“Oh Koto malama anie eo e…” (Be careful, Koto, the road is slippery)! It is a rainy day in Mandrivany village in South Eastern Madagascar as the two children gamboling along the road ahead Caroline Rojotahina mimic characters, Bao and Koto from the...
Today is Endangered Species Day, when people across the USA celebrate national conservation efforts to protect the country’s imperilled species and their habitats.
With a goal of increasing the population to 300 pairs by 2025, there are already good signs numbers of Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) are approaching stabilisation.
In thinking about tiger conservation, and as is the case with most species that IUCN tries to conserve with SOS, one must address species, human and habitat issues – and do so in an integrated way.
Brussels, Belgium, 6 April 2017 (IUCN) – Protecting lions, cheetahs and other iconic African species by helping local communities coexist with these predators is the goal of a new 12 million euro programme, funded by the European Commission, to be...
“These youths now have all the skills and tools they need to implement their project. Now they can start earning a living without using fire. Less fire means more habitat for protecting Mangabe’s lemurs species”, comments Jessica Raharimalala of...
The futures of Madagascar's youth and its lemurs are intertwined. In a country where 60% of the population is under 25, widespread poverty is driving unsustainable use of natural resources such as forests and wetlands. This is placing increased...
