EDGE Zones – EDGE species mapped for the first time
Since its inception the EDGE of Existence programme has been identifying the top EDGE species in a number of taxonomic classes and has begun…
Giant salamander conservation in China
Meet Fang Yan and Lv Jingcai, two EDGE Fellows who will be researching the Chinese giant salamander (CGS) in their home country of China….
Introducing EDGE Fellow Zhou Feng
My name is Zhou Feng and I come from Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China. I am really looking forward to starting my EDGE Fellowship and…
Our Unknown World
A sound knowledge of the number of species on earth is vital for predicting extinction rates and subsequently for our understanding of conservation and…
Media training? Yes indeed!
It’s important that conservationists learn media skills so that they can effectively communicate their work to the general public. With this in mind, Sabine…
Like a Fish to Water
Most people have used a map. But how many people have created a map? This is one of the things that we are teaching…
Conservation, Culture and Wildlife
It’s the second week of the EDGE Conservation Tools training course and this week we’ve focused on introducing a wide variety of statistical tools….
Community Power and Indigenous Knowledge
As part of the EDGE Conservation Tools training course, the participants visit a wide range of community conservation initiatives. These trips give them a…
My introduction to EDGE
Here in Kenya we’re being hosted by Camps International, staying at their Camp Makongeni, just outside Diani. Peter Kalenga Kaiis works for Camps International…
Old Country, New Dives
The diving here is great (so I’ve heard!). Sabine Kooijman is one of our local participants. She’s grown up on the Kenyan coast and…
Expanding Horizons: The Rewards of New Experiences
One of the great things about this year’s EDGE Conservation Tools training course is that, by bringing together conservation biologists working on mammals, amphibians…
Action Plan for the Conservation of Terrestrial Mammals Endemic to Hispaniola (Solenodon paradoxus and Plagiodontia adium)
During the 10th and 11th of October 2012 a large group of people working for the conservation of the Hispaniolan solenodon and Hispanolian hutia…
Changing our perception of extrinsic value
At EDGE we tend not to focus on a species’ extrinsic value as we feel that intrinsic value is not only more important, but…
Collaring the rarest in the region
Following on from Ali’s blog last week… In February 2012, I made a request to Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to fit GPS collars on 10…