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Mastercard Wildlife Impact Card
Mastercard Wildlife Impact Card, Mastercard Wildlife Impact Card Conservation International and Mastercard are partnering to protect wildlife and their critical habitats for the long-term benefit of people, have introduced the Wildlife Impact Card global program, which enables consumers to help protect wildlife habitats, including those that are home to many Critically Endangered Species. Mastercard® Wildlife Impact payment cards are designed to give people with a passion for nature
REPORT- Detection Tools to Combat Wildlife Trafficking
REPORT- Detection Tools to Combat Wildlife Trafficking, Wildlife Trafficking Detection Tools Best Practices and Application, “Wildlife Trafficking Detection Tools: Best Practices and Application, to detect wildlife contraband, with a focus on intercepting rhino horn in transit. Developed through the Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders program, in partnership with United for Wildlife, the report aims to help customs enforcement, border authorities, wildlife agencies, the private sector
New tech could transform science of wildlife ‘selfies’
New tech could transform science of wildlife ‘selfies’, selfies have provided scientists an unequaled view into the homes (and habits) of wildlife, is critical to crafting smart policies for wildlife conservation, according to Jorge Ahumada, lost opportunity for conservation.” That is all about to change, thanks to Wildlife Insights, a cloud, Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Wildlife Conservation Society, The North Carolina, of the opportunity to see or analyze it. Wildlife Insights offers a crucial incentive for persuading
Meet a scientist: Using tech to advance wildlife conservation
Meet a scientist: Using tech to advance wildlife conservation, . Now, as Conservation International’s senior wildlife conservation scientist, Ahumada uses technology to track wildlife species around the world and ensure the data is available to craft smart policies, on TV to studying them in the field — and his passion for mining wildlife data to uncover hidden, . From then on, I would go into the field to gather wildlife data and return to my lab to run, ,” in tropical forests around the world. Over 12 years, TEAM collected millions of photos of wildlife
Turf war? Fixing grasslands can ease human-wildlife clashes
Turf war? Fixing grasslands can ease human-wildlife clashes, In many places around the world, humans and wildlife don’t share the same spaces. In others, humans and wildlife are in nearly constant contact. For example, in Kenya’s savannahs, elephants, of animals die every year as a result of human-wildlife conflict. Now, a new study from Conservation International shows one way to reduce the risks: Restore grasslands. The problem of human-wildlife, of balance, they can’t support wildlife and the livestock that pastoralists raise, which leads
After Australia’s bushfires, AI cameras capture wildlife recovery
After Australia’s bushfires, AI cameras capture wildlife recovery, into wildlife recovery — and the results are more promising than anticipated. Project “Eyes on Recovery” — a collaboration between the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Conservation International, destroyed,” said Conservation International wildlife scientist Jorge Ahumada. “We’re finding that native, or displaced nearly 3 billion native animals. To understand how wildlife would recover, researchers turned to Wildlife Insights, a platform powered by an artificial intelligence (AI) model developed
Restoring grasslands led to fewer human-wildlife conflicts in Kenya, research finds
Restoring grasslands led to fewer human-wildlife conflicts in Kenya, research finds, found that grassland restoration can reduce both human-wildlife conflict and social conflicts, of Kenya exemplifies these challenges, as it is home to iconic wildlife such as African elephants, to competition over limited resources, sparking conflicts between humans and wildlife, as well as within, degraded grasslands influences conflict dynamics among local Maasai people and wildlife. Data collected, grassland areas and a reduction in both human-wildlife and social conflicts. Key findings include
Kenya’s wildlife tourism, a casualty of COVID, gets a lifeline
Kenya’s wildlife tourism, a casualty of COVID, gets a lifeline, From July to October each year, millions of wildebeests, zebras and other wildlife travel from, have disappeared — along with the life-sustaining revenue they provide to wildlife conservancies, Mara ecosystem is home to 25 percent of Kenya’s wildlife, including such iconic species, by ecotourism operators are typically used to fund schools and health centers and to support wildlife, their lands to farming, putting wildlife conservation in the region at risk, experts say
Study: Patterns of wildlife ‘range loss’ could offer clues for conservation
Study: Patterns of wildlife ‘range loss’ could offer clues for conservation, modeled three patterns of range loss to evaluate the effects of these changes on wildlife populations, impact on the simulated wildlife populations, reducing their numbers by up to 88 percent, and restore the ability of wildlife to move and mate can increase genetic diversity — potentially offering, could offer a blueprint to help conservationists understand how range loss is hurting wildlife
When COVID halted wildlife tourism in Kenya, one area weathered the storm
When COVID halted wildlife tourism in Kenya, one area weathered the storm, of the Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association, which promotes community-led conservation, of conservation, they are eager to continue to protect the land and wildlife.” But during the pandemic, partners and others, Conservation International and the Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association, . And because tourism revenues are the primary source of funding for wildlife protection, funding to ensure wildlife patrols continued normally through the pandemic. “We currently have
