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Climate Change
The Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park is a majestic place
and the third largest protected area in Sumatra, Indonesia. This
park is home to an estimated 10% of the remaining Sumatran tiger
population 25% of the remaining Sumatrain rhino population and dense
old-growth forests. One-fifth of this national park has been lost to
agricultural encroachment, illegal logging, and fires over the past 20
years. This deforestation has had a two-fold effect of decreasing the
available habitat for tigers and other endangered species as well as
releasing a significant amount of carbon dioxide that is a major
contributor to the climatic changes occuring around the world.
Save the Tiger Fund provides funding for projects in Bukit Barisan
Selantan, and other high-carbon storage forests to increase government
capacity to effectively prevent and deter illegal logging, increase
local incentives for environmental conservation, and direct
carbon-offset credits to fund the conservation of high value
habitats.
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