West Kalimantan/
Upper Kapuas River
indonesia
Since 1995, PRCF has worked with villages along Borneo’s Upper Kapuas River to secure their forests from external pressures while supporting the development of sustainable livelihoods.
Working with people to protect their natural environment
about us
Our Mission
At PRCF we realize that local communities are integral to the success of nature conservation. We advocate community participation and discourage activities that negatively affect the natural environment or erode cultural identity.
Our members strive to conserve biodiversity, ecosystem services, and local cultural identities through participatory solutions that protect and promote the wise use of natural resources, support socioeconomic development of communities, and enable adaptation to climate change.
our work
What We Do
Strong community participation, combined with PRCF’s long-term experience and technical capacities, enables us to develop and carry out innovative, site-specific conservation management strategies.
The result is projects that involve, empower, and benefit local community stakeholders, while promoting the conservation of biodiversity, especially species threatened with global extinction.
Priority Landscapes
PRCF is working across a range of landscapes that are defined as areas of high conservation significance due to the presence of endangered wildlife, with the potential to engage resource-dependent and marginalized communities into conservation and management of ecosystems.
indonesia
West kalimantan/
Upper Kapuas River
Since 1995, PRCF has worked to secure the fringe forests around the Heart of Borneo, upstream of Indonesia´s longest river – the Kapuas. PRCF empowers local forest-dependent communities by securing legal management rights and ensuring more than twenty years of finance for nature conservation and community development.
vietnam
Northern
Limestone Mountains
In northern Vietnam, PRCF works in two karst landscapes; the Ba Be/ Na Hang Karst Forest Complex and the Cao Vit Gibbon Conservation Area These two landscapes hold a number of threatened species, including three globally threatened primates: the Cao Vit Gibbon, Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey, and Francois’ Langur.
vietnam
Gia Lai
Highlands
Within the Central Annamite Ecoregion of Vietnam, an area of high species endemism, PRCF is establishing biodiversity corridors in the Kon Ha Nung Biosphere Reserve to bring benefits to people and wildlife.
indonesia
Batang Toru/
Hadabuan Hills
Landscape
In North Sumatra, PRCF is working at two sites. One is the now famous Batang Toru Forest Ecosystem, home of the world’s most threatened great ape – the Tapanuli Orangutan. The second site is an internationally poorly-known area, a biodiversity treasure called the Hadabuan Hills. Both areas are very significant for global biodiversity and were connected by rich forest a mere 2-3 decades ago.
indonesia
West kalimantan/
Upper Kapuas River
Since 1995, PRCF has worked with villages along Borneo’s Upper Kapuas River to secure their forests from external pressures while supporting the development of sustainable livelihoods.
vietnam
Northern
Limestone Corridor
In Northern Vietnam, PRCF works in two karst landscapes; the Ba Be/ Na Hang Karst Forest Complex and the Cao Vit/ Bangliang Karst Forest Complex. The two ecosystems hold a number of valuable species, including three globally endangered primates: the Eastern Black-crested Gibbon, Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey, and the endangered Francois’ Langur.
vietnam
Gia Lai
Highlands
Within the Central Annamite Ecoregion, PRCF is establishing biodiversity corridors in the Kon Ha Nung Biosphere Reserve to bring benefits to people and wildlife.
indonesia
Batang Toru/
Hadabuan Hills
Landscape
In North Sumatra PRCF is engaged at two sites. One is the now famous Batang Toru Forest Ecosystem, habitat for the most endangered great ape – the Tapanuli Orangutan. The second site is an internationally unknown biodiversity treasure known under the name Hadabuan Hills. Both areas hold tremendous conservation significance and a mere 2-3 decades ago they were connected.
