Protect the Leuser Ecosystem on the island of Sumatra

The Leuser Ecosystem is the last place on Earth where orangutans, elephants and tigers coexist in the wild. This landscape spans over 6 million acres and houses the largest intact forest remaining on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It also contains a range of diverse habitats, from coastal peat swamps to high mountain tops, allowing for many unique and diverse species to thrive.

Sumatra, Indonesia Protect the Leuser Ecosystem on the island of Sumatra FUNDRAISING The Leuser Ecosystem is the last place on Earth where orangutans, elephants and tigers coexist in the wild. This landscape spans over 6 million acres and houses the largest intact forest remaining on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It also contains […]

Location: Leuser Ecosystem
Partner: Forum Konservasi Leuser (FKL)
Acres: 2,472
Acres conserved by: Purchase
Carbon storage: 349,413 mT*

Species

Sumatran Orangutan (CR), Sumatran Tiger (CR), Helmeted Hornbill (CR), Asian Elephant (CR), Siamang (EN), White-handed Gibbon (EN), Otter Civet (EN), Hairy-nosed Otter (EN), Storm’s Stork (EN), White-winged Duck (EN), Masked Finfoot (EN)

Conservation and restoration support is presented as its own contribution. It is not automatically a carbon credit, and it does not make a venue or event carbon-free.

What the project does.

Our conservation partner Forum Konservasi Leuser (FKL) has been working with Rainforest Trust since 2016 to protect a critical portion of the Leuser. Our partners now seek to build on that success safeguarding 2,472 acres of land, bringing the total land protected to 4,000 acres.

By securing and recovering the original ecology, an Asian Elephant population will be able to migrate to its rich riparian lowlands to feed, and further south of the valley to reconnect with the Asian Elephants of the neighboring Bengkung Basin. Through acquiring this land, FKL will extend a protected wildlife corridor vital to these and other threatened species.

(CR)=Critically Endangered, (EN)=Endangered, (VU)=Vulnerable

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