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The Biodiversity Challenge Funds, projects for people and the planet #DarwinInitiative, Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund (#IWTCF), and #DarwinPlus
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The Biodiversity Challenge Funds include: ▶️ Darwin Initiative ▶️ Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund ▶️ Darwin Plus There are also various schemes within each fund. Find out more about our funds on our website 🔗 https://t.co/zrmmpPysB4
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🐘 Here’s our Head of Law & Policy, Hannah Supply-Kamange, in a video celebrating a decade of global impact by our partners @UKBCFs. Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/wwuItjICH9 We’re grateful to the UK Government, through the Illegal Wildlife Challenge Fund, for their support.
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In Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic, a project aimed to protect snow leopards by reducing livestock-predator conflict, strengthening law enforcement, and promoting nature tourism. 🚓 Learn how here! 🔗 https://t.co/2327K4xNGI 📸: Panthera #InternationalDayoftheSnowLeopard
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A project in the Himalayas aims to improve the sustainability of harvesting wild plants and fungi, by providing training and resources to 20,000 local harvesters. 🤝 Learn more about the project's plans here 🔗 https://t.co/ToyamHDhqR 📸: ANSAB #ConservationFunding
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Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce our new @UKBCFs project - DPLUS223 Integrated Coastal Monitoring & Habitat Restoration. Using drone tech + AI to protect St Helena’s coastal habitats, seabirds & turtles! #StHelena #DarwinPlus #WildlifeMonitoring #CoastalRestoration
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📣 There's more good news to share - 43 new projects have been funded under #DarwinPlus Round 13 and Darwin Plus Local Round 5! ✨Congratulations to all the newly awarded projects! 🌈 Click here for details 🔗 https://t.co/nyObhMYlmR
#ConservationFunding #UKOTs
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📣 Announcement! New #IWTChallengeFund projects have just been awarded funding under Round 11 🎉 See the full video celebrating over 10 years of #IWTCF impact and more funding details here 🔗 https://t.co/igwHfEqyx8
#BiodiversityConservation #IllegalWidlifeTrade
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📣 Good news! New #DarwinInitiative projects have been awarded funding under Round 31🎉 Congratulations to all the newly awarded projects! More details here! 🔗 https://t.co/5ouTiZCFtl
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This #WorldRhinoDay, we're reflecting on the rhino conservation progress our #IWTCF projects are making. From training rangers to use technology to protect rhinos from poaching in Kenya, to reducing horn demand through marketing in Vietnam. More here! 🔗 https://t.co/MHBCor0mKd
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Want to learn more about how a collaborative #DarwinInitiative project uses acoustic tags, motorbikes, and elephant deterrent toolkits to connect protected areas and reduce human-elephant conflict in Southern Mozambique? Read more here 🔗 https://t.co/ZEvIC9ks2N 📸: @MozWildlife
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Razia, 12yo, from Neelum Valley was born deaf. Against all odds, she learned stitching & embroidery at a women’s skill center supported by #IWTCF & #SLF. Her proudest moment? Stitching her mother’s Eid dress. 💜 Her dream? Owning her own sewing machine. 🪡 #WomenEmpowerment
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Where do adult turtles go after laying their eggs? 🔍 Researchers with @UniofExeter collected data on turtle movement around Montserrat and used this to inform a conservation action plan. Learn what they found here - 🔗 https://t.co/7z4almYPQD 📸: Peter Richardson, Jack Wiggins
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For the first time, six wild cats have been documented in Arunachal Pradesh’s high-altitude rangelands. Read the full story here: https://t.co/HytLG5ofR1
@moefcc @ArunachalCMO @MyGovArunachal @ArunForests @UKBCFs #WWFIndia #WildlifeConservation #ArunachalPradesh
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New @SussexUni film on my @UKBCFs @BSMSMedSchool @SussexLifeSci work with indigenous peoples providing health services & protecting rainforest (inc. beautiful photos by @DrJAStockdale). Buy medicines for the conservation clinic: https://t.co/YDa1azSpXR
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@UKBCFs is a key partner in supporting sustainable livelihoods.
🏎️ From the thrill of Rhino Charge to the heart of conservation 🌿 The 🇬🇧 UK’s Darwin Initiative is restoring Kenya’s forests & livelihoods with @RhinoArk. ✅ 160K+ hectares protected ✅ 8,400+ people trained ✅ 34% avg. income rise #GoFarGoTogether 📽️ Watch the story unfold👇
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In #Nepal, 65 year-old Mithe Kumari Moktan went from solely relying on forest and farm-based activities for a livelihood, to building a new identity as an empowered conservation campaigner. Read about Moktan's journey here! 🔗 https://t.co/uyAxEO3VeS 📸: Asmita Pandey #IWTCF
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Learn how a #DarwinInitiative project worked with the Mara Wetlands community to build sustainable fisheries and protect the linked ecosystems of the wetlands surrounding Lake Victoria. 🐟 🔗 https://t.co/raXeiophLs 📸: Emanuel Moshi, Majura Maingu #WorldLakeDay
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Great to host the @UKinKenya team in SW Mau 🌱🐝🥾 Visited #RhinoArk @UKBCFs projects incl; 🌱 Restored 30ha of forest 🐝 Trained 50 beekeepers 🥾 Transformed 8 former loggers into forest guardians with @KeForestService
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Did you know that measuring the brightness of grass can be useful in seabird conservation? 🌱 Learn how this data could help predict the presence of potential colonies around South Georgia 🔗 https://t.co/jZxgfONS8a 📸: C. Bamford, N. Fenney and R. Phillips #BiodiversityGrant
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📣 Exciting news! Noëlle Kümpel is the new Chair of the Darwin Expert Committee (DEC) - advisory panel advising @DefraGovUK on the development of the #DarwinInitiative fund, reviewing applications, and making technical recommendations. Learn more here! 🔗 https://t.co/hhdYuZT7MQ
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