Conservation Nation

The Conservation Nation Academy has some exciting new lessons in the works! Our Educational Multimedia Producer, Gabriela Paola Franco Peña, has been busy creating video lessons that will introduce students to the joys of noticing nature through birding. 🦜 In collaboration with some amazing birding advocates, we will be releasing two new lessons soon! “Wingin’ It,” co-created with Sam DeJarnett (pictured), teaches students that you do not have to be an expert to go outside and start noticing birds. 🦆 “Birding Beyond the Binary,” a lesson co-created with Tykee James, explores how birds can challenge our assumptions about gender roles and help us appreciate the diversity of nature in a new way.

Is there anything better than bringing together brilliant, diverse minds to solve the biggest challenges in conservation? 🤔 Spoiler alert: NO! We're so grateful that these incredible wildlife champions have shared their work and their experiences with each other — and with us — to help build a better future for people and the planet.

News worth sharing from our partners at African People & Wildlife! ⬇️ "Our efforts to drive human-elephant coexistence outside the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) shifted into high gear this week! Thanks to the generous support of Conservation Nation, we handed over a new vehicle to assist local officers in mitigating human-wildlife conflicts, such as elephant crop raiding. With this new resource, we're enhancing response times and creating safer, shared spaces for people and wildlife." 📷: Emmily Tunuka (1) and Marcus Westberg (2-3)

With over 23,000 entries, Bird Photographer of the Year showcases some of the most stunning bird images from around the world! 🏆 These incredible shots capture the beauty and diversity of bird life, while supporting the important work of Birds on the Brink Swipe through to see a few of the winners! ✨📸 1️⃣ ‘When Worlds Collide’ by Patricia Homonylo. Overall Winner and Bird Photographer of the Year 2024 2️⃣ ‘Perspective’ by Andrés Luis Domínguez Blanco. Young Bird Photographer of the Year 2024 3️⃣ 'A Modern Dancer' by Nadia Haq. Best Comedy Bird Photo 4️⃣ 'Road to Recovery' from Vultures and the Dangers of Power Lines. Conservation Award Check out all of the winners here: https://loom.ly/K_Ppwwk

With the support of Conservation Nation, Lotanna Micah Nneji is working towards a future where Nigeria’s unique, threatened, and endemic amphibian species can thrive without the threat of extinction. His project focuses on conserving endemic and threatened species, such as Perret’s toad, a rare amphibian found only in specific regions of Nigeria. Beyond fieldwork, the team works through school-based programs and community outreach. Through conservation science education sessions with students and engagement with school teachers, they are cultivating a new generation of conservation advocates. https://loom.ly/ZqssjPo

BIG NEWS: Our 2023 Impact Report was chosen as a Finalist in the 2024 Anthem Awards! Will you vote for us? ⬇️ https://loom.ly/bfkcm6I

Conservation Nation fellow Deepshikha Sharma has worked for years to strengthen the relationship between local communities in Northern India and snow leopards. We're honored to support her work training local women in the village of Kibber to set up camera traps to capture images of snow leopards. After learning about the success of the program in Kibber, a group of women in the neighboring village of Chicham have expressed an interest in potentially becoming the next cadre of camera trappers in the region. We're grateful to all these women working to protect snow leopards!

Exciting Conservation Nation news in the Washington Post! 🗞️ We're honored to help support an innovative new bioacoustics study through the Rewilding Collective to help us learn more from wolf howls. Thanks to Yellowstone Forever and Conservation Nation fellow Taylor Rabe for making this project such a success. Happy Wolf Awareness Week! 🐺 https://lnkd.in/dQzf8Jw8

Voting (for us!) has never been more important! 📥 The Conservation Nation Academy has been selected as a Finalist for the 4th Annual Anthem Awards! The project that receives the most community votes will win an Anthem Community Voice Award. Cast your vote for Conservation Nation before October 31st: https://loom.ly/bfkcm6I

Four Anacostia High School students joined us for an advocacy day on Capitol Hill! Highlights of the day included: 📖 Advocacy training from the Outdoors Alliance for Kids at the Sierra Club headquarters 🏛️ Visiting Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton to advocate for passage of the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act 🔎 A tour of the Capital that included time observing the Senate floor 🎧 Participation in a listening session for the National Nature Assessment at the Natural History Museum https://loom.ly/L-vc_vY