Saving the lives of Tigers and People in the Sundarbans
Following destruction caused by Cyclone Amphan, quick action is needed to save the lives of both people and tigers. The Rapid Response Facility (RRF) is supporting WWF India to restore human-tiger conflict prevention measures in the Indian part of the Sundarbans, home of a World Heritage Site, Biosphere Reserve, and Ramsar site. The Sundarbans is…
Safeguarding the endangered mountain gorilla during COVID-19 crisis
As countries around the world grapple with COVID-19, the global pandemic also threatens our close evolutionary ‘cousins’ and one of the world’s most iconic threatened species – the Mountain Gorilla. RRF has provided critical emergency support to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, to safeguard one of the world’s last remaining Mountain Gorilla populations from this potentially…
Emergency response to a tragic attack in Virunga National Park
Following a tragic attack from armed militia groups which caused the death of four civilians and thirteen staff members of the Virunga National Park on Friday April 24, RRF has granted emergency funds to support this natural World Heritage Site in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In order to ensure the continuity of conservation…
Emergency wildfire management in Bale Mountains
In response to wildfires in Bale Mountains National Park in Ethiopia, RRF granted $14,625 to Frankfurt Zoological Society to develop more effective fire-fighting and fire prevention capacity. The Bale Mountains National Park is a tentative natural World Heritage Site in the Ethiopian highlands, and represents the largest area of afro-alpine habitat in Africa. The area…
Fighting Flames in Mount Kenya National Park
In response to the fires in Mount Kenya National Park in early March, RRF granted US$30,000 to the Mount Kenya Trust. This support will make it possible to finance hours of helicopter flights to monitor the Park’s risk areas and intervene with water bombers in the event of new fire outbreaks. More than 20,000 hectares…
Rapid Rodent Response in the Galapagos
RRF is helping to prevent an invasion of rats on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos, a UNESCO World Heritage site, from devastating the delicate island ecosystem and its world-famous wildlife. The Galapagos Islands have been described as a ‘living museum and showcase of evolution’. The biodiversity of the Galapagos needs little introduction. The isolation…
Reducing impacts of a potential lionfish invasion in the Brazil Atlantic Islands
RRF has responded to an urgent call to reduce impacts of a possible lionfish invasion in the Brazilian Atlantic Islands World Heritage Site, which without rapid intervention threaten to decimate this world-class marine ecosystem. Fernando de Noronha archipelago is located in the South Atlantic Ocean. This important site supports biological processes of the region and…
Averting crisis for Nepal’s tigers
Chitwan National Park in Nepal is one of the last refuges of the Bengal tiger. In early 2018, following sweeping changes in the Nepalese government at local and national levels, RRF was quick to fund emergency research into the potential impacts of proposed road and rail developments that were anticipated to be rapidly advanced by…
RRF answers call to avert wildfire disaster in Cambodia
The RRF has awarded $29,990 to tackle raging forest fires threatening the extraordinarily high biodiversity within the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve, a site which contains the largest fresh water lake in Southeast Asia. The Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve is described as ‘the beating heart at the centre of Cambodia’ by RRF grantee, Conservation International. The…
Emergency support for elephant crisis in Democratic Republic of Congo
The Rapid Response Facility has made an emergency grant to Garamba National Park, a World Heritage site ‘In Danger’ in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The funds have been awarded to tackle the continuing elephant poaching crisis which is has been described by The Guardian as ‘the frontline of Africa’s wildlife wars’. Over 215…
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