5 ways we’re protecting unique wildlife in France’s overseas territories
More than 80 percent of France’s biodiversity is located in just five overseas territories: French Guiana, Réunion Island, Martinique, Saint-Martin and Mayotte. But forestry, mining, urban sprawl,...
View ArticleProtecting the forest giants
Deep within the rainforests of São Tomé and Príncipe hides a slow-moving, gentle giant: the Obô Snail Archachatina bicarinata. You may have encountered giant African land snails before, or even kept...
View ArticleAlbatross Stories welcomes a new star
Bird Island is the place to be! As always, it is go go go down on South Georgia – although it is particularly the case at this time of year. Home to four out of the world’s 22 albatross species, there...
View ArticleMyanmar shorebirds get four-fold expansion in protected wetland
Twenty years ago, few conservationists knew about the Gulf of Mottama and the secrets hidden within its complex coastline. Its location in southern Myanmar is, like many parts of the country, rugged...
View ArticleLiving with albatross: Bird Island human stars – Part Two
We continue our conversation with Alex Dodds, one of British Antarctic Survey’s albatross field assistants based on the frontline of albatross conservation, Bird Island in South Georgia. You can...
View ArticleWe are all connected – for worse, but also for better
If anything can show us how connected the planet is, it’s this. Inadvertent actions that took place in one little market in Wuhan, China have caused Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and...
View ArticleA look back at BirdLife Africas World Wildlife Day celebrations 2020
World Wildlife Day is celebrated in March every year to raise awareness of the world’s wild flora and fauna. The day also marks the signing of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes of Grey Headed Albatross Tracking – Filling Knowledge Gaps
Bird Island. An exposed, raw, isolated island in South Georgia. Although only under 5km in length and reaching 800m at its widest point, this island gets its name for a reason. Bird Island is home to...
View ArticleWhy we need space for nature on all farms
In order to survive, birds and bees, fauna and flora, need space: a natural habitat, a home. This simple yet fundamental need is being trampled upon by intensive agriculture. Intensive,...
View ArticleWhy we need space for nature on farms
In order to survive, birds and bees, fauna and flora, need space: a natural habitat, a home. This simple yet fundamental need is being trampled upon by intensive agriculture. Intensive,...
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