The destruction of our planet’s natural habitats is one of the biggest drivers of biodiversity loss. We must protect and restore at least 30% of the world’s land and sea to give nature a chance to rebound. We’ve already made a start.
The vital organs of our planet
Forests, mountains, rivers, the ocean – these landscapes and seascapes provide us with food, medicine, water, oxygen, inspiration and sanctuary. They are also home to our planet’s unique abundance of wildlife.
Habitat destruction takes many forms: conversion for agriculture, urban expansion, extractive industries, and pollution from human activities all individually and collectively pose an enormous threat to the Earth’s biodiversity and the benefits it provides to people.
As wetlands are drained, limestone hills are quarried, forests are felled and seabeds dredged, ever-growing numbers of plants and animals are running out of suitable habitat. Habitat destruction can lead to the migration of animals as they are forced to seek new homes, where they can face even bigger threats to their survival: conflict with humans.
Protecting and restoring habitats together
Fauna & Flora and our global partners fuse local and global knowledge to protect over 52 million hectares of habitat around the world. We work with the people living closest to nature, and those who rely on it most, to find the best means of protecting the environments we cannot afford to lose, for the benefit of all life on Earth.
High school students helping with Sombrero Island revegetation project. © Farah Mukhida / Anguilla National
High school students helping with Sombrero Island revegetation project, Anguila.
Our work that addresses habitat loss
TNFD: an opportunity for business to bend the curve on nature loss
Fauna & Flora’s Position on High Integrity Implementation of Nature-based Solutions and Use of NbS Carbon Credits
Biodiversity Credits – Fauna & Flora Position Statement
Freshwater discoveries offer fresh hope for critically endangered species
Pygmy hippo
Okapi
Protecting rare conifers and magnolias in northern Vietnam
Conserving threatened timber species in Belize
Six species on the brink - and how we can save them
Rolling news – Ten species to watch in 2023
Five amazing plants and the endangered animals that depend on them
Out of this world – Global award for saiga conservation initiative that’s visible from space
Biodiversity – It's more than just a 12-letter word
Missing poisson – The quest to save Europe’s rarest fish
Plight of the iguana – Tackling the illegal trade in rare Caribbean reptiles
Explained: What does biodiversity mean?
Annamites: The Amazon of Asia
Forest Protection in Pu Mat National Park, Vietnam
Conserving Virachey National Park’s forest ecosystem
Asia’s Amazon – Behold the bewildering biodiversity of the Annamites
Send in the clones – Replica geckos highlight the plight of super-rare lizard
Five good news conservation stories
Discovery channel - The iconic importance of new species in an age of biodiversity loss
Tale of the century - One hundred new species for Myanmar
Man of Príncipe: How a poacher turned turtle protector
Behind the scenes at the museum - Dynamic duo discovers new bat species
Our Green Planet – Giant water lilies and other wetland wonders
Our Green Planet - Resplendent rafflesia reigns supreme
Critically endangered deer triggers camera trap in Cambodia
Securing a Future for the World’s Threatened Trees - A Global Challenge
Out of our depth? Why deep seabed mining is not the answer to the climate crisis
Saiga saga - Signs of hope for the yo-yoing antelope
Root and branch reform - Protecting and restoring the world’s mangrove forests
Neglected species - Sturgeon on the brink
Collaboration Across the Landscape to Mitigate the impacts of development (CALM)
What is karst, and why should we care about it?
Where have all the flowers gone? The forgotten flora on the IUCN Red List
New primate species discovered as Myanmar monkey mystery unravels
New iguana species found hiding in plain sight
Sturgeon sensation - Dramatic double discovery of a fish on the brink of extinction
Black rhino population shows steady growth
Securing tulips and montane grassland in Kyrgyzstan
Conserving the critically endangered Tonkin snub-nosed monkey in Vietnam
Conserving fruit-and-nut forests in Central Asia
Village forest conservation in Kerinci Seblat buffer zone
Supporting community-based conservation in Scotland
Northern Aceh forest conservation
African elephant
Supporting the Overberg Renosterveld Conservation Trust, South Africa
Piloting REDD+ in the Wonegizi Landscape
Conserving Myanmar’s karst biodiversity
Protecting South Sulawesi karst landscapes
Conserving ‘ridge to reef’ in Papua, Indonesia
Conserving the Cat Ba langur in Cat Ba National Park
Conserving grey-shanked doucs in Vietnam’s central highlands
Conserving Delacour’s langur in Vietnam
Transboundary cao vit gibbon conservation in Cao Bang province
Conserving Siamese crocodiles in Cambodia
Conserving marine turtles and priority habitats in the Nicaraguan Pacific
Protecting rare conifers and magnolias in northern Vietnam
Community management of rare baobabs in Madagascar
Catalysing action for Indonesia’s threatened trees
Union Island conservation initiative
REDD+
Mining & energy
Black rhino
Delacour's langur
Eastern lowland gorilla
Grey wolf
Hornbills
Jaguar
Lansan tree
Wild magnolias
Myanmar snub-nosed monkey
Niedzwetzky’s apple
Saiga
Siamese crocodile
Sumatran tiger
Tonkin snub-nosed monkey
Union Island gecko
Yellow-naped amazon
A glimpse of Liberia’s secret biodiversity
Cao vit gibbon
Too precious to destroy
We must act quickly to stop vital natural habitats from being lost forever.
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Support usAerial view showing the impact of deforestation. © Ruben Bañuelos Bons / Fauna & Flora