Join Our Impact Campaign

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100% of the proceeds will be used by the Ranu Welum Foundation, an Indonesian nonprofit, to purchase land in TALEKOI FOREST in Central Kalimantan, INDONESIAN BORNEO.  The region is home to CRITICALLY ENDANGERED BIODIVERSITY, including ORANGUTANS, whose habitats have been quickly disappearing for decades.

The owners plan to sell to palm oil and coal mining companies but Ranu Welum can purchase, protect, and preserve the land instead. 

Every $15 will save 100 square meters of forest. 

In 2022, we met our target to raise $6,000 to purchase 8 hectares.

Our 2024 goal is to purchase 30 Hectares by year’s end, which will cost $45,000.

50 Hectares ($75,000) could garner protective status from both the UN and the Indonesian Government. This will help to establish a national park, especially for endemic Bornean ironwood, which is sacred for the Dayak community. 

Please help us save this important region before it’s lost forever.

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Tree Are Being Planted on the New Land

The Ulin Tree

Ulin trees are an important endemic species on Indonesian Borneo.  Dayaks, the indigenous people of the land, have traditionally seen this tree as a guardian from beasts and evil spirits.  Today, large-scale deforestation has made them difficult to find.  As part of our campaign to protect Talekoi Forest, we are planting this native species, growing seedlings in Ranu Welum's newly built greenhouse outside Palangkaraya.

A Region Under Threat

"I remember when this was all forest - that's just in my lifetime."

Emmanuela Shinta

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Driving around the region, it is easy to see the large-scale deforestation that has taken place,

mainly due to mining and palm oil companies.

Orangutans in the Region

Although recent sightings confirm a small group of orangutans in the area, the region was once home to large groups. Large-scale deforestation has either killed them off or driven them out of the area.  As part of our restoration project, we are aiming to eventually reintroduce orangutans to the region, if the conditions allow for it.  The Ranu Welum Foundation has been bringing ecologists to the area to see if the conditions could be improved to that extent.