Our Projects
A future for the orangutans of Borneo
Image: © BPI for BOS Foundation
Sharing 97% of our DNA, orangutans are among our closest living relatives. Yet hunting, poaching, and the destruction of their habitat have pushed them to the brink of extinction.
Our partner Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) is dedicated to secure the long-term survival of this charismatic species on Borneo: the organisation cares for individuals that have been harmed and held captive by humans, prepares them through an extensive rehabilitation process for a life in the wild, protects tropical rainforest, and actively reforests and rehabilitates degraded land.
Conservation in the rainforest: (Re)connecting habitats
Image: © Rhino and Forest Fund e.V.
Borneo is one of the world’s three most important hotspots for biodiversity, where the conservation of species diversity is a top priority. The existing protected areas in Sabah, Borneo, are highly fragmented, putting the survival of many species at risk.
Our cooperation partner, the Rhino and Forest Fund e.V. (RFF), is committed to local wildlife conservation by working to protect, connect, enhance, and preserve intact ecosystems within protected areas for the long term. This is exactly the work we want to support – a holistic approch on wildlife conservation in an important region.
Help for the gibbons of Borneo
East Bornean Grey Gibbon. © Charles Ryan
The East Bornean Grey Gibbon (Hylobates funereus) is one of the rarest primate species in the world. They are classified as critically endangered according to the IUCN and urgently need our help. Our gibbon aid has the best chances to become the biggest Nepada project so far.
Together with the Gibbon Conservation Society in Malaysia, we have drawn up a major master plan for a holistic center that also includes plans for local jobs, sustainable tourism and reforestation. The goal is to establish a gibbon sanctuary in Borneo to rescue, care for, and release these endangered primates back into the wild.
Forest fires: Emergency aid for the indigenous Tenharim in Amazonia
Image: © Marcio Tenharim
The Tenharim were denied any government aid for the firefighting efforts. Together with the journalist and South America correspondent Thomas Fischermann, we started an emergency aid for the desperate indigenous people. With your help we were able to collect a total of €13,200 in donations for the Tenharim and hand them over to the tribal chiefs. As a thank you for the great help and solidarity from Germany, the Tenharim sent us exclusive video footage from Brazil.
Project archive
Here you can find previous projects that we have supported on the ground and with your donations:
Encounter with the desert elephants in collaboration with Elephant Human Relations Aid (EHRA) © NDR / doclights / Tina Muffert
The Cheetah Conservation Fund is dedicated to the rescue and protection of cheetahs © Hendrik Heidbrink
Hannah with rhino conservationists from the Save the Rhino Trust © NDR / doclights / Tina Muffert
Noir, the foundling, was one of the first gibbons to move into the new enclosure © GCS
Christmas fundraising campaign from Namibia to Borneo
Thanks to your help, Christmas 2022 has been a bit wilder! Together, we’ve supported organisations and projects whose commitment to species conservation has particularly inspired us over the past year. A successful fundraising campaign from Namibia to Borneo!
For the production of the NDR series “Hannah goes wild”, veterinarian and Nepada Wildlife founder Hannah Emde travelled to Namibia, where she was able to see for herself that your donations are being put to good use. Thanks to all donors and supporting members, a total of €10,000 has been raised for the following four organisations:
- The Elephant Human Relations Aid (EHRA) is committed to implementing practical solutions to address conflicts between elephants and humans, securing the future of desert elephants in Namibia. Thanks to you, we were able to donate €2,400 to EHRA.
- We were able to support the work of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) with €2,200. The CCF is dedicated to the rescue of wild cheetahs and is an internationally recognised centre for the protection of cheetahs and their ecosystems.
- The Save the Rhino Trust (SRT) is committed to protecting black rhinos, which are adapted to the desert, in order to ensure the long-term survival of the species, the wilderness and people. With your support, we donated €2,000 to SRT.
- We also raised an incredible €3,400 for our partnership project with the Gibbon Conservation Society (GCS). The organisation is dedicated to protecting the critically endangered ‘North Bornean gibbon’ (Hylobates funerius) on Borneo. To this end, a rehabilitation and reintroduction centre has been established on the island.
Sunda Clouded Leopard. © Charles Ryan
Sunda Clouded Leopard Conservation
Despite the difficult circumstances on Borneo due to the Covid-19 crisis and Hannah’s abrupt departure from the rainforest, we were able to leave a good portion of our help on the island: With your support, we donated €2,500 to the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit’s (WildCRU) Bornean Carnivore Program for clouded leopard conservation in Sabah, Borneo. For this we would like to thank especially the Summer Salon at the Clubhouse for the fabulous WILD LOVE Charity Party, as well as all supporting members of our association!
Elpis Joan is tagging a bull shark with an acoustic receiver. © EcoDiversCR.com
Bull Sharks in Costa Rica
In June 2019, we visited the marine conservation organization CREMA in Costa Rica and worked with marine biologist Elpis Joan with bull sharks off the Pacific coast. Thanks to your great €2,000 donations, we were able to fund the NGO a new acoustic receiver, as well as new transmitters for their research. A huge thank you goes out to all the donors and supporters who care as much about protecting our oceans as we do.
© Living-Gaia.org
Land Purchase Amazonas
Nepada had the opportunity to travel to Amazonia in 2019 and experience the most biodiverse forests, rarest animals and wonderful indigenous people. All the more shocking the subsequent election results of an ultra-right president who wants to promote deforestation in the Amazon and dissolve reserves of indigenous communities.
With the project “Land Purchase Amazon” we supported the association Living Gaia to buy 50 hectares of land for the indigenous people of the Huni Kuin in Acre, Brazil, which will be reforested and provide a home for the Huni Kuin. Basically, the idea is to buy land in the Amazon to bring it into private ownership to protect it from exploitation and provide a permanent habitat for the indigenous people. What the reserves have provided so far will no longer be secure in the future: now being state-owned and endangered. Thanks to you, we were able to donate €2,500 to the association to support the purchase of land in Brazil. Thank you for your contribution to make this world a little bit greener.
© Hannah Emde / Nepada Wildlife e.V.
Wild Scarlet Macaws in Guatemala
The scarlet macaw (Ara macao macao) is one of the world’s largest macaws and is widely distributed from Mexico to Brazil. However, there is a Central American subspecies of the scarlet macaw (Ara macao cyanoptera) that is extremely endangered. There are only about 1000 individuals left in the Latin American countries of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. The reason for the radical decline of the majestic macaws is poaching and the loss of their habitat – the main causes are forest fires started by humans, cattle farming, which is widespread in Guatemala, and the growing settlements and cities. This extreme decline of the rainforest has almost led to extinction of the colorful birds in recent years.
The Wildlife Conservation Society Guatemela (WCS Guatemala) works in the rainforest of Petén, the main breeding region of the macaws. Their research focuses on the Laguna del Tigre National Park in the Maya Biosphere Reserve (MBR). With 2.1 million hectares, it is the largest nature reserve in Central America, a world-famous cultural heritage and a real hotspot for biodiversity. Unfortunately, the region has been subject to heavy deforestation for years. In the last eight years alone, the macaw population here has dropped to 250 individuals.
Thanks to you, a fabulous 1,700 euros in donations have been collected for the macaws in Guatemala. Our chairwoman Hannah Emde was able to hand over the money to WCS Guatemala herself. She reports: “We were able to buy urgently needed utensils for the breeding of the macaw chicks, to finance a new (functional) climbing equipment and to support the salary of the field technicians. THANK YOU for your efforts!”
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