Sara, Author at Explorers Against Extinction

Life in Lamandau

Image: Acuy and newborn son, OF Saturday 19 August marks International Orangutan Day. All three species of orangutan (Tapanuli, Sumatran, Bornean), found only in the forests of Borneo and Sumatra, are Critically…

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Crop Raiders

Ivy is a female elephant in the Greater Masai Mara ecosystem. She has been wearing a collar for over a decade. This includes GPS/GSM tracking devices, to allow Mara Elephant Project to track and…

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Max in Malawi

Max White reviews his time on a research volunteer placement in Malawi Making a difference, learning new skills and living in the bush was exactly what I wanted from a…

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Echo’s family

Last year we supported a project in the Dzanga Sangha Protected Area, the largest intact forest block remaining in Central African Republic. It is part of the Congo Basin – a vast…

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Queen and the crocodile

Orangutan mothers are devoted – they spend up to eight years raising their infant on a one-to-one basis and the infant is totally dependent on them during this time, learning…

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Rescues in the Valley

Rescue Last week, rescue teams from Conservation South Luangwa, Zambian Carnivore Programme and Zambia’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) were called upon after two lions were caught in…

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Tiny Tenom

Sun bears are the smallest and least-studied bear species. They live in tropical lowland forests and are the only bear in South-East Asia. Bornean sun bears are found exclusively in Borneo.…

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Rhinos Return to Garamba

Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo was the last wild home of the northern white rhino, an endemic sub species of white rhino – the largest and…

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New Shoots

Between 1990 and 2015, 67.9 million acres of forest were lost in Indonesia, with Central Kalimantan experiencing one of the highest rates of deforestation. The majority of Bornean orangutans are found…

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The 50th Anniversary of World Environment Day

This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) World Environment Day – the largest global platform for environmental outreach, engaging millions of people across the globe in efforts…

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