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"Non Scholae Sed Truculenter Discimus."
A bit of Latin to help your brain get into learning mode!
Seneca originally said 'we learn not for school but for life', but we've adapted his quote with the help of Google Translate and it now means 'we learn not for school but for wildlife.'
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Below is a host of articles, written by our in-house conservation expert and co-founder Dr Rich, so hopefully there's something of interest for everybody!
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Nov 5, 20222 min read
Will COP 27 Deliver?
Another year, another Convention of the Parties coming together to fight climate change. But will COP 27 deliver? It seems unlikely. As...
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Oct 28, 20222 min read
The Prince of Wales and the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Prince William, now the Prince of Wales, spoke at the United for Wildlife Global Summit at London’s Science Museum, which brought...
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Jun 3, 20222 min read
The Les Miserables Paradox
Warning to readers; this is quite a niche blog topic! But as this blog has Latin at the start of it, this blog is perhaps the perfect...
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Mar 5, 20223 min read
A Blueprint to Protect Wildlife
We are enormously proud that one of our partner charities, the Pole Pole Foundation, was a finalist in the first Earthshot Prize. This...
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Dec 11, 20212 min read
Safari Rail
I was recently doing some work in Zambia and kept meeting conservationists with an interest in steam railways; it’s a an interest I share...
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Aug 6, 20212 min read
Countries with Oil get Filthy Rich While Countries with Elephants Remain Dirt Poor
I was on a video call with John Kahekwa this week and was reminded of something he’d said to me years ago, looking out over the town of...
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May 5, 20212 min read
Our Top 5 Wildlife Films
Everyone loves a good film, so we've listed our top 5 wildlife movies in this post. Some are fairly standard choices, but number 2 might...
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Apr 9, 20213 min read
Top 10 TED Talks About Wildlife Conservation
TED talks are a great way to learn about a whole range of topics, including wildlife conservation, so we’ve listed out the top 10 TED...
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Mar 1, 20214 min read
The Psychology of Conservation
How many people would click on a red box on a website homepage that says, ‘do not click here’? We put that box on our homepage with a...
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Jan 13, 20213 min read
What will 2021 bring for wildlife conservation?
2020 was a tough year for everyone as Covid-19 spread around the world and millions suffered illness, loss of loved ones, loss of jobs,...
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Nov 7, 20204 min read
Ethics Won’t Stop the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Many campaigns to bring an end to the illegal wildlife trade (IWT) focus on the ethics of killing animals for their parts, imploring...
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Jul 15, 20203 min read
It’s Time to Stop Arresting Wildlife Poachers
Imaging the following situation: a lion is found dead next to a cattle carcass that has been poisoned. Analysis of the scene points...
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Jun 14, 20201 min read
The Cookies that Save Lives
When most people think about cookies, they think about sugary biscuits (or the weird things that appear to be on every website but which...
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Apr 17, 20203 min read
Covid and the Collapse of Tourism and Conservation Funding
As people around the world remain in lockdown and the number of fatalities from the Coronavirus continues to rise, the human tool of this...
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Apr 16, 20201 min read
Conservation Crisis Reviews and Features
We've had a few reviews of our Conservation Crisis board game and app, so this blog brings together some of the the links to see the...
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Feb 3, 20201 min read
Wildlife Cartoons from Tunza Games
At a recent Conservation Optimism event about how framing affects communication, the host of the seminar, Ralph, used cartoons to share...
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Nov 25, 20194 min read
A Tusker Elephant and a Calf: how a big business is helping a small business save wildlife
We were fortunate to be in the 2018/19 cohort of the Allia serious impact incubator, which provides support to social enterprises....
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Nov 11, 20193 min read
Is Fake Rhino Horn a Fake Solution
A recent BBC article reported that researchers at the University of Oxford and Fudan University in China have found a way of making fake...
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Oct 17, 20192 min read
A Cup of Coffee a Week to Save Wildlife
International conservation initiatives are estimated to face a funding shortfall of $1 billion dollars a week or more (exact statistics...
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Sep 19, 20192 min read
Should Nature Documentaries Shock or Inspire?
Scientists recently published an article in the Journal People and Nature arguing that documentaries narrated by David Attenborough...
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Aug 30, 20191 min read
Engaging People
This is the tenth 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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Aug 30, 20191 min read
Wildlife Population Recovery
This is the ninth 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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Aug 30, 20191 min read
Wildlife Habitat
This is the eighth post in our series on the top 10 wildlife conservation challenges and solutions, to provide some quick and easy to...
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Aug 30, 20191 min read
Conservation and Corruption
This is the seventh post in our series on the top 10 wildlife conservation challenges and solutions, to provide some quick and easy to...
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Aug 30, 20191 min read
Illness and Injury
This is the sixth 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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Aug 30, 20191 min read
Misunderstanding
This is the fifth 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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Aug 30, 20191 min read
Human-Wildlife Conflict
This is the fourth post in our series on the top 10 wildlife conservation challenges and solutions, to provide some quick and easy to...
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Aug 30, 20191 min read
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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Aug 30, 20191 min read
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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Aug 30, 20191 min read
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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Aug 30, 20193 min read
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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Aug 30, 20193 min read
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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Aug 30, 20193 min read
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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Aug 30, 20192 min read
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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Aug 30, 20192 min read
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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Aug 30, 20192 min read
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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Aug 30, 20192 min read
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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Aug 30, 20192 min read
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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Aug 30, 20192 min read
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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Aug 30, 20192 min read
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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Aug 30, 20192 min read
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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Aug 30, 20191 min read
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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Aug 30, 20192 min read
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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Aug 30, 20192 min read
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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Aug 30, 20192 min read
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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