Join us on Friday, July 19 at 10AM (PDT) for a Closer Look at the conservation work done by Niassa Lion Project (NLP) and Grevy's Zebra Trust (GZT). While they protect species from different ends of the food chain, each organization recognizes the critical value of all wildlife. Peter Lalampaa, GZT’s new Executive Director, will engage with Agostinho Jorge, NLP’s Conservation Director, and Andrew Mkanage, NLP’s Senior Education Manager, to discuss the state of Africa’s conservation efforts and the importance of community and collaboration. Register below! https://hubs.ly/Q02Hb6LB0
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WCN protects endangered wildlife by supporting conservationists who ensure wildlife and people co-exist and thrive.
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Founded in 2002, Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN) is dedicated to protecting endangered species and preserving their natural habitats. We support innovative strategies for people and wildlife to co-exist and thrive. We partner with independent, community-based conservationists around the world and provide them with the capital and tools they need to develop solutions for human-wildlife coexistence. WCN's conservationists actively engage local people as effective stewards of their environment and work in a culturally-respectful manner to ensure that conservation skills and values will be passed on to future generations.
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Promising progress for a wildlife crossing at Rocks Ranch! This crucial wildlife crossing in Santa Cruz, CA will protect local biodiversity, reconnect fragmented habitats, and ensure safe passage for native species. We're thrilled to be part of this initiative, helping our wild neighbors thrive in their mountain home. Caltrans Land Trust of Santa Cruz County
𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖 𝘾𝙧𝙪𝙯 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙮: 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 Caltrans is thrilled to partner with Land Trust of Santa Cruz County and others to support the wildlife in our region. Rocks Ranch is crucial for the well-being of local wildlife, and creating a wildlife crossing here is a significant step in connecting their habitats. This is especially important for pumas and other animals whose homes have been impacted by highways and development. By working together, we can make a positive impact on the environment and help ensure the survival of these important species. Thank you to Land Trust of Santa Cruz County for joining us in this important initiative. 🎥 Video: Courtesy of Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, Pathways for Wildlife and UCDavisVetMed #Caltrans #WildlifeCrossing #Conservation #CoExistence
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Some amazing work is being done to conserve nature in Africa, and it is important to celebrate good news. Here, I briefly reflect on the bright prospects of Zambia's magnificent Kafue ecosystem. A big thank you to Zambia, DNPW and all the NGO partners making this happen. The Lion Recovery Fund is proud to be a significant supporter of conservation efforts in the Kafue ecosystem. For more information, here is a blog I wrote on Kafue a while back: https://lnkd.in/dZeVh8mr
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The Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA) could be a game-changer for biodiversity in the US. With 1/3 of our plants and animals at risk, this $1.39 billion annual investment would empower state and tribal agencies to protect habitats, save endangered species, and create jobs. From reviving bird populations to safeguarding bat habitats, RAWA offers an opportunity for US wildlife to recover and thrive. Securing a future for wildlife isn’t about conservation alone—it's about the combined power of legislation, public-private collaboration, and conservation action. https://lnkd.in/gxTk9Hcb
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Conservation works. New research shows conservation efforts are working to protect species and ecosystems worldwide. From managing invasive predators, to preserving rainforests in the Amazon, targeted actions are making a real difference. With continued support and funding, we can turn the tide on biodiversity loss. Every action counts 🌏 https://hubs.ly/Q02FFvz_0
First-of-its-kind study shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss
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"When people see penguins, they smile. We need to use that natural connection to change the perception towards the environment, to change our habitat and our behaviors." If anyone knows penguins, it's Dr. Pablo 'Popi' Garcia Borboroglu, Founder and President of Global Penguin Society. Renegade Marketers Unite interviewed Popi about his lifelong purpose of protecting penguins, and the vital role these remarkable birds play in the health of our oceans and planet. Listen to the podcast: https://hubs.ly/Q02D2fsc0
Renegade Marketers Unite: Top Rated Podcast for CMOs: 400: Penguins, Purpose, and Perseverance
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Why are national parks so important for biodiversity? Because of something called biodiversity 'spillover'. When the species protected within a park thrive, their populations can spread to areas outside the park's protected boundaries, increasing the biodiversity of surrounding habitats. This interconnectivity highlights why effective conservation must take a holistic approach encompassing entire ecosystems and communities. Without initiatives that consider the wider habitat, we lack a solid foundation to recover vulnerable species in need of protection. Preserving biodiversity requires looking beyond park borders to the interconnected whole. https://hubs.ly/Q02CxcGQ0
UM Research: National Parks Support Wildlife Inside and Outside Their Borders
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It's incredible to see such progress in lion recovery thanks to the work of African Parks Network with support from our Lion Recovery Fund (LRF). With continued monitoring and research, we hope the lions of South Sudan will make a strong and sustainable comeback.
