Food 7 Biodiversity Loss
The Tuungane Project was launched by The Nature Conservancy in 2012 to conserve Lake Tanganyika, its ecosystems and affected communities.
Forests are home to more than 80% of all terrestrial species of animals, plants, and insects. Plus, the forests that we support in Madagascar and Tanzania are critical biodiversity hotspots that are home to an exceptionally diverse range of endemic and threatened plant and animal species. Specifically, deforestation in Madagascar is threatening several species of the brown lemur with extinction, and the Mahale Ecosystem is home to 90% of Tanzania‘s 2800 endangered chimpanzees. Also, Lake Tanganyika, the world’s oldest and deepest tropical lake, is a top, global freshwater conservation priority, as it teems with fish found nowhere else on earth!
Biodiversity is declining faster than any other time in human history. The number of wildlife populations around the world has shrunk by nearly 70% in the last 50 years alone!
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