How does plastic pollution affect marine life? | Fauna & Flora
Size: Plastics larger than 20mm. Examples: Fishing gear, six-pack rings, plastic bottles. Threats: Large items of plastic can capture and entangle marine mammals and fish and stop them from escaping, usually leading to starvation, injury and predator vulnerability. Discarded fishing nets can also smother and break coral reefs, preventing ...
Explained: How technology can protect the world’s wildlife
GIS & remote sensing. Geographic information systems (GIS) are computer-based tools used to store, visualise, analyse and interpret geographic data. GIS mapping technology plays a crucial role in making informed decisions about wildlife protection and habitat management. Remote sensing – capturing high-resolution images of an area from a ...
Fauna & Flora | Saving Nature Together
Oct 18, 2024 · Registered address: The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK. Fauna & Flora is a conservation charity. Our shared purpose is to protect the diversity of life on Earth, for the survival of the planet and its people. We work closely with local conservation partners in 48 countries to save nature, together.
People and the environment - Fauna & Flora
Human impact. The unsustainable exploitation that poses a clear and present danger to biodiversity comes in many shapes and sizes. At a local level, it may take the form of overfishing, overgrazing, slash-and-burn agriculture, poaching of an endangered species or illegal harvesting of firewood from a protected area to meet the basic survival needs of a poverty-stricken family.
Your donation today could help save pangolins - Fauna & Flora
Beyond that, your donation could help put expert witnesses into courtrooms to ensure that anyone caught trafficking pangolins faces the justice they deserve, and to help rehabilitate any pangolins saved from the clutches of the trade. This is a global crisis that needs global action. Fortunately, that’s what Fauna & Flora does best.
On a mission to rescue the Caribbean’s biggest frog - Fauna & Flora
Oct 16, 2023 · A rescue mission is under way in the Caribbean to save one of the world’s largest – and rarest – frogs from extinction. Measuring as much as 20 centimetres from snout to rear and weighing up to a kilo, the mountain chicken – named for its reputedly tasty flesh – is a frog in freefall. And, these days, hunting for its meat is the least ...
Asian Elephant Facts - Fauna & Flora
The Asian elephant is the largest surviving land mammal in Asia. Although significantly smaller than its African cousin, it is still an awesome beast. An adult bull can weigh well over five tonnes. It’s no surprise that one of the largest animals in the world requires a lot of space. Asian elephants need over 4,000 square kilometres of ...
African Elephant Facts - Fauna & Flora
African elephants have brains three times the size of ours, a proverbially great memory, and cognitive powers on a par with chimps and dolphins. They show empathy and even bury and mourn their dead. Elephants have a keen sense of smell and …
Northern white rhino: Facts about the world's rarest rhino - Fauna …
World’s rarest rhino. Species. There are now just two northern white rhinoceros remaining in the world. Najin and Fatu (both female) live under constant protection from poachers in Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Sudan (the last remaining male) died on March 19th 2018, effectively rendering the entire subspecies extinct.
Hornbills: exotic and critically endangered - Fauna & Flora
Hornbills are among the world’s most charismatic and exotic birds. Their large size, massive beaks, striking and colourful headgear and generally noisy behaviour make them conspicuous wherever they occur. Their strange nesting habits are just one of many features that make hornbills so intriguing. They range in size from dwarf hornbills in ...