AstroNutrition was started as a website dedicated to help people get healthier. We take pride in providing our customers with the best products possible, so they can achieve better health. With the success AstroNutrition has had in the past few years, we have been able to use our resources to help other causes. Recently we were able to donate $20,000 to help endangered species. After looking at a number of companies, we chose to work with Endangered Species International (ESI), who is a well established company that we believe will make the best of our funding.
Although there are a lot of causes that need attention, after looking at the senseless devastation afflicted on animals and some of the most important ecosystems we have left on our planet, it became clear that we wanted to dedicate our resources to this cause.
Its heart breaking to know that over 800 species have become extinct in recent years and more then 16,000 more species are threatened today. Not only does this mean we will never have the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of these creatures, but without them, our own ecosystem is threatened. Each species plays a vital role in keeping us alive, by purifying our water, recycling nutrients and pollinating crops they contribute to our ecosystem.
Endangered Species International has a diverse and qualified team with a successful track record of protecting and rebuilding our environment. With cutting edge strategies, they take action in populated and remote areas of the world. Some of the current projects they are working on are: saving the Palawan White Squirrel, the African Manatee and the Senegal River, protecting the endangered Balabac Mouse Deer, stopping the amphibian decline, protecting rainforests around the world, helping the Philippine Forest Turtle, stopping illegal wildlife trading, and saving biodiversity in Colombia and helping to improve Environmental Communication Development around the world.
The founder of ESI, Pierre Fidenci, contacted us regarding where our funding will help most. Here is what he said:
"We had a meeting 2 days ago at ESI and during our meeting we discussed in which project(s) we will allocate your donation.
We thought about allocating your donation to a newly discovered species of squirrel (the Palawan White Squirrel), which is with no doubt the worlds most endangered squirrel. It is only found in one small island, and threats include habitat destruction and rampant illegal trade as a pet. The second thought we had was to allocate your funds to our Balabac Island Project (between Borneo and Philippines) where we work on many fronts to preserve endangered biodiversity (stopping dynamite fishing, saving rainforest, conservation awareness in schools, studying the endangered mouse deer, etc.). There, we are also studying the question of creating a small conservation center to better coordinate all our activities and encourage local effort toward conservation. Third, we could also spread some of your funding for the Tarsier.
We are helping the Tarsier Foundation in Bohol Island but most important we are trying to locate areas in Mindanao (big island south of the Philippines) where Tarsier is also found and deforestation is rampant. We would like to create a natural reserve for the Tarsier in Mindanao where protection is urgently needed. By the way, I am glad that you liked the tarsier movie!
(http://www.youtube.com/user/endangeredspeciesint)
At the moment, we concentrate our conservation efforts in Western Africa (especially Senegal, Gabon, and Congo), Colombia, Nicaragua, Brazil (only species inventory expeditions), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, and the Mekong River Region (Laos and Cambodia).
At AstroNutrition, we feel that all of these projects are critical and we are proud to support them. We would like to thank our customers for helping to make this contribution possible.
Endangered Species International’s website has all the information you need on the background of extinction and the current and future endangered species problem we are facing. To learn more about this amazing non-profit and their efforts to save lives, please visit www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org.
