estherconway, Author at WildCats Conservation Alliance

The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review

By estherconwayBlog, News

The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review published last week is an essential read, though at 600 pages long and containing detailed economic equations and theories, it is hard going...

8th February 2021

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Thailand’s border with Myanmar

By estherconwayNews

Tigers and other wildlife constantly transverse Thailand's border with Myanmar and the recent news of political unrest in Myanmar reminds us of the fragility of the tiger population in Thailand's...

8th February 2021

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WildCats projects

By estherconwayNews

The 1st February is the start of the WildCats projects year, and this year is no exception. Today, eight projects funded by WildCats Conservation Alliance begin the activities and objectives...

1st February 2021

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Newest supporter zoo

By estherconwayNews

Welcome Zoo de la Barben in France as WildCats newest supporter zoo! The zoo's conservation charity Ecofaune, has donated €1.500 to our fund for Amur tigers and leopards. Zoo de...

28th January 2021

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A recent article in the online environmental news site Mongabay, has highlighted that illegal agricultural encroachment in Kerinci Seblat National Park in Sumatra increased during 2020. According to the article...

26th January 2021

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Arrests in Kerinci Seblat National Park

By estherconwayNews

A long-running PHS TPCU investigation into a tiger poaching syndicate operating in two national parks in Sumatra has resulted in the arrest of three men – one, the syndicate kingpin...

26th January 2021

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Wilhelma Zoo saves the day!

By estherconwayNews

Top supporter Wilhelma Zoo in Stuttgart Germany, came to the rescue in early January with a donation of €16,500 to help conserve wild Sumatran tigers in Kerinci Seblat National Park. ...

25th January 2021

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Zoos donate

By estherconwayNews

Despite the closure of many of our supporter zoos over the busy Christmas season and the difficulties that some have found themselves in, we have seen that even some of...

20th January 2021

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Fota donates to Sumatran tiger conservation

By estherconwayNews

Fota Wildlife Park in the Republic of Ireland recently donated €7,500 to Sumatran tiger conservation taking its contribution to WildCats Conservation Alliance to over €50,000. Money Fota donates is used...

20th January 2021

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Helsinki Conservation – Thank you

By estherconwayNews

WildCats Conservation Alliance is delighted to thank the staff and visitors at Korkeasaari (Helsinki Zoo) for another year of fundraising despite the Covid-19 pandemic and the rainy weather in September. ...

7th January 2021

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La Passerelle

By estherconwayNews

French conservation foundation La Passerelle has recently donated €3.000 to WildCats Conservation Alliance to assist Amur leopard conservation in the Russian Far East. The foundation was established by Julien Pierre...

19th December 2020

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Thank you Dreamworld Wildlife Foundation

By estherconwayNews

WildCats is known for giving out grants to conservation projects, but it is also in receipt of an annual grant itself which pays for salaries and basic overheads. Whilst WildCats...

17th December 2020

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Sumatran tiger conservation

By estherconwayNews

Members of Förderverein der Hauptstadtzoos Thank you, friends of Berlin's zoos The “Förderverein der Hauptstadtzoos” (translation - support association of the capital cities zoos) helps several projects in Zoo...

15th December 2020

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Freeland interim report 2020

https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/12/Interim-Report-Khao-Laem-Tiger-Project-Freeland-Sept-2020-REDACTED.pdf

8th December 2020

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Thailand’s Department of National Parks act for tigers

By estherconwayNews

Two recent stories in the press remind us that hope is always present in the fight for wild tiger survival. Both these stories came from Thailand, the last stronghold of…

3rd December 2020

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Bike-A-Thon challenge for wild cats

By estherconwayNews

A second young person has recently taken on a challenge for wild cats. This time Owen aged 6 from California who loves Amur tigers. Owen organised a bike-a-thon around his…

2nd December 2020

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COVID-19: Need More Effective Wildlife Trade Legislation

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Zoonosis-based epidemics are inevitable unless we revisit our relationship with the natural world, protect habitats, and regulate wildlife trade, including live animals and nonsustenance products. To prevent future zoonoses,...

30th November 2020

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Vaccination of tigers is a solution to CDV

By estherconwayNews, WVI CDV

An Amur tiger caught on camera in the Russia Far East © Kerley/ZSL A new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of United States of America...

26th November 2020

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Distemper, extinction, and vaccination of the Amur tiger

By estherconwayConservation Papers, WVI CDV

Abstract Canine distemper virus (CDV) has recently emerged as an extinction threat for the endangered Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica). CDV is vaccine-preventable, and control strategies could require vaccination of...

25th November 2020

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Fundraising inspiration

By estherconwayNews

Jessica, aged 7 - fundraising inspiration! Every so often we are contacted by someone who wants to make a difference to wild tigers and Amur leopards and is a fundraising...

25th November 2020

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Dr John Lewis remembered

By estherconwayNews

This week the world lost a true tiger and Amur leopard champion. Dr John Lewis, wildlife and zoo veterinarian, died unexpectedly, a life cut short. John made an enormous contribution...

21st November 2020

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Buy the WildCats supporter pack

By estherconwayNews

The WildCats supporter packs are back! Choosing one of our donation packs is a great way to support WildCats Conservation Alliance. Our packs (which can be posted internationally) make...

12th November 2020

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How Important Are Resistance, Dispersal Ability, Population Density and Mortality in Temporally Dynamic Simulations of Population Connectivity?

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Development of landscape connectivity and spatial population models is challenging, given the uncertainty of parameters and the sensitivity of models to factors and their interactions over time. Using spatially...

4th November 2020

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Manor Wildlife Park adoptions

By estherconwayNews

Supporting Sumatran tiger conservation Thank you, Manor Wildlife Park in Wales, for establishing WildCats Conservation Alliance as a beneficiary of £5 from each sale of its tiger adoption pack. The...

30th October 2020

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Wild tiger monitoring in Thailand – Part 2

By estherconwayBlog

Following the initial training course, the Freeland team and the KLNP authority are out in the eastern forest of Khao Laem National Park (KLNP) to install 80 cameras for a rigorously...

29th October 2020

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Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Humanity will soon define a new era for nature—one that seeks to transform decades of underwhelming responses to the global biodiversity crisis. Area-based conservation efforts, which include both protected...

27th October 2020

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