Tag Archives: Partner organisations

The First Scottish Bird Fair

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Interested in Wildlife? Do you love the Outdoors? Are you an avid birder, with interests in raptor species, garden birds or just simply a nature lover? Nothing better than spending the weekend at the first ever Scottish Bird Fair which was held at the famous Hopetoun House on the outskirts of Edinburgh (19th & 20th of

On Arbor Day: Nature Conservancy Plant’s a Billion Trees

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We celebrate Arbor Day this Friday, the 27th of April. This day we join hands to celebrate our forest around the world, renew the air we breathe, help to maintain a healthy climate and sustain all life on Earth.  The Arbor Day Derived from the Latin name  ”Arbor” meaning Tree, this day is celebrated around the world

On Earth Day - We track the Snow Leopard Trust

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All over the world, 22nd of April is celebrate as the Earth Day. Thanks to the origin and credits to Gaylord Nelson, who was the US Senator from Wisconsin and he witnessed the 1969 Santa Barbara (California) oil spill. This environmental catastrophe made him organise an environmental teach-in or an educational forum which led to

Campaigning for Cetacean Conservation: Meet Nicole McLachlan

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This week on our ‘Wild Mentors’ section our attention is on a young earth hero. A person who has in a very early life committed herself to saving the last remaining marine ecology that we have left in this planet. Wild Navigator welcomes Nicole McLachlan from Australia. Wild Navigator interview’s a Q/A session with  Nicole:

Using Tourism as a Tool for Sustaining Biodiversity Conservation

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Biodiversity can be rightly described as ”diversity of life on planet earth”.  It is a collection of all living things, the places, their existence. According to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Biodiversity is a key tourism asset for many developing countries worldwide. It is directly responsible for 40% of the world’s economy, particularly in

Sign a Petition to Save the Great Indian Bustard - ‘Wild Wednesday’

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This ‘Wild Wednesday’ we focus our attention on saving a species that is currently down to the last remaining numbers. The Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) population was commonly found and widespread across India and parts of Pakistan, today a mere 300 individuals survive and this species is nearing to the brink of extinction. Facts of

Another Gibbon family relocation by WTI / IFAW Team

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Following the first relocation of the Hoolock Gibbon pair to a new habitat in Arunachal Pradesh, India (view earlier guest post) - The team at Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and their partner organisation at International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) relocated another family of gibbons to the same habitat at Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary (Arunachal

Pair of Gibbon’s relocated to a new site at Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary - WTI / IFAW

Our guest post this week looks at a successful effort of translocation by the team at Wildlife Trust of India and their partners IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare).  Their teams were successful in the recent relocation of a Hoolock Gibbon pair to a new site at Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary. Living near the village of

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