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 ...
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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.
Okapi facts - Fauna & Flora
Like giraffes, male okapis have small, fur-covered horns. These are known as ossicones. Males are smaller and darker than females, and their coats often have a purple tinge. Rival males fight by neck-wrestling in a similar fashion to giraffes, but they also charge and clash heads in the manner of bighorn sheep.
Ocean plastic pollution - Fauna & Flora
Ocean plastic pollution. The ocean is the most vulnerable environment to plastic waste. Not only is it almost impossible to remove plastic once it has entered the ocean, but plastic is also being ingested by marine life throughout the food chain– and ultimately by humans. Fauna & Flora and our global partners are working together to tackle ...
What is karst, and why should we care about it? | Fauna & Flora
2021年1月22日 · Karst is actually the name of a rocky limestone region in Slovenia, but is used as a generic term to describe this type of landscape wherever it occurs throughout the globe. Although relatively unfamiliar, karst is far more widespread than you might imagine, covering an estimated 20% of the world’s land surface.
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.
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.
Please Help Save Clouded Leopards | Fauna & Flora
Fauna & Flora is helping to train and equip dedicated community wardens who can carry out regular patrols in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains, helping to remove snares and prevent other forms of illegal activity which could threaten clouded leopards. But we must do more. Through your donations, Fauna & Flora could train more wardens and supply ...
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 ...