There are certain conservation issues that always seem sexy to the documentarian. Anything to do with rhino or elephant poaching. Anything where there are two clear polarised sides–say trophy hunters vs animal rights activists. And stuff with apes, some nice shots in a rescue sanctuary and a good corruption scandal […]
Hello! Welcome to my wildlife conservation dedicated website! Today is the day it’s gone live after a couple of months of trying to work out how to make things work and building up a bit of content. It’s still very much a working progress so I’m praying it actually all […]
Andrew Balmford is a Cambridge professor and a big Camembert in conservation circles. He is a front runner in recommending that we should intensify the amount of crops produced on farmlands as a way of “sparing” wild places, has conducted research showing that primary school children better remember Pokemon than […]
This book is an eye-opener. It tracks the tale of how the former governor of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, Taib, built up a family empire rooted in the destruction of rainforests. As the kingpin of the timber mafia, the book discusses how Taib and his family have profiteered to […]