A Rocha is a Christian nature conservation organization, our name coming from the Portuguese for “the Rock,” as the first initiative was a field study centre in Portugal. A Rocha projects are frequently cross-cultural in character, and share a community emphasis, with a focus on science and research, practical conservation and environmental education. More...

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Can Kenya’s Dakatcha Woodland survive? 1 September 2010
The Dakatcha Woodland is an Important Bird Area on the coast, just north of the Sabaki River. It holds some of Kenya’s rarest birds, such as Clarke’s Weaver Ploceus golandi and Sokoke Pipit Anthus... (read more)

Community conservation – where and why? 1 September 2010
The new A Rocha International Annual Review for 2009-2010 is now online. Read about our community based conservation projects in many countries: reforestation in Ghana and Peru, wetland protection ... (read more)

The creation sings! 1 September 2010
A Rocha Lebanon and the Bible Society have produced a booklet and CD, ‘The Creation Sings’. This new resource for Arabic-speaking Christians highlights biblical verses on the care of creation and a... (read more)

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A Rocha International is Registered Charity No. 1136041 with the Charity Commission of England and Wales, Company House No. 6852417.

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