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So little time left

Indonesia's rainforests are being decimated leaving the last remaining Indonesian elephants, orangutans, tigers and rhinoceros teetering on the verge of disappearing from the Earth forever.

Will you adopt this baby Elephant

This 2 year old was found weak and dehydrated after her trunk was caught in a poachers snare.
Elephants trunks are sensitive and critical for gathering food, drinking, taste and communication. We can only imagine her pain and grief and that of her mother who tried desperately to help her. The elephant centre at Way Kambas National Park in Sumatra rescued her and SIES is funding her food and medical care. It's costing $A500 per month. Many thanks to the Volunteers from Australia who have been sleeping with her and helping her venture out. Please can you provide monthly sponsorship for the next year so she can survive?

Foster a Forest

Each month your ‘Foster a Forest’ contribution will fund the secure protection of more and more forest in Borneo and Sumatra for critically endangered wildlife, which are close to extinction.

For $20 per month (4 cups of coffee) your contribution will be regenerating and protecting an acre of forest. Calculation based on Way Kambas National Park in Lampung province, Southern Sumatra, where we are regenerating and protecting 300km2 (74,000 acres) and employing 150 poor local villagers at cost $45,000 per year.
A contribution of $20/month pays for 400 acres of forest every year.  

Rare Rhino born in Sumatra

Amazing Birth - SUMATRAN RHINO. The rare rhino was born on Thursday May 12 at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park. This is the second baby to be born to mother Ratu. It is believed that only 100 still exist in the wild. The big challenge will be to find breeding partners for this baby and its sibling born in 2012.

Help us Free Sumatran Tigers

Free captured tigers from horrific cages. The tigers caught in snares suffer terribly and often lose one or more limbs, and if they survive they are taken into captivity. As a result many tigers live out their lives in captivity in Indonesia.The lucky ones are relocated to green space reserves, but most of them spend their lives in tomb-like cement cages, where they become guinea pigs for sperm and egg donation.

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Indonesia's amazing diversity and critical importance to the world

More than 17,500 islands sprawl along the Equator making up the Archipelago of Indonesia. The archipelago stretches from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific and bridges the continents of Asia and Australia. The islands are grouped in regions and known as the Greater Sunda, Lesser Sunda and Maluku Islands and Irian Jaya. The habitats are  unique and incredibly diverse -  from hot, steamy tropical rainforests to dry savannah; from towering mountains such as Mandala Top at 4,600 metres (15,300 feet)  in Irian Jaya, which is perpetually snow capped, to the plunging depths of the sea around Sulawesi and Maluku where the sea is 4,500metres (15,000 feet) deep.  The country is mountainous with over 400 volcanos and covers 1.9 square kilometres. However by far the biggest area of Indonesia is covered by sea. 7.9 million square kilometres of sea make up 81% of Indonesia's total area. The marine life is rich and diverse with thousands of coral reefs surrounding many of the islands.

Indonesia has:
  • 1,615 Bird Species  which is 17% of the species in the whole world. 132 of those species are under threat. Iconic species include hornbills and birds-of-paradise (Source: Birdlife International)
  • 667 mammals - which is 12% of the world's mammals and the highest country population in the world. Iconic species include the orangutan, tiger, rhinoceros and elephant  (Source: World Conservation Monitoring Centre United Nations (UNEP)
  • Over 1,100 species of amphibians and 2,000 species of reptiles making up 16% of the worlds amphibian and reptile populations
  • 8,000 species of fish
  • 250,000 species of insects

Indonesia leads the world in Endemism - species that are only found in that country and is one of the key Megadiversity centres in the world.