News from the Projects
The Great Soldier Macaw at Frankfurt Zoo
On Saturday, May 25, we will be at Frankfurt Zoo from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with an information stand about the Great Soldier Macaws. We will show you why our new project, the Reserva Kinkajou, is so important for the protection of these extraordinary endangered animals....
TUKAN – The new anniversary magazine is online
The latest issue of our member magazine "We turn the clock back 30 years and go back to 1989. A small group of biologists, journalists and photographers meet in a seminar room at the Zoological Institute in Frankfurt am Main....," the two founding members Stefan...
Hojancha – A place without a forest
The species-rich forests of Monte Alto were massively deforested in the middle of the 20th century to meet the high demand for beef. By 1976, all but 2 percent of the forest areas had fallen victim to livestock farming. The natural water cycle began to falter and the...
Hope for a formerly deforested and eroded rainforest
The Monte Alto Foundation and Tropica have been working together for 25 years on the reforestation of a valley basin. The project is now bearing fruit in the truest sense of the word. You can find out exactly how and what role IGS Nordend in Frankfurt/M plays in this...
Threat to our forests from illegal logging!
At 80 hectares, Finca Curré is one of our larger properties in Costa Rica. It includes a valuable piece of primary forest that we were able to acquire back in 1993. Unfortunately, even in designated protected areas in Costa Rica, illegal logging continues to take...
