Species loss has always been a natural part of life. However, through habitat destruction, species introductions, pollution, over-exploitation and climate change, we are now facing our greatest extinction crisis since the dinosaurs were wiped out 65 million years ago. And as we diminish the world’s wealth of plants and animals, we are also creating less functional landscapes that are unable to satisfy human needs – for food, fuel and medicines – or provide vital ecological services.

A Rocha’s programmes help reverse biodiversity loss and restore habitats by grounding scientific expertise and theological principals in carefully chosen sites and the species that live there. For example: Asian Elephants - examining human-elephant conf