This video captured by our partners, the Lion Recovery Fund shows four lions spotted from a recent surveillance flight in Boma and Badingilo national parks in Eastern South Sudan. It's exciting to see signs of a healthy lion population within these parks where little is known of the distribution and status of lions in South Sudan. That is why through the support of the Lion Recovery Fund, we have been collaring lions here to understand their movements, habitat-use and survival rates. Last year, our team collared four lions, the data from which continuously help us make informed conservation and management decisions to help better protect them in this landscape. #Boma #Badingilo #LionConservation
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We are excited to share that 120 Southern white rhino have just been successfully translocated to member reserves of the Greater Kruger Environmental Protection Foundation (GKEPF) in Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces, South Africa. This translocation is the second move to occur under our Rhino Rewild initiative, an ambitious plan to rewild 2,000 southern white rhino into secure protected areas in Africa over the next decade, and this marks the first reintroduction of rhino into this landscape in 50 years!! GKEPF was established in 2016 in response to the rise in rhino poaching in the Greater Kruger. Today, the area is home to the world’s largest wild rhino population, spanning 2.5 million hectares of unfenced wilderness. Moving 120 rhino here to be rewilded comes at a time when poaching rates within GKEPF reserves have significantly declined, indicating the effectiveness of their security and anti-poaching measures. The safety of these translocated rhino is at the forefront for everyone involved, and where the risks have been well-calculated. The rhino are coming in dehorned, individually monitored, and are entering a well-networked protected system. These 120 southern white rhino are coming from the 2,000 we rescued last year from a failed business venture. Our goal? To rewild them all to well-managed and secure protected areas and contribute to wild, functioning ecosystems in Africa over the next decade. To learn more about this move and Rhino Rewild, click here: https://bit.ly/4bR8h1S #RhinoRewild #GKEFP #AfricanPark #RhinoRecoveryFund
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Exciting new elephant research discovery! Well done to all involved!
Our groundbreaking new collaborative study on African elephant communication has revealed that just like us, elephants have names for each other too! Our research, carried out in Kenya by a team from ElephantVoices, Save the Elephants and Colorado State University, used machine learning to reveal that elephants address each other with individually specific calls dubbed ‘vocal labels.’ Our study, which provides unprecedented insights into animal cognition and the evolution of language, has today been published in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature Ecology & Evolution. Elephants, like humans, maintain strong bonds with family members and associates, and it now seems that they have independently evolved a sophisticated mechanism for individually addressing them. Our findings suggest that features in the social environments that are common to both human and elephant ancestors may have led them to develop this rare ability. During the study, we recorded vocalisations from individually known wild African elephants from two different populations in Kenya: Amboseli National Park, where the Amboseli Trust for Elephants has studied elephants for five decades and where most of the calls in the ElephantVoices database were recorded and Samburu National Reserve, where Save the Elephants has its main research base. The ultimate dataset comprised 469 distinct calls. Among these, 101 unique callers and 117 unique receivers were identified. Our colleagues at Colorado State University and Save the Elephants used a type of machine learning algorithm known as a Random Forest, to uncover a distinctive "vocal label" in elephant calls, similar to a name. When these calls were played back, the elephants responded energetically to those addressed to them, approaching the source and vocalising in response - further supporting the existence of ‘vocal labels’. Calls meant for others were met with less enthusiasm and reduced vocalisation, highlighting elephants’ capability to recognize and respond to their own names. Our findings add to a growing list of capabilities that further our understanding of elephants’ cognitive and communicative sophistication. There is a link to the full scientific paper in our press release: https://lnkd.in/dt78D2aA
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