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This year, we set up a total of 66 cameras throughout Cambodia's Virachey National Park. The aim of this camera-trap survey was to help us better understand the species distribution throughout this area.
What did our camera traps discover? ⬇️
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Tulips and snowdrops: the untold story
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In late 2022, 53 tulip species from this region were added to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
The listings were the result of an incredible team effort involving collaboration on a regional scale, with vital contributions from partners ➡️
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This is the Saint Lucia racer, and it’s most likely the world’s rarest snake. We believe there are no more than 20 of these reptiles left.
It was once considered the second most common snake in the country but they have been wiped out by an invasive species of mongoose.
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We have great pleasure in announcing that HRH The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William (
@KensingtonRoyal
), has become Patron of FFI.
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Did you know the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey is one of the most endangered primates on the planet? It’s estimated that only around 200 individuals remain in the wild.
This striking monkey is only found in a few isolated forest fragments in northern Vietnam.
📹 Ryan Deboodt
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Happy 95th birthday to our Vice President, Sir David Attenborough 🎉
Thank you for everything you do for nature... 🐢
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Can you spot the baby seal?
We’re pleased to share that a Mediterranean monk seal was spotted in a coastal cave in Turkey. The image was captured by our partners Akdeniz Koruma Dernegi on a camera trap set up to monitor this species.
The newborn has been named Light 🤩
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Good news! The number of critically endangered Union Island geckos has nearly doubled in just four years.
📸 Jacob Bock
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We've some wonderful news to share with you...
We're delighted to announce HRH The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, has become Patron of FFI – a position that his grandmother, Her Majesty The Queen, has held with us for almost seven decades.
Today The Duke of Cambridge has become Patron of two wildlife conservation charities,
@FaunaFloraInt
and
@_BTO
, handed to The Duke by The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh.
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Please stand with us and sign our petition to save
#OurOneHome
🌍
In the last 50 years, destruction of natural habitats has meant a 68% reduction in animal populations. We need more funding to protect our environment before it’s too late.
📷
@StephenFry
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Happy Birthday to Sir David Attenborough, Vice-President and FFI member since 1959. He is an inspiration to us all!
#DavidAttenborough
🐯
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Wishing you a very happy birthday, Sir David Attenborough. Please just keep being you 🍃
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Is this extinction for the mountain chicken?
A recent Caribbean survey found just 23 individuals. Now, Government agencies, conservationists and the general public are working together with one goal in mind - to save this frog!
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A very happy birthday to our vice-president Sir David Attenborough, who turns 96 today. We're incredibly proud to work alongside such a tireless, inspiring advocate for our extraordinary natural world.
📸 BBC
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This
#EndangeredSpeciesDay
, we’d like to introduce you to the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey.
They were thought to be extinct until a small population was rediscovered in the 1990s. The main threats to its survival – as with so many other primates – are habitat loss and hunting.
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We are pleased to unveil this portrait of FFI’s Vice-President, Sir David Attenborough. The painting was commissioned by philanthropist and FFI Trustee, Kim Stewart, and her family, to mark Sir David’s extraordinary contribution to conservation.
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🦏 We've some wonderful news to share – black rhino Naitamany has given birth to her third calf, a male rhino named Lobaru!
Nine calves have been born in this first community-owned black rhino sanctuary since 2016. The population now stands at 19 🎉
📷
@NRT_Kenya
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Happy 97th birthday to our Vice-President, Sir David Attenborough 🎉
Sir David's incredible work with threatened species and ecosystems continues to inspire people around the globe to protect our planet's biodiversity.
Today we'd like to take a moment to say thank you.
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Our extraordinary world is under threat. The time to react is now. Decisive action is needed over the next decade to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.
But how can this be achieved? Read our Five Breakthroughs for Nature:
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2023 has seen record-breaking sea temperatures around the world. But what does this mean for people, nature and the planet?
