12/24/2020FZS in the mediaChernobyl fears resurface as river dredging begins in exclusion zone (The Guardian)
12/24/2020FZS in the mediaChernobyl fears resurface as river dredging begins in exclusion zone (The Guardian)
In July 2020, the dredging of the Pripyat began. This is part of constructing the 2,000km long E40 waterway linking the Baltic and Black seas, passing through Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. This goes against recommendations from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that the Chernobyl exclusion zone should remain undisturbed.
12/20/2020Project updateFirst bison calf born wild in 200 years
12/20/2020Project updateFirst bison calf born wild in 200 years
After centuries of absence from FZS supported project: Fagaras Mountains in Romania, European bison have finally returned.
11/15/2020Press releaseFZS joins the ‘Wildlife Conservation 20’
11/15/2020Press releaseFZS joins the ‘Wildlife Conservation 20’
FZS joins the ‘WC20’, which gathers 20 leading conservation groups ahead of G20 Leaders’ Summit. Act now to invest in nature or face biodiversity collapse and further pandemics, ‘Wildlife Conservation 20’ warns G20
10/14/2020NewsFrom seed to tree
10/14/2020NewsFrom seed to tree
30 years ago, two young biologists embarked on a research project to study giant otters in Peru. The results of their work are felt even today, in surprising ways.
07/29/2020Project updateProtecting rescued orangutans from COVID-19
07/29/2020Project updateProtecting rescued orangutans from COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we run our Jungle School. But creative solutions have allowed our orangutans to continue learning while staying healthy.
04/18/2016Press releaseSurprising findings from research on saiga antelope mass die-off
04/18/2016Press releaseSurprising findings from research on saiga antelope mass die-off
Scientists agree, that a bacterium causing haemorrhagic septicaemia led to the tragic mass die-off of saiga antelopes during May 2015 in Kazakhstan.