The great call of the Javan gibbon is one of the most beautiful
and unique sounds in the natural world – and it could soon vanish
forever.
Accelerating logging, farming, and over-development
have carved up Java’s tropical forests into fragments,
leaving gibbons isolated and stranded. They can’t reach one
another to socialise and mate or cross the forest for food.
Without us intervening now, the species can’t survive.
SwaraOwa is a local group of young nature defenders leading the
way in making Java’s forests whole again. They’re reconnecting
broken forest, working with communities to give stranded
gibbons a way to reunite with the larger forest and each
other.
And here's the incredible thing -- it's working. New forest
corridors have boosted the Javan gibbon population by 20%!
But right now, they’re up against greedy developers who could
swoop in at any time and undo all this progress. They urgently need our
help. If enough of us chip in, we can help reunite these
gibbons, and continue to defend species and forests everywhere from
exploitation. This is one of the only things standing between
survival and extinction for Java’s gibbons – can you help save the
species?
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Javan gibbons exist only here, in
these forests. But they can’t survive in isolation. They are
social creatures. They live in family groups, raise young together,
and sing their great call across the forest to find one another.
When the forest is cut up into isolated patches, those bonds are
broken – and so is the species’ ability to thrive.
Reconnecting Java’s forests is vital. It gives these gibbons a
bridge to cross safely in search of food, find mates, and keep their
families strong. Every corridor created also helps restore the
ecosystem, shelter countless other species, and revive precious
tropical forests that our planet so desperately needs.
SwaraOwa has already shown what’s possible: a 20% boost in the
gibbon population thanks to new forest connections. But unless we
step in now, development could destroy the last fragile links
between gibbons before they even have a chance to recover.
If enough of us chip in, we can help our partners create
corridors, protect threatened land, and keep the gibbons’ songs
alive for generations to come. And then continue the critical work
of defending our natural world from exploitation.
They need our help to do it – can you chip in to save Java’s
gibbons?
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