Funda Kök, from Fauna & Flora's long-term partner
@akdenizkoruma
, explains ⬇️
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A rare and beautiful
#SumatranTiger
caught on film by one of our rainforest camera traps!
#FromTheField
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Never heard of nurdles? You’re not the only one. But trillions of these pea-sized plastic pellets, used to create plastic items we all use, leak into the ocean each year and harm marine wildlife. It's time for
#NurdleAction
.
Find out more ⬇️
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The Tonkin snub-nosed monkey – one of the most endangered primates on the planet.
From a mere 50-60 individuals in 2002 in the forest of Khau Ca, today around 150 call this forest home. Your kindness helps secure their future.
#WorldKindnessDay
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Rush hour in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains 🐘
This
#cameratrap
footage gives us a privileged insight into the lives of Asian elephants. With your support, we can continue to protect these magnificent creatures.
#WorldElephantDay
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Nothing to see here - just a
#sundapangolin
having a swim...
We're working hard to protect this curious creature from extinction:
#WildlifeWednesday
📷 Shavez Cheema
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Good news incoming – a Cat Ba langur baby has been born in Vietnam!
#WildlifeWednesday
This brings the total population to an estimated 68 🐒
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The
@EarthshotPrize
. The most prestigious global environment prize in history. Launched today by Prince William with FFI as a Global Alliance Partner.
Find out more at
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Cause for celebration... 🎉
Mountain gorilla numbers reach record high🦍
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Erm, Mary… we said SMILE for the camera 😂
We can’t wait to watch the new series
@BBCEarth
/
@BBCTwo
tonight,
#BearsAboutTheHouse
, as presented by our Vice President
@GilesClark78
🐻
#SunBear
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Partnership is at the heart of everything we do. And right now, our partners need our support.
That's why we're launching a new fund, with support from
@ArcadiaFund
and others, to combat the impact of
#Covid19
:
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Congratulations and good luck to all of the
@EarthshotPrize
finalists!
FFI is proud to be an Earthshot Global Alliance Partner supporting and celebrating such inspirational projects to protect and restore nature
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⏰ The countdown to
#EarthshotLondon2021
begins…
🌍 Our Patron Prince William and Vice President Sir David Attenborough will help decide which solutions will have the greatest impact.
🏆 Each will receive £1 million to tackle the biggest environmental challenges we face.
🌍 Hosted at London’s iconic Alexandra Palace, The Earthshot Prize Awards on 17 October will unveil the first five Winners & their solutions to the world's greatest environmental challenges 🏆
Find out how you can join us at
#EarthshotLondon2021
:
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Some
#MondayMotivation
for you, courtesy of this majestic ornate hawk-eagle – stopping for a quick dip and a drink before diving into their week.
📷 Sean McHugh / Sani Lodge, Ecuador
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“The rush to mine this pristine and unexplored environment risks creating terrible impacts that cannot be reversed. We need to be guided by science when faced with decisions of such great environmental consequence.”
- Sir David Attenborough
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Breaking news! Mountain gorilla numbers have increased and there are now over 1,000 in the wild
@IGCP
#mountaingorillacensus
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Happy
#WorldWildlifeDay
! We are celebrating
#mountaingorilla
conservation with our Vice-President
@HughFW
. Watch the video to find out more about Hugh’s visit to Rwanda! Thanks to players of
@PostcodeLottery
who are helping to conserve these gentle giants. 🦍
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Gorillas play a vital role in their rainforest ecosystem. 🦍 Sadly, all four subspecies are in danger of being wiped out, and face threats such as poaching & habitat loss. It's vital we protect these magnificent creatures and their home – before it’s too late.
#WorldGorillaDay
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#Forests
must be more than just big, they need to be diverse. In Brazil, we work with
@SociedadeChaua
to restore over 30 threatened
#tree
species, including this magnificent Araucaria, or candelabra tree.
