Extraordinary people are doing astonishing work to save nature around the world and clocking up big wins for the rarest of species and most fragile ecosystems. Join wildlife broadcaster Kate Humble and Edward Whitley for this mini-series as they explore unexpected solutions from award-winning conservationists from Brazil to Bhutan, Nepal to Papua New Guinea. Hear from the people redefining our relationship with species including the Greater Adjutant Stork in India, the African manatee in Cameroon, and the tiny Red Siskin songbird in Guyana, as they explain How to Save It and safeguard the natural world and our planet.
Backed by Sir David Attenborough, and founded by Edward Whitley, the Whitley Fund for Nature is a London-based environmental NGO that accelerates the work of grassroots conservationists.
Edited and produced by Sarah Treanor
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Extraordinary people are doing astonishing work to save nature around the world and clocking up big wins for the rarest of species and most fragile ecosystems. Join wildlife broadcaster Kate Humble and Edward Whitley for this mini-series as they explore unexpected solutions from award-winning conservationists from Brazil to Bhutan, Nepal to Papua New Guinea. Hear from the people redefining our relationship with species including the Greater Adjutant Stork in India, the African manatee in Cameroon, and the tiny Red Siskin songbird in Guyana, as they explain How to Save It and safeguard the natural world and our planet.
Backed by Sir David Attenborough, and founded by Edward Whitley, the Whitley Fund for Nature is a London-based environmental NGO that accelerates the work of grassroots conservationists.
Edited and produced by Sarah Treanor
To stay updated with the latest episodes and Sir David Attenborough’s narration of the conservationists’ short films, subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on social media: whitleyaward.org l @WhitleyAwards l Watch the 2024 winner short films.
Applications for the Awards are open: Apply Now!
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The Waimiri-Atroari people fought with their lives to protect their land when Brazil’s military dictatorship forced the BR-174 highway through the Amazon rainforest in the 1970s, cutting the habitat of wildlife in two. The Waimiri subsequently recorded more than 20,000 road fatalities of wildlife. In this episode, Kate Humble and Edward Whitley hear from Fernanda Abra, a road ecologist and pioneer of low-cost canopy bridges in Brazil. Together with the Waimiri, Fernanda and her team have built the first 32 bridges to reconnect habitat for tree-dwelling mammals such as Capuchin and spider monkeys. Her Reconecta Project is the start of an ambitious plan to scale across the world's most biodiverse country which has the fourth-largest road network.
See Fernanda’s short film narrated by Sir David Attenborough here: bit.ly/AmazonCrossings
Edited and produced by Sarah Treanor
How to Save It highlights ingenious solutions from the world’s leading conservationists. Applications for the Whitley Awards are open! If you are leading a grassroots conservation project in the Global South that we should know about, please apply here: bit.ly/WhitleyAward_ApplyNow
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