Volunteer, Support, Get Involved!
www.austrop.org.au - Global "hot spot" as part of the Australian Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. This littoral rainforest contains many bird, mammal and plant species, some of which are highly restricted.
www.projectgreenhands.org - Isha Foundation with volunteers made the unbelievable achievement of planting 813,226 trees during one single day. A new Guinness world record?
www.lakepedder.org - Pedder 2000 aims to see Lake Pedder restored to become the heart of Tasmania’s Wilderness World Heritage Area. Lake Pedder restored will send a strong signal around the globe that we can undo the mistakes of the past.
www.tararuvalley.org - Join the Tararu Valley volunteer Programme! - Tararu Valley Sanctuary is a co-operatively run rainforest property at the head of Tararu Valley, surrounded by 140'000 acres of the Coromandel State Forest park 1.5 hours from Auckland, New Zealand.
www.treesforlife.org.au - Trees for Life is a non-profit community group dedicated to revegetation and the protection of threatened and valuable bushland in South Australia.
www.africanimpact.com - Lions are the kingpin of africa's wildlife. they are under constant threat from disease, human inhabitants, hunting and poaching. 50 years ago 250 000 roamed the african continent, now there are between 12-18000. This in turn effects every wildlife species in africa, and the whole balance of nature has been disrupted and skewed. Please support African Impact!
www.rippleafrica.org - An area the size of a football field of forest is being cut down every 10 minutes in Malawi. The people in Malawi use the trees as firewood, but also for industrial needs such as brick and tobacco burning. The heavy use of wood for energy has lead to a huge problem with deforestation and exhausted land areas that are no longer good for agriculture. RIPPLE Africa is trying to fight this problem by working with ecological restoration.
www.madagascar.co.uk - Madagascar is seen by many conservationists as the single most important biodiversity hotspot in the world. It has high levels of endemism in both plant and animal families and is known worldwide as one of the most important priorities facing conservationists today. The latest estimates suggest that up to 96% of the original forest cover has been lost along with numerous species, many of which had never been described.
www.mangroverestoration.com - Mangrove forests are vital for healthy coastal ecosystems. The forest detritus, consisting mainly of fallen leaves and branches from the mangroves, provides nutrients for the marine environment and supports immense varieties of sea life in intricate food webs associated directly through detritus or indirectly through the planktonic and epiphytic algal food chains.
www.volunteersecuador.com - La Hesperia Biological Station and Reserve has been a protected area in the heart of the Toachi-Pilatón forest since 1985. The station covers 814 hectares (2031 acres) and is located in Ecuador, South America in the western mountain range of the Andes.
The above are only an example of programmes around the world - for more information, please go to: www.earthrestorationservice.org/page/2/worldwide-projects.htm