A 20-year ban on industrial logging will soon be lifted in the Congo Basin, opening up the only home of endangered bonobos to even greater threats from deforestation.
Without their rainforest home, these gentle apes won't survive.
But there’s a surefire way to save these bonobos: secure official protection for 2 million acres of this rainforest, and defend it from loggers.
And we can do this for just $1 per acre!
If enough of us chip in, our friends at the Bonobo Conservation Initiative can start securing tens of thousands of acres of critical bonobo habitat -- can you help save these bonobos?
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World’s second biggest rainforest will soon reopen to large-scale logging. National Geographic
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National Geographic. 2 June 2019.
Bonobo Peace Forest
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Bonobo Conservation Initiative. 2 June 2019.
Bonobo conservation stymied by deforestation, human rights abuses
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Mongabay. 2 October 2019.
Protecting the great ape whose culture is peace
UN Development Programme In Africa & Conservation. 2 March 2021.
UN Development Programme In Africa & Conservation. 2 March 2021.