Orang-utan in my bedroom
Monday, November 12th, 2018[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=81&v=fWGLlFXd7lQ[/embed]
Archive for the ‘Conservation’ Category
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=81&v=fWGLlFXd7lQ[/embed]
Education for Conservation in West Papua
Monday, September 11th, 2017[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKUWe2diqnQ&inf_contact_key=0451cfeb3aaee8024277dc16fcf6b7cfe8048e84f2dbc12d736118705b04bbe4[/embed] This colourful ship in the photo behind the two happy snorkelling kids is the Kalabia. She cruises around Raja Ampat in West Papau engaging the natural curiosity of children in order to teach them about conservation, which in turn helps build community knowledge and awareness, pride, love, and a sense ...
Whale art installation in the Philippines
Friday, May 26th, 2017A massive whale is unveiled on the shores of Sea Side Beach Resort in Naic, Cavite, Luzon, Philippines. The 15m x 3m blue whale, which looked to be in the late stages of decomposition, captured the attention of nearby communities and beachgoers. As groups gathered to haul off the dead whale, they ...
Indonesian villages powered by locally sourced sustainable energy
Monday, February 13th, 20177 February 2017 / Della Syahni - Mongabay A Pandansari resident tends mangroves plants. Photo by Donny Iqbal Indonesia’s national energy strategy relies on large fossil-fuel plants, but remote villages show alternatives are possible. An estimated 1.6 million poor households in Indonesia are not connected to the electricity grid. Indonesia's national energy plan, which ...
Wild Haven of Cambodia
Tuesday, February 7th, 2017[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vre4RfedSg[/embed]
BEFORE THE FLOOD: Can the Bunong Culture Survive Cambodia’s Sesan II Dam?
Friday, February 3rd, 2017Published on Mongabay, 27 January 2017: Story and photo by Luc Forsyth Divided by promises of compensation, ethnic minority villages in northeastern Cambodia face relocation for a hydropower dam.When completed, the Lower Sesan II dam will inundate 36,000 hectares (89,000 acres) of forest and force 5,000 people to relocate, activists say. The ...
Cambodia Wildlife preview – Wildlife Alliance
Sunday, November 13th, 2016[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZMgZUR8Bt8[/embed]
Endangered Gibbons Released Near Angkor Wat
Monday, October 10th, 2016[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w_NOfOnLjc[/embed]
Wildlife caught on camera trap in Thailand’s Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary
Thursday, January 22nd, 2015Published on Jan 13, 2015 This is a compilation of videos taken from two different cameras set up in Thailand's Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary in Surat Thani province in July 2014. This incredible habitat is still brimming with rare wildlife. Full story on Mangobay
The Mekong River with Sue Perkins
Monday, November 24th, 2014To those of you in the UK, please watch this - Pailinesque travelogue with lots of useful, insightful knowledge about the wonderful Mekong River and the dangers it faces from over exploitation. Watch on iPlayer
Tiger traffickers busted in Indonesia
Friday, November 7th, 2014Two online merchants of tiger parts have been arrested in Indonesia. The bust was the result of a coordinated effort between local and national authorities, and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) which supports 'Wildlife Crimes Units' operating throughout the country. The arrests are a small success in the battle to ...
“Too many people”: Philippine island being deforested despite extensive protections
Friday, November 7th, 2014Almost completely covered in Protected Areas, Palawan lost 6.4 percent of its tree cover in just over a decade. About an hour and a half plane ride from the Philippine capital Manila is a long, narrow island home to about a quarter of all the animal species found in the country. ...
Meet Wild Elephants in Laos
Saturday, October 25th, 2014The Elephant Conservation Centre (ECC) in Sayaboury, Laos, is a program dedicated to helping protect the endangered Asian elephant, helping to preserve this endangered species. Launched in connection with the NGO ElefantAsia, the ECC is creating an elephant nursery, offering access to veterinary care at a permanent hospital and training ...
Elephant Valley Project, Cambodia
Tuesday, October 14th, 2014For an original elephant experience, visit the Elephant Valley Project. The project entices local mahouts to bring their over‐worked or injured elephants to this sanctuary, where, in the words of project coordinator, Jack Highwood, ‘they can learn how to act like elephants again.’ A Briton with a contagious passion for ...
Irrawaddy Dolphin Watching in Cambodia
Tuesday, October 14th, 2014The freshwater Irrawaddy dolphin is an endangered species throughout Asia, with shrinking numbers inhabiting stretches of the Mekong River in Cambodia and Laos, and isolated pockets in Myanmar. The dark blue to grey cetaceans grow to 2.75m long and are recognisable by their bulging foreheads and small dorsal fins. They ...
