Supporting high fliers, and other life forms…
In its original guise back in 1985, the Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP), as it is known today, funded only a brace of projects, both focused on birds. The programme has grown and evolved...
View ArticleAnglers in Argentina conserve sharks in Marine Protected Areas
Martín Cuevas (“Involving Anglers As Key Stakeholders in a Shark Conservation Programme,” 2013) Sharks are important top predators that preserve equilibrium in the seas. Due to overfishing,...
View ArticlePoop – a non-invasive key to flying fox DNA
Tammy Mildenstein tells of her team’s slightly unusual flying fox research technique. Our team has recently discovered a new technique for learning about flying fox populations, and it is all about...
View ArticleCounting sheep on the trail of the Mountain Ghost
‘All three of us were exhausted. Wenzha, our Tibetan driver, stared at a flower in front of his feet. Edward, our young Chinese-American volunteer, sat with his head down. Surrounded by vertical...
View ArticleLooking for langurs through a CLP learning exchange
Martina Anandam recounts a learning exchange visit during which she hosted another member of the CLP alumni network. ‘Martina! This is extraordinary!’ exclaimed Felipe, trying hard to get pictures of...
View ArticleCelebrating 30 years of CLP
Reflecting on turning the big 3-0. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Conservation Leadership Programme. It got me thinking about the year 1985 – the year CLP gave out its first award. What...
View ArticleDreaming of prosperity and sustainability in the Himalayas
After finishing his Masters in Biodiversity and Conservation, Conservation Leadership Programme Alumnus Pramod Kumar Yadav embarked on an enthusiastic career studying the biodiversity, topography and...
View ArticleVoices of rare ‘talking’ turtles may prevent their extinction
Camila Ferrara is an aquatic turtle specialist with the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Brazil Programme. Here she tells us about her ground-breaking work to conserve Brazil’s most threatened...
View ArticleBeing part of CLP’s International Training Course
By: Dilek Sahin (Turkey) I can’t believe that I am writing this blog only a short while after attending CLP’s Conservation Management & Leadership Training course as a winner of a CLP Team...
View ArticleFrom the Himalayas to the Czech Republic
By: Martina Anandam (India) Last year I hosted my friend and fellow CLP alumnus, Felipe Ennes Silva, for a CLP Learning Exchange Programme in India. The experience provided many stories to tell over...
View ArticleRitual beliefs and greater adjutant stork conservation in Dadara, India
By: Purnima Devi Barman, CLP Alumna and Wildlife Biologist, Aaranyak Tree and animal species are symbols of Gods and Goddesses in Indian culture making ritual beliefs an important consideration as we...
View ArticleSnow leopard conservation measures win female friends in high places
Radhika Timbadia reveals how a second Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) award is helping to support her team’s innovative wildlife protection work in the Himalayas. It was three years ago, after...
View ArticleGlittering prizes help to shine spotlight on vital conservation work
You’ve all heard the joke about buses; you wait ages for one to arrive, then several turn up at once. For the vast majority of conservationists, however, awards tend to be more like telephone...
View ArticleBlood, sweat, frogs and otters
A Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) networking grant award enabled alumnus Anirban Dutta Gupta and fellow film-maker Priyanka Kuriakose to meet CLP project teams in India and create two short...
View ArticleA leap in the right direction
Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) Ambassadors play a valuable role in helping first-time CLP Team Award applicants to improve the quality of their proposals and maximise the chances of their...
View ArticleTurning dreams into reality
Chandra Rasiardhy is a member of the Indonesia team that won a 2016 Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) Follow-up Award for its project, Promoting sustainable fishing in Sumbawa. Translated into...
View ArticleBuilding bridges and breaking down barriers
Pramod Kumar Yadav, recipient of a 2015 CLP Team Award, recounts how a recent CLP-funded training opportunity in China helped him to broaden his conservation network and improve his technical skills....
View ArticleAn impact in Africa
Who wants to read about workshops, training, and the minutiae of how to plan and fund a conservation project? In the eyes of the uninitiated, the interest value of subjects like that is up there with...
View ArticleA small tree with stronger roots
From March 10-14, 2017 the Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) ran a leadership training course for conservationists in Asia. We gathered in the misty, karst peaks of Yangshuo, China. Twenty-two...
View ArticleA cross-border exchange to benefit vultures
Asian vultures have undergone a catastrophic decline in recent decades, with populations crashing by as much as 99%. In India and Nepal, four of nine vulture species are Critically Endangered, largely...
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