Debate: Richard Branson’s plan to introduce lemurs
Of intense debate at the moment is Sir Richard Branson's plans to introduce lemurs (native to Madagascar) to a Caribbean island.
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One Laptop Per Child receives an update
16. January 2011
Revealed at last week’s CES 2011 show in Las Vegas (International Consumer Electronics Show) – OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) demonstrated their new laptop, aptly named the XO 1.75 (not quite 2.0, but getting there). The Great Primate Handshake currently use the older XO model to explore ways in which educational materials can be distrubuted to [...]
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The Good Side of Hunting?
3. December 2010
In May 2010, a British conservation charity, Save The Rhino, hit the headlines after accepting donations from Safari Club International, a company that organises trophy hunting expeditions. In its defence, Save The Rhino said it has to look at all the different ways of raising money for the conservation of rhinos, and when you consider [...]
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Technology: Cure or Curse?
26. November 2010
In recent years, technological advances have revolutionised the way that most of us go about our daily lives, our work, the way we share information and even the way we think about things. Some of these advances have had a direct impact on conservation, whether by saving time and manpower or by allowing research into [...]
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What Will It Take?
19. November 2010
Browsing the environment pages of The Guardian’s website one day, I came across two articles that caught my eye. One was about Daniel Suelo, who has lived in a cave for a decade, ostensibly without spending any money and the other about Mark Boyle, an ordinary man who tried something that is extraordinary to us [...]
Continue reading...Single species conservation
12. November 2010
In many ecosystems a single species is often conserved in the hope that action towards them will improve survival chances of other species within the habitat. These organisms are also known as keystone species and their influence on fellow animals or an entire ecosystem can be enormous; species include the Eastern Red Backed Salamander and [...]
Continue reading...Animal uses within science and technology
5. November 2010
Throughout human history, humans have used animals as test subjects, before putting others into the situation, from cosmetics and medical testing, even as far as space travel. Animals are used to see what effect these processes such as space travel have upon a human like body. This practice of taking advantage of animals for such research [...]
Continue reading...Sanctuaries and zoos outside natural habitats
29. October 2010
Zoos and sanctuaries appear the world over. They are now a major part of both conservation and the entertainment industry. There are significant differences between the two with sanctuaries being set up as a safe haven mistreated animals. Unfortunately some zoos have focused upon the entertainment aspect and many of these cases are well documented. http://www.captiveanimals.org/zoos/southport.htm Another [...]
Continue reading...Does corruption encourage poor environmental strategies and animal rights?
22. October 2010
Does corruption encourage poor environmental strategies and animal rights? Most of the world biodiversity hotspots are found within the third world. Poverty is usually rife in these areas and this breeds corruption. This is also a major problem populations have to face. The extreme poverty encourages people to take the rules into their own hands and [...]
Continue reading...Conservation Aid- Helpful or Imposing?
15. October 2010
What connotation comes to mind when you hear the word Conservationist? Helpful World Citizen or Imposing Westerner? On one side, conservation can look much like a typical “Do as we say, not as we do” type of situation. In the western world, the evidence of our super sized environmental carnage is enough to want [...]
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17. April 2011
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