Southeast Asia

Meeting partners where they are – a Vietnam photo story

To properly respond to partners' needs, we must understand the increasingly complex contexts they face. Our Asian Species Programme Officer Aya Sakamoto recently went to Vietnam – a key focus of our conservation work in Southeast Asia – to visit a range of partners across the country. Reflecting on the trip, this photo story [...]

By , |2024-06-13T13:30:36+00:00May 29th, 2024|Asian Species, Capacity Building, Education, Relationships, Southeast Asia|Comments Off on Meeting partners where they are – a Vietnam photo story

In it for the long haul: Transforming the crocodile from villain to hero

Wildlife corridors through oil palm plantations. Local communities saving the world’s rarest crocodile from extinction. Sweeping new protections for EU seabed. A groundbreaking coalition for amphibian conservation. When conservation organisations have access to flexible, reliable funding, their impact can be revolutionary. In this series, we look back at major victories facilitated by our long-term, [...]

By |2024-03-05T09:12:24+00:00November 22nd, 2023|Approach, Asian Species, Long term funding, Mabuwaya Foundation, Southeast Asia|Comments Off on In it for the long haul: Transforming the crocodile from villain to hero

One last chance to find the saola

The saola is the world’s rarest large mammal. It hasn’t been recorded since a trail camera captured an image of one in 2013, but it is believed that this elusive species still resides in the steep terrain of the Annamite Mountains between Vietnam and Lao – there just hasn’t been a comprehensive search for [...]

By |2023-10-25T13:23:31+00:00October 25th, 2023|Asian Species, Endemic species, Saola Foundation, Southeast Asia|Comments Off on One last chance to find the saola

Champions of the Endangered

On June 2022, Synchronicity Earth and the Ellen Fund invited friends, partners, and beyond to share stories which celebrate conservationists doing inspiring work to protect threatened species and ecosystems as part of the #ChampionsOfTheEndangered campaign. Organisations and individuals joined in from all around the world, sharing the stories of over 100 Champions of the Endangered. [...]

The glass slipper of the greenhouse: what is the cost of the orchid trade?

The protection of endangered plants is often overlooked in the world of conservation. But not only is the conservation of plant species vital for overall ecosystem survival, there are also specific threats facing plant species which need to be tackled and protecting them is a far more fascinating endeavour than you might expect. Anna [...]

By |2024-04-08T11:25:20+00:00May 5th, 2022|Asian Species, Captive Breeding, Orchid Specialist Group, Plants, Southeast Asia|Comments Off on The glass slipper of the greenhouse: what is the cost of the orchid trade?