Red Colobus Monkey, by Anton Zelenov
Status
Protected
2023

Save the Niger Delta Red Colobus

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Project Overview

The forested wetlands of the Niger Delta contain incredible biological importance as the largest River Delta in Africa, but since the 1950s this region has been plagued as the continent’s top oil producing region.

  • Species at Risk

    Niger Delta Red Colobus (CR), Red-capped Mangabey (EN), Red-bellied Monkey (EN), White-bellied Pangolin (EN), Grey Parrot (EN)

  • Carbon stored

    345,444 mT*

    *(metric tons of CO2 equivalents)
  • Partner

    SW/Niger Delta Forest Project

  • 2,492 Proposed Acres Conserved by

    Designation

Project Cost: $359,579
Funding Raised: $359,579

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Nigeria
Proposed Acres

2,492

Project Overview

The forested wetlands of the Niger Delta contain incredible biological importance as the largest River Delta in Africa, but since the 1950s this region has been plagued as the continent’s top oil producing region.

  • Species at Risk

    Niger Delta Red Colobus (CR), Red-capped Mangabey (EN), Red-bellied Monkey (EN), White-bellied Pangolin (EN), Grey Parrot (EN)

  • Carbon stored

    345,444 mT*

    *(metric tons of CO2 equivalents)
  • Partner

    SW/Niger Delta Forest Project

  • 2,492 Proposed Acres Conserved by

    Designation

Project Cost: £270,360
Funding Raised: £270,360

Please note that your donation may not be immediately reflected in the funding thermometer above.

Nigeria
Proposed Acres

2,492

Project Overview

The biggest names in the oil industry rely on this region for their supply, leading to reckless deforestation and pollution from almost daily oil spills. Compounded by extreme poverty and historical political unrest, the Niger Delta is suffering.

For the many endemic resident species, there is little opportunity left for survival without protection. The Critically Endangered and endemic Niger Delta Red Colobus was described by science just 30 years ago. Since then, populations have dropped nearly 80% due to habitat loss and bushmeat hunting and has ranked among the world’s 25 most threatened primates for the last decade. Less than 500 individuals remain in the wild. We must act now.

Watch the recording of Rainforest Trust’s Field Journal: Nigeria—Saving the Niger Delta Red Colobus

Explore the Niger Delta Forest

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Niger Delta Red Colobus (CR)

Red Colobus, by Steffen Foerster
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Red Colobus, by Steffen Foerster

Rainforest Trust and our partner, the SW/Niger Delta Forest Project, need your help as we work urgently to protect a 2,492- acre protected area that will safeguard a key portion of this highly threatened area, and nearly all of the remaining Niger Delta Red Colobus population.

This project will also save habitat for the endemic Sclater’s Guenon (EN) and Nigerian Putty-nosed Monkey (EN) and the Nigerian White-throated Monkey (EN), Grey Parrot (EN), White-bellied Pangolin (EN) and Red-capped Mangabey (EN).

Local communities will take their land back and maintain stewardship and ownership of this conservation effort, ultimately ensuring the long-term sustainability of the region, for the benefit of all.

Your support in protecting a small piece of habitat in the core of this vulnerable region can save an entire species and provide a successful model for others to replicate.

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