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All things Bright and Blogderful!
Below we have all of our blogs in one place, the funny and the educational combined!


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Funding
This is the third post in our series on the top 10 wildlife conservation challenges and solutions, to provide some quick and easy to read...


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Poverty Poaching
This is the second post in our series on the top 10 wildlife conservation challenges and solutions, to provide some quick and easy to...


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The Illegal Wildlife Trade
This is the first post in our series on the top 10 wildlife conservation challenges and solutions, to provide some quick and easy to read...


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What is a Wildlife Fence and Why is it Important?
Wildlife fences come in many different forms, but they are all broadly designed to achieve the same goal; stop wildlife entering people’s...


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After recent kidnappings in Congo, what next for gorilla tourism?
Last week two British tourists were kidnapped in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the female ranger they...


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Can a Hashtag Save Wildlife?
There seems to be hashtag for almost everything these days, some more effective than others. The #metoo movement has gained significant...


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The Heroes on the Frontline of Wildlife Conservation
Recent news has been very bad for rangers working in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 18 rangers were kidnapped in...


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Could Guerrillas be the key to protecting Gorillas?
Most people do not associate war and wildlife. Although wildlife documentaries may show conflicts between animals, such as among male...


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Sudan the Phoenix - can technology and human will bring rhinos back from extinction?
As readers of Greek mythology (and Harry Potter!) will know, a phoenix is a mythical bird that combusts into flames at the end of its...


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Drones and Wildlife Conservation
Drones are being used for all sorts of things these days, some more ethically than others; delivering blood in Rwanda is probably the...


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Tourists Help Save Gorillas in Congo
I was lucky enough to attend a Wild Frontiers event at the Royal Geographical Society last week, where Kate Humble spoke about her time...


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Coltan: the hidden element in all our phones that threatens the survival of gorillas
You may have read about coltan in the press over the past few years or seen something about it on the news. The mineral is mined in the...


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Animals and Fitness
Many people will have been dieting and doing dry January to recover from the excesses of Christmas, as well as thinking about how to keep...


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How does giving someone a job save wildlife?
We get asked a lot of questions when people playing Conservation Crisis, most of which are about real-world conservation issues they find...


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Board Games Show Importance of Sleep
A study conducted into the effects of a lack of sleep on brain function have been carried out using a range of board games. Games form...


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Why Grown Ups Should Play More Games
Most of us will have played card and board games when we were kids, with our families at home and friends in school, and possibly into...


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Children and Gaming – a Parent’s Guide
In this blog we've included a few ideas about how parents can get the best out of games for their kids. 1) Use games to help brain...


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Conservation Crisis and Jumanji
With the imminent release of the updated Jumanji film, it seems like a good time to see the links between the film and Conservation...
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