How cool is this -- this week we can buy
110-acres of threatened Colombian tropical forest and give a
fighting chance to critically endangered turtles and
monkeys!
Thanks to the rampant destruction of their forest home, there’s
less than 7000 of the charismatic cotton-top tamarins left in the
wild -- and deforestation is picking up speed.
But our partner Rainforest Trust is on the cusp of
purchasing and protecting -- forever! -- a critical piece of
land that will give these monkeys the space they need to
recover and thrive.
If 5000 of us chip in the cost of a cup of coffee in the
next 24 hours, Rainforest Trust can secure the land
immediately, and get started on their work
protecting the forest. Can you help save these cotton-top
tamarins?
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The northern tropical forests of Colombia are deeply endangered
due to farm expansion and other development. Cotton-top
Tamarins are among the most impacted species -- this is the only
place on the planet they are found, and they’ve seen a
population decline of 80% in just two decades.
It isn’t only the cotton-tops (although they are very cute). The
area is home to spider and howler monkeys, scarlet macaws...and a
critically endangered turtle species (the Dahl’s
Toad-headed Turtle). If we can buy this land it would become one
of the only protected areas in the world where the turtle lives.
A local organization called Fundación Proyecto Tití is working on
protecting the whole area. They already blocked the creation of a
clear-cutting cattle ranch, and now they’re working with Rainforest
Trust to secure even more land. Vladimir, this land
that we can buy today is small, but it’s critical to the whole
project -- it will give all these species safe passage between
protected areas.
It’s not often you get the chance to buy a piece of tropical
forest. Will you be one of the 5000 donors we need to buy
this land in the next 24 hours? Every extra penny we
raise will be used to protect wild places like this from
corporations bent on their destruction.
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