Reach Out and Save the Orangutans Orangutan Outreach was founded in 2007 to bring attention to the crisis facing orangutans in the wild due to deforestation and the expansion of palm oil plantations into previously undisturbed areas of forest. Based in New York City, the organization collaborates with partners throughout Borneo and Sumatra. It has alsoContinue reading “Orangutan Outreach, Great Apes Conservation, Borneo, Sumatra, 2015/16”
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Almost Famous Award / 2016 Spring
Winner of Almost Famous Award / 2016 Spring:Save Vietnam’s Wildlife *** CLOSED *** Congratulations to Save Vietnam’s Wildlife who receives the SGD5,000 prize and big thank you to all the participants. About Winning Organization Save Vietnam’s Wildlife is a national non-profit organisation, committed to protecting and increasing populations of threatened wildlife in Vietnam by rescuing threatened animals, protectingContinue reading “Almost Famous Award / 2016 Spring”
Almost Famous Award / 2018 Spring
Giving Voice to Lesser Known Endangered Animal Species *** CLOSED *** About the Almost Famous Award Please visit the main Almost Famous Award page to learn more about the award and the past runs and winners. Prizes 1st place: SGD3,000 2nd place: SGD1,500 3rd place: SGD500 Deadline August 15, 2018 (SGT time) Nomination Criteria The species must be critically endangeredContinue reading “Almost Famous Award / 2018 Spring”
Almost Famous Award
Giving Voice to Lesser Known Endangered Animal Species *** This initiative/award is currently closed **** The Almost Famous Award gives a voice to animal species that most of us do not know exist and that we might not yet know enough about to keep them in existence. This award hopes to help raise awareness andContinue reading “Almost Famous Award”
Securing USD 8 Mio funding for Lemur Conservation, Madagascar
Supporting Primate Specialist Group The Bristol Zoological Society (BZS) is a UK-based conservation charity made up of three distinct parts: Bristol Zoo Gardens, a five-hectare zoo in the heart of Bristol; its Conservation Programmes and Conservation Science departments, which are responsible for its field conservation and scientific work; and the Wild Place Project—a new 55-hectare conservation-led zoologicalContinue reading “Securing USD 8 Mio funding for Lemur Conservation, Madagascar”
Makanpreneur Accelerator Program, 2017
Encouraging Sustainable Food Alternatives *** THIS INITIATIVE HAS BEEN CLOSED, 2017 *** We invite aspiring food entrepreneurs to apply for Makanpreneur (“Foodpreneur”), the first accelerator program to develop sustainable food alternatives, with total in-cash and in-kind support value of up to SGD60,000. How can the existing food system be improved for healthier, more affordable andContinue reading “Makanpreneur Accelerator Program, 2017”
Orangutan Outreach, Great Apes Conservation, Borneo, Sumatra, 2015/16
Reach Out and Save the Orangutans Orangutan Outreach was founded in 2007 to bring attention to the crisis facing orangutans in the wild due to deforestation and the expansion of palm oil plantations into previously undisturbed areas of forest. Based in New York City, the organization collaborates with partners throughout Borneo and Sumatra. It has alsoContinue reading “Orangutan Outreach, Great Apes Conservation, Borneo, Sumatra, 2015/16”
Inspiring Conservation News: MONGABAY
News and Inspiration from Nature’s Frontline Mongabay operates a widely popular conservation news and environmental science website that focuses on issues related to forests, wildlife, and oceans. Mongabay also runs Mongabay-Indonesia, a successful Indonesian-language environmental news service; WildMadagascar.org, a site that highlights the biological and cultural richness of Madagascar; and Tropical Conservation Science, an open-access journal that provides opportunities for scientistsContinue reading “Inspiring Conservation News: MONGABAY”
Cat Ba Langur Conservation Project: Only 53 Individuals Remaining
The Cat Ba Langur Conservation Project (CBLCP) was founded in 2000 to halt the impending extinction of the Cat Ba Langur (Trachypithecus Poliocephalus), a critically endangered leaf eating monkey endemic to Cat Ba Island off the shore of northern Vietnam. Since its initiation, the project has worked on species and habitat protection, law enforcement, population monitoring, environmental education,Continue reading “Cat Ba Langur Conservation Project: Only 53 Individuals Remaining”
Species on the Brink: One Voice for Stakeholder Engagement
Reversing the Decline in Species on the Brink of Extinction Asian Species Action Partnership (ASAP) is an interagency coalition to address the extinction risk among the most threatened non-marine vertebrates of Southeast Asia. Organizations within the international conservation community are joining forces to minimise impending extinctions in this area of the world, where habitat loss, tradeContinue reading “Species on the Brink: One Voice for Stakeholder Engagement”
Croeni Charity 