Pages tagged with “endangered”

• Dive deeper, aim higher, fly further!

  By Olivia Taylor In the spirit of engaging young people who are involved in conservation, please see below a third blog from Olivia Taylor who is giving her own perspective on shark conservation in South Africa. The first time you see a shark in open water and all you have on is a skimpy costume, diving fins and a mask,…

• What an action packed 6 months!

  Six months ago we held a one of a kind event at London Zoo in aid of the Zoological Society of London’s (ZSL) EDGE of Existence programme and the unique and endangered species it works to conserve.  We had penguins and champagne, llamas and cocktails and a bicycle rickshaw ride around the zoo. A lot has happened in the six…

• CITES CoP 16 – a step in the right direction in preventing the trade of endangered species

  The recent meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP 16) for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has been hailed, by some, as the most successful CITES CoP in decades. The previous CITES CoP, held in 2010, is well remembered for its failure to list any of the proposed six deserving…

• Olivia the Bearded Vulture: Not everything goes well in conservation…

  By Olivia Taylor The Bearded Vulture is dying out in Southern Africa. One day, all we will have are photographs to remind us of the amazing creatures that once flew in our skies. Regrets and the further erosion of our environment is highly unnecessary. There are less than 100 bearded vulture nesting pairs left.  The Ezemvelo Bearded Vulture Project commenced…

• Amphibian Survival Alliance

  ASA is a network of organisations with the common goal of addressing the global amphibian crisis, and is the first organisation tasked with saving a whole branch of the tree of life.

• EDGE Fellows

  Since 2007 EDGE has provided small grants, training and technical advice to 17 future conservation leaders in 14 countries. Each Fellow has undertaken a two-year applied research or conservation project…

• EDGE of Existence: Slender Loris

  The Red Slender Loris is ranked 22 out of over 4,000 mammals by the EDGE of Existence programme. This means that the Loris is globally endangered and evolutionary distinct.

• Species

  ‘If the biota, in the course of aeons, has built something we like but do not understand, then who but a fool would discard seemingly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering’. Aldo Leopold, Round River, 1953 A large proportion of research and financial support for conservation is directed towards ‘charismatic’ species.…