New Video: Saving the Last Forests and Wildlife of Asia

Film Script: Protecting The Last Intact Forests and Wildlife Habitats of Asia 

Asia is losing the last of its major intact forests and wildlife habitats... very fast. Massive population growth has led to the destruction of 95% of Asia’s wildlife and 80% of their habitats. Global Conservation is focused on saving the last 5% of Asia’s intact tropical forests.

Cambodia has lost over 80% of its forests in the past 20 years.  The last tiger was seen in 1990, and now less than 500 elephants survive, mostly in the Cardamoms.

Global Conservation is supporting Global Park Defense deployment by Wildlife Alliance, which has recently secured over $40 million in long-term Carbon Offset REDD+ financing, making Cardamoms financially sustainable in its battle against deforestation and wildlife poaching.

Global Park Defense delivers the technology, systems and training needed to stop wildlife poaching and illegal logging.

The island of Borneo is one of the most breathtaking and biodiverse places on our planet. In the Heart of Borneo, Global Conservation funded the establishment of the DaMaI Rainforest Complex, creating a new park authority to prevent illegal logging and arrest poachers. 

DaMaI PROTECT teams are deploying Global Park Defense systems including SMART Patrols, Cellular Trailcams, and a unified command for all forestry and protection teams saving the last intact forests and wildlife habitat for the top five megafauna in Malaysia.

Leuser Ecosystem is the last place on earth where rhinos, elephants, tigers and orangutans coexist in the world. Today, less than 300 tigers and 100 rhino survive here.

Global Conservation funds the protection work of FKL fighting against illegal palm oil expansion and wildlife poaching. Working with our Partners like Rainforest Trust which has purchased over $3 million in critical habitats, we fund SMART Patrols and road and trail surveillance to stop poachers from hunting in Leuser, who are using snares which cause the painful deaths of Asia’s most treasured animals.

The single largest threat to Leuser is deforestation. In the past, illegal palm oil plantations burned down large swaths of jungle destroying critical wildlife habitats for elephant and orangutan like Tripa Swamp. Today, annual deforestation in Leuser has declined by 80% since we started our work.

Working to protect Thap Lan World Heritage, Global Conservation funded a five year program to stop all Rosewood poaching in the national park, resulting in over 1,000 arrests.  Today, the Rosewood Wars are over and few illegal loggers enter the park due to its strong security and risk of arrest.

Monitoring the park with over 120 Cellular Trailcams for 24/7 surveillance, Thai Rangers are able to directly target illegal loggers in the thick jungles, and now are seeing the results with new sightings of Indochinese Tigers in the national park for the first time.

Saving the last major forests and wildlife habitats in Asia is critical to the survival of all species, including our own. The recent COVID Pandemic shows how humans can suffer with wildlife and its habitats are unprotected.

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