#IntlForestDay
@globaltrees
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Apparently it's
#WorldSleepDay
? This little guy clearly got the memo… 💤
📷
@sjzwicker
/ giant anteater
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It's estimated that there are just 5,040 – 5,458 black rhinos in the wild today and they are officially listed as Critically Endangered.
They can be found in parts of South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Tanzania.
But black rhinos need your help ⬇️
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Dugongs, commonly referred to as ‘sea cows’, are marine mammals that can be found throughout the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. They are often spotted in shallow waters near coastlines, where they graze on seagrass.
#WednesdayWisdom
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Did you know that
#pangolins
are the world’s most trafficked mammal?
We’re working hard to help keep pangolins where they belong: in their forest habitat and out of the hands of poachers.
#BiodiversityWeek
📷
@liberiachimps
/ black-bellied pangolin
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Great news for our seas! Today the UK
#microbeads
ban comes into effect – a huge victory for everyone who has fought long and hard to stop these
#plastics
reaching our seas.
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One of Africa’s largest wildlife preserves is marking a year without a single elephant found killed by poachers! 🐘
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Camera traps help us discover the secret lives of animals in Sumatra...
#Tech4Wildlife
#FromtheField
#CameraTraps
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In the last 50 years, destruction of natural habitats has meant a 68% reduction in animal populations across the globe. We need more funding to protect our environment and
#biodiversity
before it’s too late.
Take action today to help us save
#OurOneHome
:
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"We should not go in and trash an area of the globe about which we know hardly anything until we've done the proper research.”
#NoToDeepSeaMining
#OurOceanOurPlanet
Read Sir David Attenborough’s full interview with
@SkyNews
on our new research:
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What a sight for sore eyes 🌷
Wild tulips burst into life on the mountain slopes of Kyrgyzstan, signalling longer days, warmer weather – and indeed, hope.
📷 Brett Wilson & Ormon Sultangaziev | Kyrgyz Ala-Too mountain range
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Did you know that the goliath frog can weigh up to 3kg?
Sadly, while it might be large in size, it’s population is shrinking at an alarming rate.
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Have you ever seen the unique nesting habits of a hornbill?
Our team in Myanmar, who are monitoring the population of the species in this area, captured this moment between two hornbills.
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Here's some great news: a Mediterranean monk seal pup has been born!
Turkey's endangered monk seals struggle to find places to breed. Supported by
@EndangeredLands
, our partners
@AkdenizKoruma
are creating new breeding sites for them & their efforts are paying off!
📸 AKD/FFI
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Battling back into the office à la giant anteater…
📷 Sean McHugh / Napo River, eastern Ecuador
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Too many species continue to be threatened by human action. We must act now to protect them. That's why
@GilesClark78
is supporting
#OurOneHome
asking the
@UN
for $500bn in funding to support conservation and protect
#biodiversity
.
✒️ Sign the petition:
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Wow! The Tonkin
#snubnosedmonkey
is listed as one of the 25 Most Endangered Primates in the World, but through our work the population in Ha Giang (Vietnam) has increased by at least 75% to around 150 individuals.
#conservationoptimism
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We are delighted to support
@EarthshotPrize
- a decade of action to repair our planet 🌍
#EarthshotPrize
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Yesterday China stunned the conservation world with the sudden announcement that it was reversing its 25-year-long ban on trade in rhino horn and tiger products. Here's our reaction:
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Tonight’s
#SecretSafari
episode
@OlPejeta
tells the tales of the younger conservancy residents: hyena cubs, zebra foals and adolescent rhinos 🦏
📺 To our UK followers, you can watch live
@Channel4
8pm (GMT).
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Our Vice-President
@GilesClark78
speaks out about the need for a holistic strategy to tackle the
#IllegalWildlifeTrade
🐯
"It's about maintaining that rich tapestry of biodiversity on this planet"
@GilesClark78
believes that any strategy for tackling the
#IllegalWildlifeTrade
needs to be holistic, in order to
#EndWildlifeCrime
for good and preserve biodiversity on our planet.
