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Traditions & Tamaraw: The Challenges Rangers Face Protecting An Endemic Species In The Philippines
The heat and humidity were stifling as the Tamaraw Conservation Program (TCP) rangers and I mustered our kit for the trek to Mts. Iglit-Baco National Park on the Philippine island of Mindoro. The TCP rangers (a special unit of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources) formed in 1979 as a direct response to the […]
Implementing SMART to conserve big cats globally
By Drew T. Cronin, SMART Partnership Program Manager Big cats are some of the world’s most iconic and revered wildlife species, and the focus of this year’s World Wildlife Day on March 3. However, these species, from Jaguars in Latin America to tigers in far eastern Russia, face numerous threats, including habitat loss and degradation, […]
Q&A With GWC’s New Operations Associate
Tinisha Hancock recently joined GWC’s team as our new operations associate, managing the financial transactions and facilitating daily GWC operations. Tinisha learned about finance and accounting while on a winding road toward earning a Ph.D. in biology, where she focused on microbial ecology. Her goal at GWC is to bring a love of science and […]
Q&A with GWC’s New Wildlife Crime Prevention Officer
The illegal wildlife trade is the world’s fourth largest black market, and at GWC, we’re focused on working with local communities to prevent wildlife crime before it takes place. This month we welcomed Wildlife Crime Prevention Officer James Slade to the GWC team. James is a long-time conservationist who engages crime prevention strategies with a […]
Gum-Chewing Mini Monkeys Get Expanded Genetic Family Tree
Move over, Kardashians. Keeping up with the world’s smallest monkey is considerably more engaging than any reality TV show, says behavioral ecologist Stella de la Torre, who has been studying Pygmy Marmosets in South America since 1994. Different groups of Pygmy Marmosets have different dialects, gum-feeding preferences and insect-hunting techniques, each population has its own […]
Q&A With GWC’s New Primate Conservation Director
Dr. Anthony Rylands began his career studying primates in the Amazon and Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil. Since 1996, he has served as deputy Chair of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, and has increasingly focused his work on the objectives of the specialist group—networking, coordinating, and publishing on themes that focus on the conservation […]
Q&A With GWC’s New Chief Conservation Officer
In November of 2017, world-renowned wildlife champion Russ Mittermeier joined GWC as Chief Conservation Officer, a leadership role that will help position GWC as an even more powerful force for the protection of endangered wildlife and wildlands. With more than 45 years of experience in conservation, Mittermeier has described 18 species new to science, has […]
Q&A With GWC’s New Executive Assistant
his month we were thrilled to welcome Ella Outlaw to the GWC team as our new executive assistant. Ella comes to us from Conservation International, where she worked as Russ Mittermeier’s executive assistant. We touched base with Ella about her new role with GWC, how she developed her passion for conservation, and her love of […]
The Call of Hope
For biologist Mauricio Akmentins, hope arrived not in the form of a promising discovery out in the jungle, but instead through his headphones during a break at a workshop for park rangers and biology students. What he heard break through the forest sounds he had recorded recently in Argentina’s Calilegua National Park shocked him — a soft […]
Search for the Pink-headed Duck: The Interviews
By Richard Thorns, Pink-headed Duck expedition team leader If you’ve been following GWC’s Search for Lost Species initiative, then you know that recently my team was out looking for the lost Pink-headed Duck in Kachin State, Myanmar. The survey team members consisted of: Richard Thorns (that’s me!), John Hodges, Pilar Bueno and Errol Fuller. We visited […]