The eleventh hour has passed. We must act now to bring the
Javan rhino back from the edge of extinction.
There are fewer than 100 Javan rhinos left on earth, all of which live in one place: Ujung Kulon National Park in Indonesia. Saving them from extinction is urgent – but possible.
Vulnerable to poaching, at the mercy of habitat destruction, and powerless to natural disasters, the Javan rhino is one of the rarest and most threatened large mammals on earth. Edge Group Conservation is on a mission to protect, recover and grow the population.
The Javan rhino is one of three species of rhino to be found in Asia, alongside the greater one-horned rhino and the Sumatran rhino. The remaining two rhino species, the black and white rhino, live in Africa.
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Ujung Kulon National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is a critical stronghold for 30 species of mammal on the world’s most populated island – Java.
Javan rhinos left on earth
km² of viable habitat for Javan rhinos within the Ujung Kulon peninsula
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Javan rhinos proven in court to have been poached between 2019 and 2023
Edge Group Conservation is developing a framework for extinction avoidance, so any species of animal, anywhere on Earth, can be brought back from the edge of extinction. Right now, there is no more critical a case than the Javan rhino, the world’s most threatened species of mega-herbivore, and the rarest rhino on earth.
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