Project goals

• Renaturation of tropical ecosystems
• Knowledge transfer about autonomy and sustainable lifestyles to reduce poverty and exploitation
• Wildlife management as a stable source of income
• Strategic reforestation through the creation of corridors between the last remaining forest patches
• Animal welfare and rehabilitation: knowledge transfer about the behavioral requirements of wild animals, return from captivity to their original habitats
• Pride in existing natural resources versus illegal wildlife trade
• Cooperation with initiatives that aim to raise awareness of the needs of living creatures
• Sharing functional models instead of competition within conservation work

Key values

• Respect for all living beings in the ecosystem
• Ecological, social and economic sustainability & livability, as defined in the UN report “Our common future” (1987) and in Ott/Döring “Theory and practice of strong sustainability” (2008)
• Cooperation instead of competition