We begin our Moments of Gratitude series with this story from the Jhapa District in southeastern Nepal. As part of our on-going conservation effort to mitigate human-elephant conflict in the area, Mr. Bishwanath Rijal (Nepal Country Coordinator) has been surveying local people to understand their perceptions of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) and the existing problems. […]
Nepal has a remarkable diversity of owl species, 23 to be exact, and this impressive number accounts for about 10% of the owl species in the world. Unfortunately, owl populations in Nepal are dwindling, mainly as a result of habitat loss, illegal hunting and trade, lack of food resources, as well as secondary poisoning from […]
The International Primatological Society (IPS) Lawrence Jacobsen Education Development Grant supports conservation leaders with exemplary ideas that contribute to nonhuman primate protection through education and outreach. Ms. Thi Trang Le (Vietnam Country Director) was awarded such a grant in 2021 to help safeguard the critically endangered red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) by way of providing our […]
For over a decade, our Little Green Guards® program has contributed to the protection of primates and other wildlife by helping schoolchildren from critical habitat areas in Africa and Asia develop conservation literacy. Dr. Rose Marie Randrianarison (Madagascar Country Coordinator), recipient of a Lawrence Jacobsen Education Development Grant, has been invited to give a special […]
Nepal is a habitat country for the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), now with an estimated population of 250 that ranges across the Terai adjacent to India. During the past century, this region has undergone massive transformation with forests rapidly giving way to farmlands and residential settlements. Clashes between humans and elephants, therefore, have become inevitable. […]
LVDI International has forged an exciting partnership with Noel Campana, the creator of DOUC IN DANGER, for the purpose of saving the critically endangered red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus)! DOUC IN DANGER along with its junior version, DOUC KIDS, are unique card games designed to provide fun and challenging experiences while informing players about the serious […]
Ms. Thi Trang Le leads the LVDI International team in Vietnam. Owing to her incredible dedication to biodiversity conservation, and in particular, her steadfast efforts to protect the Critically Endangered red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus), Trang was honored by CEPF as a Biodiversity Hotspot Hero in 2020, as well as being chosen as a finalist of […]
LVDI International’s Little Green Guards® program empowers children who wish to contribute to biodiversity conservation. We offer guidance and mentoring to help young people propel their passion into action. Early this year we began sponsoring the Forever An Animal Lover Club (FALC) founded by Nguyệt Linh Nguyễn, a student at Marie Curie School in Hanoi, […]
LVDI International proudly presents a book trailer for our upcoming children’s publication – Bỏng Ngô’s First Home – in the Little Green Guards® Conservation Education Book Series. This book is designed to accompany our Save the Magnificent Seven curricula, wherein the endangered Annamite striped rabbit (Nesolagus timminsi) is one of the seven flagship species chosen […]
Rose Marie Randrianarison (Madagascar Country Coordinator), Chia Tan (Vice President) and their colleagues recently published a study about the indri (Indri indri), the largest living lemur in Madagascar. Writing in the International Journal of Primatology, they describe the general diet of this critically endangered species and, for the first time, offer insights into the occurrence […]