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Day 1 in Nepal: Tigers beginning to burn brighter
I manage WWF-UK’s support to programmes in three priority tiger landscapes, and I am currently in Nepal to visit our colleagues in the Terai Arc Landscape, and to see the programme in action. I will be travelling to a few National Parks, and meeting a range of people involved in tiger conservation. One person I [...]
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Leaders commit to conservation measures at Polar Bear Forum
Polar bear walking on pack ice in Spitsbergen, Norway Ministers and other national representatives made commitments today at the International Forum on Polar Bear Conservation in Moscow, Russia, that will help polar bears persist across their Arctic range. The commitments were made at a forum in Russia supported by WWF. “The Arctic States’ response goes [...]
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Polar bears descend on Moscow
This week, we’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of a turning point in global polar bear conservation. 40 years ago the polar bear countries – United States, Canada, Russia, Greenland (Denmark) and Norway – made forward-thinking conservation commitments that helped several polar bear populations stabilize and largely recover from the historic threat of over-harvest. The countries [...]
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Cat on the top of the world
Snow Leopards, arguably the world’s best looking cat. Quite some claim, considering cats are often regarded as the world’s most beautiful animals. I love them. Their short muzzle and domed forehead gives them a somewhat primitive look. Their exquisite camouflage is natures equivalent of Harry Potters invisibility cloak. They are the ultimate exotic mountain dweller, [...]
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A united front to protect our most precious resource
A recent visit with WWF-Brazil’s freshwater team to the Pantanal and Paraguay River Basin got me thinking…. Everyone knows that water is essential for life, but I often wonder if the reality of just how connected and vital freshwater is to our day to day lives is ever really given a second thought, unless we [...]
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gallery How a community in Kenya is selling carbon credits to save its local forests
It’s good to update you again on a busy couple of months here in Kwale, Kenya and the work we do which is supported through Size of Wales. I was recently at the launch of some brilliant work, supported by WWF, which is going to benefit local people and wildlife, as well as helping the world [...]
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Negotiating the road ahead: Indigenous Amazonians and the 21st century
Standing on the east bank of the Beni River in northern Bolivia, I wondered how the afternoon might unfold. With my colleague Marcela, I was waiting for the boat that would take us to the town of San Buenaventura on the opposite bank. The road from San Buenaventura north to the town of Ixiamas is [...]
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Water meters – a misunderstood money saver.
Water meters get a bad press, often being blamed for rises in costs and a way for water companies to extract more money from the hard pressed consumer. I see it from another side- water meters mean a household pays for what it uses, not what other people assume it uses. More often than not, [...]
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Scientist discovers a “new” rain forest in Mozambique
It was with a sense of wonder that I watched a video recently shared by Google showcasing the scientific discovery by Dr Julian Bayliss and Flora and Fauna International (FFI) of a “hidden” rainforest on Mount Mabu in northern Mozambique. Dr Bayliss spotted the rainforest using Google Earth and following a little research discovered that [...]
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Don’t hold your breath!
Can you remember as a child being so excited about something that you found yourself holding your breath? Well I feel like I’ve been holding my breath every day for weeks now, as we wait to hear the government’s announcement of new marine protected areas – so-called Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) – to protect some [...]
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