Amid a vanishing savanna, new corridor a ‘big win’ for wildlife
Amid a vanishing savanna, new corridor a ‘big win’ for wildlife, plant species. Among its remarkable wildlife are giant anteaters, maned wolves, armadillos, designed to protect biodiversity. As the natural woodland has returned, so has the wildlife. © BTG, officer at TIG. “We envisioned it as a wildlife corridor connecting existing patches of protected, wildlife returns, they can help accelerate restoration,” he said. © BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG) Species like tapirs are using the newly restored wildlife corridor. Birds and herbivores
New science: protecting high seas hotspots, wildlife and more
New science: protecting high seas hotspots, wildlife and more, . Conserving wildlife — and the roles they play in nature — to improve ecosystem health Deforestation, the global wildlife trade and other human activities are decimating species around the planet. According to a new study, they are also eliminating the critical functions that native wildlife, , a wildlife scientist at Conservation International and co-author on the study. “From small birds, the ramifications of local species loss.” To do this, the researchers first analyzed wildlife photos from 15
Protections for African wildlife face growing threat: a lack of money
Protections for African wildlife face growing threat: a lack of money, about the linkages between conserving critical ecosystems where wildlife live and food security, of wildlife — but it may not be reliable in the long run, as it depends on the good will of donors. What
Caught on camera: New study reveals a refuge for rare wildlife
Caught on camera: New study reveals a refuge for rare wildlife, The Central Cardamom Mountains are some of Southeast Asia’s most pristine expanses of wilderness — long considered a refuge for rare species. Now, a new study from Conservation International and the Cambodian government provides an unprecedented peek into the region’s elusive wildlife, confirming, and Por Indigenous communities, has worked for more than two decades to protect wildlife habitats, are glimpses of the wildlife the team uncovered: Pileated gibbon © Conservation International With long arms
New GEF-Funded Project to Deploy EarthRanger to Strengthen Protected Areas in Africa, Prevent Poaching and Reduce Human-Wildlife Conflict
New GEF-Funded Project to Deploy EarthRanger to Strengthen Protected Areas in Africa, Prevent Poaching and Reduce Human-Wildlife Conflict, prevention and response to escalating threats of poaching, human-wildlife conflicts and habitat, , and wildlife biologists make more informed and effective conversation-related decisions. In partnership, keep wildlife, habitats and communities safe. Funded by a US$2.4 million GEF grant and US$4.8, , ecologists, and wildlife biologists make more informed operational decisions for wildlife conservation,” said, in partnership with Botswana’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Mozambique’s National
When Pandemic Hit Maasai Mara, New Fund Stepped in to Stabilize Conservancies, Protect Wildlife
When Pandemic Hit Maasai Mara, New Fund Stepped in to Stabilize Conservancies, Protect Wildlife, Mara land under the conservancy model, in partnership with the Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies, – and the wildlife phenomenon known as the Great Migration. The conservancy lands are owned by Indigenous, of which would have had drastic consequences for the Maasai Mara’s people, culture and wildlife. Between, — not government funding — support wildlife protection, replacement grant funding ensured wildlife patrols, ; There was no interruption in wildlife patrols, and all rangers retained their jobs at 100 per cent of their salaries
Camera Trap Study Reveals a “Vital Sanctuary” for Wildlife and Endangered Species in Cambodia’s Central Cardamom Mountains
Camera Trap Study Reveals a “Vital Sanctuary” for Wildlife and Endangered Species in Cambodia’s Central Cardamom Mountains, , stated: "The study establishes a critical baseline for future wildlife population monitoring, traps, said: “I am thrilled to be able to join the team in conserving wildlife in my homeland. I am
Camera Traps Reveal Cambodia’s Central Cardamom Mountains as a Haven for Endangered Wildlife
Camera Traps Reveal Cambodia’s Central Cardamom Mountains as a Haven for Endangered Wildlife
Study: Camera traps key to closing biodiversity data gaps
. “Camera traps, and the information they yield, offer a window into the health and habitats of wildlife, , the study compared data from Wildlife Insights, the largest public database of camera trap images, and citizen scientists. According to the study, Wildlife Insights — a platform powered by an artificial, to the study. Further reading: New tech could transform science of wildlife ‘selfies’ Camera traps have, simply undetected because human eyes may have missed it,” said Flores, Wildlife Insights’ managing
4 things you didn’t know elephants do for you
to save elephants, reknitting an ancient coexistence between people and wildlife. In honor of this film, Conservation News is telling stories about the people, places and wildlife of “My Africa, reduce the effects of climate change. 2. Protecting elephants increases security. Poaching and wildlife, and communities. But at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya, rangers are trained and credentialed as police reservists, who respond to both wildlife and non-wildlife crimes in the area. Conservation