our work
priority landscapes
PRCF is working across a range of priority landscapes of high conservation significance due to the presence of globally threatened wildlife, with the potential to engage resource-dependent and marginalized communities into conservation and management of ecosystems.
PRCF´s strategic focus has been on Southeast Asia and is now broadening into South Asia.
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 forest management rights and supports raise financing for long-term 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. This region holds a wealth of rare and threatened biodiversity, including three globally threatened primates: the Cao Vit Gibbon, Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey, and the Francois’ Langur.
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Gia Lai Highlands
Within the Central Annamite Ecoregion, an area known for its species endemism, PRCF works in the Kon Ha Nung Biosphere Reserve of Gia Lai Province. There we are reconnecting key forest habitat for species such as the Critically Endangered Grey-shanked Douc Langur and the Northern Buffed-cheeked Gibbon.
indonesia
Batang Toru/ Hadabuan Hills Landscape
In North Sumatra PRCF is working in two areas. One is the now famous Batang Toru Forest Ecosystem, habitat for the world’s most threatened great ape – the Tapanuli Orangutan. The second site is internationally poorly-known, a biodiversity treasure called the Hadabuan Hills. Both areas are very important for global biodiveristy conservation and a mere 2-3 decades ago they were connected by forests.
Programs Under Development
bangladesh
CHITTAGONG HILL
Tracts
papua new guinea
Madang
Province
PRCF is collaborating with the Foundation for People and Community Development (FPCD), a national non-government organization, to develop a community-led conservation and development project in Papua New Guinea.
nigeria
Niger Delta
Since 2014 PRCF has been supporting the Tropical Research Conservation Centre (TRCC) on the conservation of wildlife and the restoration of mangrove forests in the Niger Delta. Among the species TRCC is working to protect are primates like the Red-capped Mangabey and sea-turtles.
bangladesh
CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS
papua new guinea
Madang
Province
PRCF is collaborating with the Foundation for People and Community Development (FPCD), a national non-government organization, to develop a community-led conservation and development project in Papua New Guinea.
nigeria
Niger Delta
Since 2014 PRCF has been supporting the Tropical Research Conservation Centre (TRCC) on the conservation of wildlife and the restoration of mangrove forests in the Niger Delta. Among the species TRCC is working to protect are primates like the Red-capped Mangabey and sea-turtles.
Species Conservation
In pursuit of our vision, a key focus everywhere we work is the conservation of globally threatened wildlife and the protection and restoration of the habitats that they depened upon. Primates often serve as flagship species in the areas we work, serving as ambassadors for the other wildlife they share habitat with. However we have also been involved in the conservation of other fauna such as birds and reptiles. We are increasingly developing our knowledge and interest in the conservation of plants and more specifically on disappearing agricultural cultivars.
Although some of these species are Critically Endangered and charismatic, like the Cao Vit Gibbon, deserving immediate attention, our species conservation objectives often draw us to species that are poorly understood, less glamorous, but still gradually moving closer to extinction, for which the time to start acting is now, rather than later.
Past Country Programs
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Cambodia
Since 2007 PRCF has worked in partnership with BirdLife International in the Eastern Plains of Cambodia to support local stakeholders with improved collective management of natural resources to reduce habitat loss and the depletion of biodiversity. This landscape is characterized by large areas of open dry deciduous forests that are interwoven with rich evergreen riverine forests on the banks of major tributaries that snake their way into the Mekong River. It is notable for the rich avian diversity, including such species as the Giant Ibis and White-shouldered Ibis, which makes the landscape unique and a major draw for conservation intervention to mitigate the threats of forest loss and hunting.
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Myanmar
Unfortunately the political situation in Myanmar has put a lot of important conservation work in the country on hold. PRCF started to support work in Myanmar in 2008 for the construction of community fire shelters in Natamataung National Park to address wildfires. Primates again became a major focus for our conservation work, as we led a national review on the status of the hoolock gibbons. That review included pioneering gibbon surveys, with Fauna & Flora International, and led to the discovery of a unique primate previously unknown to science, the Myanmar Snub-nosed Monkey.