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Photo Review of 2011

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Every year, we support around 60 conservation projects in the field.

We’ve had a whole host of photographs sent to us recently from our supported projects, so we thought we’d start the New Year off by showing you a collage of some of the fantastic conservation work which took place in the field last year.

Photographs taken from the following projects:
• Photos 1 - 5 © Arnaud Desbiez, The Pantanal Giant Armadillo Project, Brazil
• Photos 6 - 8 © Dave Smith, Sabangau Red Langur Research Project,Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo,
• Photos 9 - 12 © Zoe Muller, The Rothschild Giraffe Project
• Photos 13 – 17 © Patricia Medici Lowland Tapir Conservation Initative, Brazil
• Photos 18 – 20 © Tammy Davis, PhD Candidate University of St Andrews, Conserving one of the last coastal rainforests, Solomon Islands.

2. Giant Armadillos are fitted with transmitters, allowing the team to collect valuable data

3. Giant armadillos are a relatively unknown and secretive species

4. Researchers liken searching for Armadillos to searching for a needle in a haystack

5. Camera traps are a vital research tool for such a secretive species

7. The project is based in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo

8. Dave Smith has been carrying out research on the conservation and ecology of the Red Langur

9. Zoe Muller carries out research on the Endangered Rothschild Giraffes in Kenya

10. The Rothschild Giraffe Project has now been operating for 18 months

12. Giraffes being moved across Lake Baringo by boat - the first time a translocation like this has been done

13. The Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative carries out research on tapir ecology in the Brazilian Pantanal

14. Pati from the project uses camera traps to gain more information on tapir ecology

15. A record 16 day expedition in August saw 5 new tapirs radio collared and 6 tapirs recaptured

16. The Pantanal in Brazil is home to many species other than Tapir...

17...all of which have to survive in the same habitat

18. Researchers in the Solomon, working on a project which is conserving one of the last coastal rainforests

19. Focus group in Borowe village. The project is building capacity amongst locals for community conservation.

20. Tammy working with children in the village

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