Forests Projects

• Bhutan: Committed to Conservation

  Bhutan is at the heart of the Eastern Himalayas, which supplies one-third of the world’s freshwater. And the country’s forests help keep climate change at bay by absorbing carbon dioxide. Bhutan is one of the world’s 10 most biodiverse countries. But Bhutan’s natural resources are on the brink of being more threatened now than ever before, despite the government’s political will and conservation milestones. Why? The country has changed more in the last 50 years than the past 500 years combined.

  

• Thirty Hills

  WWF and partners are securing protection for a critical rain forest in Sumatra. Thirty Hills is one of the last places on Earth where elephants, tigers, and orangutans coexist in the wild.

  

• Securing Colombia's Heritage
  

• The Mobile Basin Heirs’ Property Support Initiative

  Helping historically underserved Mississippians keep generational land and conserve working forests.
  

  

• Protected Areas: Key to Achieving Peace in Colombia

  Last updated: 12/4/2018

  A recently signed peace agreement between the government of Colombia and the left-wing guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) opens the door to restoring the health of the country’s natural resources as well as preventing further damage or loss to them.