Conservation Tools Course Launched in Nepal
It’s a very exciting time for EDGE – As part of our re-designed EDGE Fellowship programme, we’re currently running a Conservation Tools training course in…
Tree planting season launched
James Mwang’ombe is the project manager for the Sagalla Caecilian (Boulengerula niedeni) conservation project in Kenya. One of the projects activities is the planting…
EDGE Fellow Grace visits the UK
For the past few weeks a former EDGE Fellow, Grace Wambui Ngaruiya has been visiting the UK. EDGE supported Grace’s research in the Boni…
Forest Rehabilitation and Tree Planting
An update from James Mwang’ombe, the supervisor of EDGE Fellow Dorine Shali, both of whom are contributing to the conservation of the Sagalla caecilian…
Elusive elephant-shrew found in African forest
When Kenyan EDGE Fellow Grace Wambui was awarded an EDGE Fellowship to study the golden-rumped elephant-shrew, she had little idea that she would discover…
The hirola is species of the day!
The hirola antelope, one of EDGE’s cherished focal species, is the IUCN Species of the Day! The hirola is a very special antelope and…
Golden-rumped creature is Species of the Day!
EDGE mammal number 46, the remarkable golden-rumped elephant-shrew, is the Species of the Day! Elephant-shrews (or sengi’s) are so-named because they have long, flexible…
Rhino poaching: A global phenomenon
Five eastern black rhinoceroses have recently been airlifted from the South African conservancy in which they were raised to Tanzania’s Serengeti National Reserve. They…
African Elephant is IUCN Species of the Day
The African elephant is extremely intelligent, highly adaptable, and exhibits remarkable social cohesion. This species is also the IUCN Species of the Day and…
Grévy’s zebra is IUCN Species of the Day
Grévy’s zebra (Equus grevyi), ranked 82nd out of all mammals as an EDGE conservation priority, is today’s IUCN Species of the Day. The largest…
Sagalla Forest Inventory
Forest Inventory and data collection in Sagalla Forest was done in the month of November 2009. Method The field plots were of size 50…
Hirola plans for 2010
Hirola monitoring is still on as usual despite challenges here and there. However, this will not make us not to achieve what we want…
Benefits for communities and caecilians
I, James Mwang’ombe, am Dorine’s local supervisor and the Head of the Taita Taveta Wildlife Forum. The Sagalla Caecilian conservation project is one of…
Gastro-intestinal parasite analysis for hirola
Here is the latest blog from Kimitei, our EDGE Fellow working on the critically endangered hirola antelope in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya. In…