Tortoise VHS and GPS
May 2nd, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
If you travel to Las Vegas anytime soon, know that you will be in the neighborhood of 36 special tortoises. The San Diego Global Action Team recently released the tortoises into the Mojave Desert from a conservation center near Las Vegas.
Desert tortoises are considered threatened in the wild. The release is the outcom...
March 15th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
Through the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo’s Global Action Team currently manages conservation programs in over 35...
Tags: Conservation, rainforest, San Diego Zoo
December 3rd, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
Spotting animals in the wild is not always easy due to camouflage and other hiding techniques. The San Diego Zoo shows this wonderfully well in their on...
Tags: animal, Conservation, game, San Diego Zoo, Wildlife
June 3rd, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Humanitarian
Weather and humanitarian efforts are becoming more and more linked. The UN and its aid partners have appealed for $1.9 billion for this year for Sudan...
Tags: 10 Reasons for Hope, Agatha, Canadian Forestry Agreement, Canadian Memorial Church, Climate Change, crop failures, Dzud, Greenpeace, Guatemala, Humanitarian, Mongolia, Nestle, palm oil, San Diego Zoo, Sudan, telecommuting, UN, wild weather, World Bank
May 30th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Endangered Species
Achieving success in protecting rare species and their habitats takes the efforts of trained experts working collaboratively, often on limited funds an...
Tags: 10 Reasons for Hope, condor, Ebo Forest, Endangered Species, Institute for Conservation Research, kangaroo rat, San Diego Zoo, seed bank, Wild Animal Park
