12/16/2021Press releaseGonarezhou National Park becomes a Legacy Landscape
12/16/2021Press releaseGonarezhou National Park becomes a Legacy Landscape
The Legacy Landscapes Fund supervisory board has decided to fund two more protected areas: Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe and Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo. Both sites will be funded with one million US dollars annually for at least 15 years.
11/05/2021Press releaseNorth Luangwa National Park is now a Legacy Landscape
11/05/2021Press releaseNorth Luangwa National Park is now a Legacy Landscape
The Legacy Landscapes Fund Board of Directors has approved funding for the first two protected areas. North Luangwa National Park in Zambia and Madidi National Park in Bolivia will receive one million US dollars of funding per year for at least 15 years.
09/30/2021Press releasePeace on hold in the Colombian Amazon
09/30/2021Press releasePeace on hold in the Colombian Amazon
New in-depth study identifies worsening spiral of environmental destruction and violence since 2016 peace treaty between government and FARC.
06/28/2021Press releaseNsumbu Tanganyika Conservation Programme Completes First Major Wildlife Translocation to Nsumbu National Park
06/28/2021Press releaseNsumbu Tanganyika Conservation Programme Completes First Major Wildlife Translocation to Nsumbu National Park
Nsumbu National Park has welcomed 200 buffalos and 48 zebras in a move which represents a historic milestone in the recovery of the Nsumbu Mweru Ecosystem.
05/07/2021Press releaseLaunch of First Global Initiative to Map Ungulate Migrations Comes at Crucial Time for Kazakhstan’s Saiga Antelope
05/07/2021Press releaseLaunch of First Global Initiative to Map Ungulate Migrations Comes at Crucial Time for Kazakhstan’s Saiga Antelope
An international team of 92 scientists and conservationists has joined forces to create the first-ever global atlas of ungulate migrations. Detailed maps of the herds’ seasonal movements will help governments, indigenous people and local communities, and wildlife managers to identify current and emerging threats to migrations and guide their protection.
04/30/2021Press releasePeruvian president visits Manu Biosphere to sign conservation agreement
04/30/2021Press releasePeruvian president visits Manu Biosphere to sign conservation agreement
The Peruvian President, Francisco Sagasti, accompanied by the Minister of Environment, Gabriel Quijandría, and a large delegation visited the Manu Biosphere Reserve to seal a conservation agreement between the communities, the state, and a private enterprise.
04/28/2021Press releaseThe Guardians of the Rainforest
04/28/2021Press releaseThe Guardians of the Rainforest
Four remarkable personalities who have dedicated themselves to protecting the Amazon rainforest will be honored with the Frankfurt Conservation Awards 2021 on April 28th. They are all crucial FZS partners.
03/12/2021Press releaseFZS report: COVID-19 Impacts on conservation projects and protected areas
03/12/2021Press releaseFZS report: COVID-19 Impacts on conservation projects and protected areas
An insight into the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic experienced by Frankfurt Zoological Society projects and supported protected areas between March 2020 and September 2020.
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
04/22/2020Press releasePlanned E40 waterway could pose increased radiation risk for millions of people
04/22/2020Press releasePlanned E40 waterway could pose increased radiation risk for millions of people
Expert analysis of radioactivity released today undermines entire E40 project.
01/11/2020Press releaseResults of the Selous – Mikumi Ecosystem Aerial Wildlife Census Announced
01/11/2020Press releaseResults of the Selous – Mikumi Ecosystem Aerial Wildlife Census Announced
Joint press release by the Tanzania Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism and Frankfurt Zoological Society.
03/28/2019Press releaseHumans Putting the Squeeze on the Serengeti Ecosystem
03/28/2019Press releaseHumans Putting the Squeeze on the Serengeti Ecosystem
A new scientific publication shows that even huge protected areas are not immune to what happens outside their borders.