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Fuel-efficient stoves that cost $3 to make in Rwanda reduce the amount of fuel wood harvested from the rain forest by 75 percent. |
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buys an energy-efficient stove for a family in Rwanda, where critically endangered mountain gorillas and endangered chimpanzees are found in the wild. This reduces the demand on wood from the rain forest and the time to collect it, thus improving villagers’ quality of life. |
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buys a sweater and rain gear for a ranger in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National park, where a cadre of rangers works around the clock to protect one of the few remaining populations of mountain gorilla. Also:
• $100 buys 500 seedlings of native forest trees for forest restoration programs. |
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provides transportation, a snack and teacher time for a visit of 30 school students to a nature center in an ape range country. Also:
• $150 is the monthly salary for a nature center teacher.
• $150 provides boots, rain gear, field clothing and a back pack for a field assistant. |
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is the monthly salary and food budget for a field assistant or community game guard for a variety of ape field projects. |
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pays one month’s salary for “ape mothers,” animal care staff, maintenance staff and administrative staff of an ape sanctuary. |
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Source: Dr. Benjamin Beck, director of conservation for Great Ape Trust of Iowa. |
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Great Ape Trust is certified by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums
