Undoing the damage

Harapan Rainforest is a forest under threat, and if we don't act now, this rainforest and its amazing wildlife will be gone in five years. Saving it is a huge challenge but with your help and our expertise it can be saved.

How we will do it

The RSPB and its partners have already spent years fighting to protect the rainforest in Sumatra. Find out how we've done it and what we plan to do over the next 50 years.

The local communities

Traditionally, most local communities used the rainforest for gathering products such as rattan, resins and honey for their own use and for trade. Few forest-dependent people in central Sumatra are now able to follow a traditional way of life.

An incredible richness of life

Tropical rainforests are phenomenally rich in wildlife; home to almost three-quarters of the world's known land-based plants and animals. Harapan Rainforest is no exception. This rainforest is part of the Sumatran lowland forest, the richest in plantlife in the world and home to a stunning array of birds and wildlife. Harapan Rainforest represents one sixth of Sumatra's remaining lowland rainforests.

Our ambitious project to restore habitat of this scale and importance is not a task undertaken lightly. The success of this campaign will depend on your support.

Now watch the video

Why is it so important to help us Save the Sumatran rainforest? Watch our video and see what could be lost if nothing is done to stop the destruction.

We can save it

In the past few decades, Sumatra's lowland forests have shrunk dramatically, from 16 million hectares in 1900 to just 500,000-600,000 hectares today. With your support we can stop this destruction.

Where is Sumatra?

Sumatra lies north-west of Australia between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is one of the 17,508 islands that form the world's largest chain of islands, Indonesia.

Free desktops

Show your support for the campaign by downloading one of our free Save the Sumatran rainforest desktops.