Mount Baloy: The Toughest Hike in The Philippines
Mount Baloy is located in the beautiful mountain range that spans almost the entire west side of Panay Island. Here adventurer Jackson Groves describes the Mount Baloy hike, one of the most challenging and rewarding in the Philippines.
Rufous-headed Hornbill: A flagship species for conservation action
Amidst the heightened anxiety of the pandemic, a global programme dubbed as the EDGE of Existence has chosen David Quimpo, a Panay island conservation specialist, to work on his project to “Improve the conservation of the Rufous-headed Hornbills in the municipalities of Madalag and Malinao, Aklan, Philippines”.
From Bulldozers to Bush Regeneration
The Mosman Parks and Bushland Association was formed in the 1964 by residents protesting against a road being bulldozed through natural bushland in Mosman. This group became the birthplace for Australia's bush regeneration movement.
Saving Forty Spotted Pardalote chicks from blood-sucking maggots!
A critical problem for Forty Spotted Pardalotes breeding is a native fly which lays its eggs inside their nests. When the eggs hatch, the maggots come out and burrow under the skin of the 40-Spotted Pardalote nestlings and suck their blood. But a unique conservation project might have found a solution
Cloudy Bay's extraordinary ecology
Cloudy Bay is a coastal landscape of extraordinary ecological significance, hosting shorebirds, migratory whales, Rikali (water rats) and exquisite and varied marine animals.