The Nature Conservancy2016年年度报告.pdf

1、This lone orangutan on the island of Borneo represents the worlds largest tree-dwelling animal.It shares 97 percent of our DNA.Eighty-five percent of the remaining 61,000 orangutans are facing a crisis in habitat.Industrial timber,mining and the rapidly growing oil palm industry are destroying the o

2、rangutans forest faster than anywhere else on earth,and the species very existence is at risk.The forces that threaten orangutans also threaten people,by degrading fragile lands and waters and releasing tons of carbon into an already warming atmosphere.The Nature Conservancy is taking action to brin

3、g diverse people to the table to forge large-scale solutions in places like Indonesias East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo(see page 58);its what defines us an organization.This orangutan is also a symbol of our shared conservation agendato realize a world where people and nature thrive together.

4、ABOUT OUR COVER:The cover image was shot by field biologist and photographer Tim Laman with a remote camera he installed with ropes in the treetop and triggered from the forest floor.A similar image from this shoot won Laman the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award from Londons Natura

5、l History Museum.Our World in a Climate of Change2016 ANNUAL REPORTConserving the lands and waters on which all life depends.To learn more about the Conservancys work in more than 69 countriesand all 50 U.S.states,visit nature.org.2017 The Nature Conservancy.Printed in Richmond,Virginia,by Worth Hig

6、gins&Associates on Forest Stewardship Council-certified Sappi McCoy Silk 10%post-consumer-waste paper,produced with 100%Green-e-certified renewable energy.WOCRD1678FSC FPOA final offer of gratitude goes to those who so cherished nature and valued The Nature Conservancys work during their lives that