Project
Saving Sulawesi’s Endangered Large Mammals and their Critical Habitat
Duration
2011 - 2016
Location
Indonesia
Species protected
Project objectives
The objectives of this project are to reduce destructive pressures on the Nantu Forest, redress the lack of international awareness of Sulawesi’s unique biodiversity, and prevent the extinction of the Babirusa and Anoas as well as the destruction of one of their last strongholds on earth, the Nantu rainforest ecosystem.
Threats
Habitat loss & degradation
Poaching
Overall this project, carried out in partnership with a wide range of government, academic and local civil society groups, will protect many thousands of Sulawesi’s Wallacean rainforest species, as well as the water catchment upon which more than 30,000 people living downstream depend.