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Footage from camera traps in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains is giving us a privileged insight into the lives of rare
#Asianelephants
. Sadly, our monitoring has also revealed that these
#elephants
are under severe pressure, not least from the growing use of snares.
#IWT
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In the year that we learned what it meant to pull together in the face of a truly global crisis, we’re calling on the world to channel the same spirit to our greatest challenge: repairing our planet.
This
#EarthDay
, let’s Give the Earth a Shot.
🌍
@EarthshotPrize
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Did you know pangolins are Earth's most trafficked mammal? After 80 million years on Earth, today they face extinction.
But there's still hope. For years we've been disrupting
#illegalwildlifetrade
to protect pangolins.
Learn more:
#WorldPangolinDay
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What a way to start the week – a precious, endangered mountain gorilla baby has been born
@gorillacd
! 🦍
📷 Virunga National Park
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We've some more
#positivenews
from our colleagues in Vietnam…
Critically endangered Sunda pangolins have been spotted on our camera traps! Our immediate priority is to work with the Vietnamese government to strengthen protection for these areas.
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Who needs a blue tick when we've got a blue chick.
This black-naped monarch can be found in southern and south-eastern Asia.
📸 Bjorn Olesen
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📣 Exciting update
You may notice a few changes about us today. Firstly, we’ve changed our name – you can call us Fauna & Flora now. We’ve also updated our logo, what do you think?
What do these changes mean? ⬇️
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Good news!
Lion and cubs spotted on our camera traps in Southern National Park, South Sudan 📸
Not only are these images incredible to see but they’re also a strong indication that this area has a breeding population.
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Support
@OlPejeta
and you could win the chance to meet the world's last two northern white rhino and track big cats with
@GilesClark78
🦏🦁
Enter via:
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Moments like this show exactly why we do what we do...
A local Indonesian farmer came across this pangolin. Fearing for its safety, they promptly called the FFI-TPCU ranger team to rescue and release them into a safer location.
#positivenews
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A new award for early-career conservationists and biodiversity researchers from East and Southeast Asia has been set up in memory of Tony Whitten, an inspirational conservationist and much admired colleague. Applications are now open:
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New sun bear camera trap footage incoming! 📷🐻
Rain or shine, nothing will stop this sun bear from returning to their favourite back-scratching post…
#FromTheField
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Since 1997, we've helped increase the little-known White Cay iguana population from a devastatingly low 150 to a heartening 2000.
Working hand in hand with local partners, we’re bringing critically endangered Caribbean reptiles back from the brink.
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From crippling war zones to the last northern white rhinos, Ami Vitale uses powerful imagery to reconnect the human condition with the natural world. Explore her work on
@WeTransfer
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'People can achieve great things. The next ten years present us with one of our greatest tests – a decade of action to repair the Earth.’
📢 FFI Patron, HRH Prince William,
@KensingtonRoyal
🌍
#EarthshotPrizeBook
Travel across the globe with our
#EarthshotBook
and find out the incredible and inspiring solutions people are creating to repair our planet. 🌍
Find out more:
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Great news for ocean plastics as Commonwealth nations join forces to take action.
#CHOGM2018
@DefraGovUK
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Following
#InternationalDayofForests
, our friends
@Yaaxche
sent us some uplifting images from Belize that we just had to share with you... 🍃
Ya’axché’s local teams oversee 151,000 acres of forest - thanks to their efforts, these animals have a place to call home.
#positivenews
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In both Romania and
#Pr
íncipe, we are helping to improve local livelihoods while also saving bees and protecting forests. A win-win for people and the planet!
