Protecting Malaysia’s reefs through community and collaboration, with Nazirul Amin Azmi, Programme Manager at Reef Check Malaysia

Can you imagine spending your working days surveying reefs underwater, leading local conservation projects and working with government agencies in marine protected area management? That is exactly where Nazirul Azmi’s career path has taken him – from a childhood spent in the Malaysian outdoors, to dedicating his career to protecting that same environment where he

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How far would you go to protect a species? An interview with wildlife criminologist and National Geographic Explorer, Dr Allison Skidmore

From patrolling South Africa’s rugged plains as a ranger to going undercover in Russia’s remote forests to investigate tiger poaching and becoming a National Geographic Explorer, Dr Allison Skidmore has dedicated her life and career to investigating wildlife crime. Allison’s story is extraordinary and reveals a passion and perseverance for wildlife protection that has led

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Saving lion strongholds in the Bénoué ecosystem – An interview with Whitley Award Winner, Dr Serge Kamgang

The Bénoué ecosystem in northern Cameroon is the hotspot for lions in West and Central Africa. However in this area, which includes three national parks – Faro, Bénoué and Bouba-Ndjidda – and 32 hunting zones, only 250 lions remain across the vast 30,000 km² landscape. The region has faced severe threats from habitat loss and

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