A species is classified as endangered when its population has declined between 50 and 70 percent and when its population is restricted to less than 250 mature individuals. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), over 16,300 species are currently endangered, threatened with extinction.
In 2023, my collection entitled "Endangered" will focus on eight different endangered animals with the aim of increasing awareness and raising money for conservation organizations. For each animal I will create a number of original pieces with 70–100% of the proceeds from the sale of these originals going to the conservation organizations. Additionally, I will donate 100% of proceeds from selected prints sales, forever.
Purchases will help raise awareness and provide vital support in the conservation of these endangered animals.
In 2023, my collection entitled "Endangered" will focus on eight different endangered animals with the aim of increasing awareness and raising money for conservation organizations. For each animal I will create a number of original pieces with 70–100% of the proceeds from the sale of these originals going to the conservation organizations. Additionally, I will donate 100% of proceeds from selected prints sales, forever.
Purchases will help raise awareness and provide vital support in the conservation of these endangered animals.
The Orangutan
Fewer than 14,000 Sumatran orangutans and 800 Tapanuli orangutans remain in the wild. Both species are classified as Critically Endangered, with the Tapanuli orangutan considered the most endangered great ape in the world. Orangutans can live for over 40 years, but an average female will have only three offspring in her lifetime. This makes them extremely vulnerable to disturbances and slow to recover from reduced population levels.
The Sumatran Orangutan Society's mission is to protect orangutans, their forests and their future. They do this via three goals:
The Sumatran Orangutan Society's mission is to protect orangutans, their forests and their future. They do this via three goals:
- PROTECT - keep existing rainforests secure and stable, ensuring a home for Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutans to enable their existing communities to thrive.
- CONNECT - create "corridors" between fragmented areas of rainforest so that groups of orangutans are not isolated from each other.
- REWILD - help degraded rainforest landscapes to recover by healing the land and planting a diverse range of trees and other fauna, creating even more space for orangutans to thrive.
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Orangutans need resilient, connected rainforest landscapes so they can travel through the canopy and find a mate, stay safe from the pacing tigers below and build tree-top nests for them and their young. As part of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration, the Sumatran Orangutan Society is supporting forest-edge communities and frontline partners to rewild 10,000 hectares of orangutan habitat by 2030.
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