Photo of the Day: Tiger and Gibbon travel long way to teach children to protect native species

The Siberian Tiger and Hoolock Gibbon mascots made a cameo appearance in Hainan, China, far away from their homes, to teach children the importance of protecting their native species, some of which are endangered. The mascots appearance in Hainan was … Continue reading

Farmers learning sustainable agricultural practices to help protect Orangutan habitat (photo)

Farmers near the Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve in Borneo learn sustainable agricultural practices on a agro-forestry demonstration plot. They are learning farming practices that do not require land to be cleared, which will help prevent deforestation of the Bornean Orangutan’s … Continue reading

Photo of the Day: Spike the lobster makes a surprise visit at Hope Town Reef Ball fundraiser

Oh, where to begin. Our good friend Spike the lobster made a surprise appearance at the Hope Town Reef Ball fundraiser in The Bahamas to make sure people know that size matters. Friends of the Environment’s Rare Pride campaign is … Continue reading

Photo of the Day: Billboards inspire behavior change

“Brothers, if you catch taimen, let us release it!” Conservation can’t happen on the ground level without getting local stakeholders involved. Rare Pride campaign manager Gankhuyag “Gaana” Balbar solicited the help of a local fishing club to help him create … Continue reading

Photo of the Day: Giant taimen inspires giant conservation

What could be better than being visited at school by a giant taimen? WWF Mongolia’s Rare Pride campaign protected the taimen fish in the Onon River by working with local fishing people to adopt catch-and-release fishing practices in order to … Continue reading

Photo of the Day: 2 campaigns, unable to cross border, working on same goal

This photo has two campaign managers — Luis Lopez from Ecuador and Helder Aguirre from Peru — working on the same goal (protecting watersheds in the Andes), in different countries, unable to cross each other’s border. Their campaigns are each … Continue reading

Photo of the Day: St. Lucian parrot (from the brink to a rising population)

This photo comes from way back in the archives. Here our St. Lucia Parrot mascot talks to children about conservation. Our campaign protected the Saint Lucia Parrot on Saint Lucia Island by generating local support for the parrot’s protection in … Continue reading

Photo of the Day: Inspiring a love for the environment in the next generation

Our Great Green Macaw mascot works to inspire environmental pride in the next generation of Costa Ricans. Our campaign worked to educate the public about the plight of the macaw and built support for restrictions on logging of the Almendro. … Continue reading