News from FZS projects around the world

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• February 2019
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    Zero poaching – North Luangwa’s conservation success story
    2018 was a significant milestone for the North Luangwa Conservation Programme (NLCP) with zero elephants poached in North Luangwa National Park; and a reduction of >50% of elephant carcasses found in the adjoining Game Management Areas (GMA).
• January 2019
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    Suspects arrested in Kazakhstan for poaching saigas and killing a state ranger
    Kazakh state ranger Yerlan Nurgaliev died following a violent incident with Saiga poachers in the steppe. Now three suspects have been arrested by the police.
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    Human Rights Award for Rainforest Activist
    Liz Chicaje Churay received the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law 2018 in Lima, Peru, from German ambassador Stefan Herzberg and French ambassador Antoine Grassin.
• December 2018
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    Liz Chicaje Churay from Peru is awarded the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights 2018
    Liz Chicaje Churay from Peru is among this years awardees of the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights. She contributed significantly to the integration of the native communities into the process of Yaguas becoming a National Park.
• October 2018
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    Selous – Mikumi Ecosystem Aerial Elephant Census Launched
    An aerial wildlife census in the Selous-Mikumi ecosystem in Tanzania has been launched today in southern Selous. The three-week wildlife count is led by the Tanzanian Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI), Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority (TAWA) and Tanzania...
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    Confiscated saiga horn publicly destroyed in Kazakhstan
    On October 18, 2018, 148 horns, 5 carcasses and 31 saiga skulls were publicly destroyed in the Kazakh city of Uralsk in the west of the country. The saiga parts were burnt, the ashes were later buried at a depth of eleven metres.
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    "When it comes to helping out, I don't believe in doing it for the media attention. My goal is to support the organizations that need help.”
    Paul G. Allen, 1953 – 2018
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    Restoring landscapes for life
    On October 4, 2018, The Endangered Landscapes Programme has been established thanks to a US$30 million investment from Arcadia charitable fund. We are excited that our Polesia project will receive a 5-year funding as one of their selected projects.
• September 2018
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    Annual Report 2017
    The FZS Annual Report provides in-depth information about what has been going on in 2017 in FZS projects and programmes around the world.
• August 2018
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    In Memory of Felipe Cruz
    On the death of a great conservationist
• April 2018
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    Collared elephant bull shot adjacent to the Gonarezhou National Park
    The Gonarezhou Conservation Trust (GCT), a partnership between the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZPWMA) and the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), is saddened to announce the shooting of another one of its collared elephant bull by a professional...
• March 2018
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    African Elephants in Gonarezhou
    11,000 elephants roam through the wilderness of Gonarezhou, 20 of them wear radio collars.
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    Inauguration and hand-over of EU funded Ranger Post and Honey-processing Facility in Serengeti
    The Head of Delegation of the European Union to Tanzania and the East African Community, Ambassador Roeland van de Geer, and the Country Director of Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), Mr. Gerald Bigurube, have handed over a ranger post and honey processing centre to...
• January 2018
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    His Holiness Pope Francis receives "Manu - A Legacy Landscape"
    Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski presented His Holiness Pope Francis with a copy of "Manu - A Legacy Landscape"
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    Weather the cause of Saiga mass-death
    Three weeks of 2015 saw the near total collapse of the central Kazakh Saiga population. From new, cutting-edge research, we finally understand why.
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    Peru creates vast new national park
    The Peruvian government's decision, published today, to make the Yaguas rainforest area a national park is a milestone for nature conservation in Peru, for the conservation of biodiversity, for climate protection - and for the indigenous inhabitants of the Yaguas...
• November 2017
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    2018 Frankfurt Spring School on Conservation Project Management
    At Frankfurt Spring School aspiring conservationists gain the essential skills to kick-start their careers. International conservation experts share their knowledge and experiences over a diverse four-week training programme.