#savethebees
#conservationenterprise
#sustainableagriculture
@Botanygeek
@PrincipeTrust
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We are excited to launch our new
#marine
project! Supported by
@BlueActionFund
, our work will help protect the
#biodiversity
of São Tomé and Príncipe - including ocean habitats home to humpback whales and
#leatherback
turtles
@PrincipeTrust
@OikosONGD
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Today is World Seagrass Day!
Did you know that seagrass is the only flowering plant that lives in the sea? It is a habitat and food source for many species and can be found in shallow, coastal waters.
Here's a🧵to help you understand seagrass a bit better
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📢Exciting news: the Caribbean island of Redonda has been granted protected area status!
In just a few short years, Redonda has been transformed from barren ‘moonscape’ into a thriving wildlife sanctuary, & will now be one of the largest protected areas in the Caribbean.
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On
#worldrhinoday
, here's an archive photo of a Sumatran rhino taken by T.R. Hubback, who kickstarted our work in Malaysia and first highlighted the decline of this species. Let's hope the ambitious new
#sumatranrhinorescue
mission can bring this rhino back from the brink.
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"Bottom trawling is widely recognised as an inherently highly destructive fishing method, but it is completely normalised. We now know this is having a climate impact as trawling disturbs marine sediments" FFI's Head of Marine
@slpbenbow
at
@BlueVentures
#TransformTrawling
#COP26
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Earlier this year, within the space of less than a month, two specimens of vanishingly rare
#sturgeons
were found in the Rioni River in Georgia – a fish on the brink of extinction 🐟
#WorldRiversDay
More via:
📷 Tamar Edisherashvili / FFI
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In Príncipe, honey is traditionally collected from wild colonies using a destructive method that involves burning the nest, and therefore killing most of the bees. We are helping to provide training to beekeepers for an alternative model of honey production.
#WorldBeeDay
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This pale-throated three-toed sloth was saved from strong currents after heavy rainfall.
Usually surprisingly capable swimmers, they were found clinging onto a branch for dear life. Scooped to safety, they clambered off into the canopy...
#InternationalSlothDay
📷 Sean McHugh
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From the mountainous slopes of Kyrgyzstan, to you – these tulips are exactly what we needed to see today 🌷
Kyrgyzstan is home to at least 27 wild tulip species, many of which will be bursting into life as we speak...
#positivenews
📷 Brett Wilson / FFI
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To say it’s been a difficult year for many would be an understatement – but we’ve been blown away by your ongoing support. It means we can continue our work protecting vital habitats and conserving endangered species across the globe.
From the bottom of our hearts – thank you.
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Important update on our okapi project.
The okapi is a rare mammal that can be found in the dense forests of central Africa. Our work, which is supported by
@IUCNSOS
and co-funded by
@EU_partnerships
, focuses on tracking the location of the okapi within the DRC.
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“I have been impressed by FFI’s continuing efforts to find constructive solutions to the problem of plastic pollution. I am taking a stand on plastics; I urge you to join me.” Sir David Attenborough (FFI's Vice-President)
#BeatPlasticPollution
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Spotted! 🦈
A rare 'dalmatian' nurse shark has been snapped on our underwater camera traps in São Tomé
#BRUVs
A dalmatian
#nurseshark
! Leucistic
#sharks
are rare sightings, so it's great to have this record!
@FaunaFloraInt
@FundaPrincipe
#MARAPA
and
@OikosONGD
are using
#BRUVs
to inform
#MPA
design in
#S
ãoTomé and
#Pr
íncipe. Funded by
@BlueActionFund
,
@ArcadiaFund
. ID'd by
@marta12_97
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Huge congratulations to our inspiring vice-president Sir David Attenborough, named a
@UNEP
'Champion of the Earth' for his dedication to our natural world. 🦇🐳🌱
"We know what the problems are & we know how to solve them. All we lack is unified action."
📸Gary Morrisroe/FFI
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Addressing the audience at the portrait unveiling, Sir David said: “Of the various organisations that I am involved with Fauna & Flora International is one of the closest to my heart."
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