Articles tagged ‘conservation’
Snow Leopard Vodka Fund New Conservation Projects
By Linda | February 22nd, 2008 |
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The boutique Snow Leopard Vodka has announced it will be funding two new conservation projects in conjunction with the International Snow Leopard Trust of Seattle, USA.
The first project intends to teach the children of Kyrgyzstan in an eco-camp to educate them about their mountain’s fragile ecosystem and how their input is needed in the future [...]
Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Home to Africa’s Mountain Gorillas
By Linda | January 2nd, 2008 | Add a Comment »
In a desperate attempt to save Africa’s dwindling wildlife from poachers, ranger John Kahekwa of the Congo’s Kahuzi-Biega National Park set up a community-based conservation programme in the hope of encouraging ecotourism.
Originally a tracker at the park, Kahekwa was responsible for taming lowland gorillas, in a way. He would ‘habituate’ them to the presence of [...]
Good News for the Rain Forest in Brazil
By Mary | December 5th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Brazil announced yesterday it will protect a huge part of its tropical forest, bigger than England… about 58,000 square miles.
“I cannot remember any single announcement like this,” said José Maria Cardoso da Silva, vice president of science for Conservation International (CI)-Brazil. “This is one of the major conservation announcements of the last decades.” Adalberto Verissimo, [...]
