant and Malayan Sun-bear. WLT is urgently raising funds to purchase as much of the remaining forest as possible to protect continuous habitat for the remaining populations of wildlife.
The Cambridge Rainforest Appeal is helping WLT in its urgent bid to raise funds for the purchase of forest in the Lower Kinabatangan Floodplain to create a protected wildlife corridor between two larger forest areas. The area of forest that this project will protect supports a population of over 600 Orang-utans, and, with total project costs of £343,000, this means that the price of providing adequate habitat for one Orang-utan to survive is £568 per Orang-utan.
However, with the profits to be made from palm oil all the forests are under imminent threat. Time is running out and we need to act quickly. The Cambridge Rainforest Appeal has been established to save this particular corridor but, depending on how much is raised, there is much more forest in need of protection to safeguard the survival of Orang-utans in the region.
This Rainforest Appeal is urgent…will you help?
“I fully support the Cambridge Rainforest Appeal …. The plight of Borneo's ecologically rich rainforests has been brought to the attention of a worldwide audience and I welcome this initiative to help to save the incredible biodiversity of the region...
…This Appeal is on behalf of the World Land Trust which has a proven track record of working with local partner organisations to save rainforests around the World. I hope that businesses and individuals alike will donate generously to this cause”
Sir David King
Former Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government
For more information on the Cambridge Rainforest Appeal download the pdf found at: http://www.worldlandtrust.org/documents/wlt-cambridge-rainforest-appeal.pdf
When you donate to the Cambridge Rainforest Appeal, you will be asked for your contact preferences. If you have donated £25 or more, you can receive a Certificate of Appreciation from the World Land Trust by ticking both contact option boxes. The certificate will be sent out by post when the WLT receives your details from JustGiving.
Raised so far: £176,006.00
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Both Sumatran and Borneo orang utans are seriously threatened by loss of habitat - this is a very welcome initiative. Good luck. Donation by Mike Redshaw on 22/01/09 |
£250.00 + £70.51 Gift Aid |
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Excellent cause with effective action. Well worth a donation to offset the environmental damage we cause. Donation by Rutherfords on 05/12/08 |
£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid |
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I hope the appeal will be given further publicity e.g.on Radio Cambridgeshire. An inspiring launch at Marshalls. Donation by Jennie Blood Smyth on 01/12/08 |
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid |
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A vital cause to save our nearest living relative. Donation by Helen and Paul McGhee on 24/11/08 |
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid |
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Good presentation at Cambridge Airport Donation by Anonymous on 24/11/08 |
£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid |
| * Total raised online: | £600.00 |
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| Offline donations: | £175,406.00 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £176,006.00 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £169.23 |
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