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First Annual "Saving the New Wild" Benefit Concert Raises New Funds for Park and Wildlife Protection
Donate To Help UsGC Director Jeff Morgan leads his band, The Bubbles, on "Beggin'".
With presentations from Colombia’s Sierra Nevada National Park and Ukraine’s Carpathians, Global Conservation hosted over 200 people in the magnificent Guild Theatre in Silicon Valley to introduce Global Park Defense and our work in 18 countries around the world.
We highlighted our progress in 16 endangered national parks and 8 marine protected areas where we are deploying Global Park Defense. In collaboration with our partners and governments in developing countries, our goal is to protect 25 endangered national parks by 2025.
Highlights
Jeff Morgan with Ramona May and guests.
Africa
- Third year no elephant poaching in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe.
- New GC Project with Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) in Kidepo Valley National Park, Uganda
- Two new endangered national parks – Nki and Ngoryla - in Cameroon begin Global Park Defense.
Jeff Morgan leads his band, The Bubbles, on "Beggin'".
Eurasia
- GC funding the opening and protection of Shar Mountains National Park, the first new major conservation effort in North Macedonia.
- GC has hired a new Director of Ukraine to work with Carpathians National Park to plan expansion and reinvestment after the russian invasion.
- Borjomi Summit bringing together over 100+ Park Directors and Enforcement Managers in Eurasia will take place in Republic of Georgia November 7-10 2023.
Fran Ulmer, former Chair of The Nature Conservancy and Senator Rebecca Morgan.
Americas
- Global Conservation hosted a Tri-Lateral Summit for national parks in the Maya Biosphere in Belize with Mirador, Calakmul and the Great Maya Forest to plan better protection and biodiversity monitoring.
- Colombia becomes focus of GC work at Tayrona National Marine Park and Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta beginning Global Park Defense this year.
- New GC Project kicks off in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador focusing on illegal logging, land clearing and wildlife poaching for commercial sale.
Linda Millard and friend from Lewa Conservancy
Asia
- DaMaI Rainforest Complex in Sabah Borneo now undergoing preparations for UNESCO World Heritage nomination by the government of Malaysia.
- Leuser Ecosystem under attack by illegal palm oil plantations clearing and burning new areas of intact orangutan, elephant and tiger habitat.
- New GC Projects in India and Nepal – Siang Valley World Heritage and Bardiya-Banke World Heritage – tackling illegal logging and wildlife poaching.
Rhett Butler, CEO of MongaBay, who lead off the evening presentations.
Presentations
Global Conservation Overview
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Carpathians National Park, Ukraine
Other news
Based on the strong results by Uganda Conservation Foundation (UCF) and Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) in Murchison Falls National Park over the past 5 years, Global Conservation has approved undertaking a new GC Project in Kidepo Valley National Park on the northern border with South Sudan.
Led by Sabah Environmental Trust (SET), Global Conservation extend their five-year MOU with Sabah Forestry and Sabah Foundation to deploy Global Park Defense. Additionally, progress was made to build a unified national park and secure a nomination for UNESCO World Heritage status.
read moreIt is with great pleasure that we welcome Dr. Ian Singleton to Global Conservation's Senior Advisory Board. Dr. Singleton is the Director of Conservation at PanEco Foundation and Scientific Director for the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme. In 2020 he received the distinguished honor of Officer of the Order of the British Empire. This highly esteemed award is in recognition of Ian’s more than 30 years of work and dedication to the protection of orangutans and their habitat in Indonesia.
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