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Posted on April 26, 2019April 26, 2019

Maxwell Knight Symposium coverage in the IAT Bulletin

Thanks for the generous coverage of the MaxwellKnight Symposium in the IAT Bulletin.

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Posted on November 1, 2018

Living Planet Report 2018: a warning sign for our planet

A wake-up call from the WWF: Wildlife populations around the world have declined by 60% since 1970. It’s time to decide. Are you for the world, or against it? Join…

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Posted on September 25, 2017September 25, 2017

Trump administration’s stance on the environment is ‘willful ignorance’ says DiCaprio

According to The Independent, actor and environmentalist, Leonardo DiCaprio didn’t mince his words during an encounter with Donald Trump. In an attempt to encourage Mr Trump to see the opportunity to…

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Posted on September 22, 2017September 23, 2017

It’s World Rhino Day today, who feels like celebrating?

If there is something to celebrate it’s the dedicated people who commit their life to the protection of wildlife and make every day a World Rhino Day. These wonderful (underpaid)…

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Posted on March 31, 2017April 10, 2017

LANDMARK REPORT SHOWS GLOBAL WILDLIFE POPULATIONS ON COURSE TO DECLINE BY 67 PER CENT BY 2020

WWF calls on governments to fast-track action on conservation, climate change and sustainable development New data released by WWF and ZSL (Zoological Society of London) today reveals that overall global…

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Posted on November 14, 2016

The World Is Not Enough According To WWF’s Living Planet Report 2016 (in fact, we require the ‘biocapacity equivalent of 1.6 Earths’)

There’s a real-life international power struggle and the antagonist is man ‘demanding more from the planet than it can renew,’ reports WWF in the Living Planet Report 2016 ‘Since the…

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    • About FFON
    • Who was Maxwell Knight? The spymaster, ‘M’
    • Founders & Contributors
    • Jonathan Leakey Introduction to video link, FFON
    • Maxwell Knight’s Cabinet
    • Acknowledgements
    • Resources
    • Get in touch
  • The ‘Armchair Naturalists’ project
    • An invitation to children and young people
    • BEING AN ARMCHAIR NATURALIST DURING THIS PERIOD OF COVID-19 “LOCK DOWN”
    • Can our readers help?
    • Podcast: The ‘Armchair Naturalists’ on Apple, Spotify and Stitcher
    • Write for the FFON
  • Maxwell Knight Symposium 2018
    • Lectures and more from Birkbeck College:
      • Introductory lecture: Maxwell Knight the naturalist – Prof. John E Cooper
      • Introductory lecture: Maxwell Knight the Spymaster, ‘M’ – Mr Simon H King
      • Accounts by people including Mark Rose, CEO of Fauna and Flora International
      • Presentation: “Advances in the health and welfare of captive animals” – Mr Alan Graham
      • The Frightened Face of Nature: challenges facing the planet – Mr Paul Pearce-Kelly
      • Conservation and captive-breeding projects involving chelonians – Ms Anne Rowberry
      • Engaging the next generation: culture, care and conservation” – Ms Victoria Burton/Mr Dafydd Lewis
      • Newts, nadders and neophyte naturalists
      • Helpers
      • Symposium photos
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