Latest Actions On The Ground

August 2008
In partnership with the Conservation Research Group of St Albert College and local fishermen, ESI is fostering research and conservation activities in Western Ghats, South India to protect endemic freshwater endangered fish.

July 2008
ESI has successfully completed surveys and conservation awareness of the critically endangered Dahl's Toad-headed Turtle (Batrachemys dahli) in Colombia and found additional wild populations. More research and conservation activities will be on the way soon to protect this unique turtle species and its habitat. The Dahl's Toad-headed Turtle is one of the most endangered turtle in the world!

June 2008
We have already planted thousands of mangrove trees or rainforest by the sea to protect costal line, improve fish diversity, and fight global warming. More trees will be planted throughout the year! Discover our mangrove project!

May 2008
ESI is strengthening its effort to protect rainforests around the world. Through a new partnership with Stopdodo.com, a global portal for environmental jobs, ESI can better save biodiversity and fight global warming!

April 2008
ESI assessed a recently discovered species of squirrel (white squirrel or called locally “putting bising”) but not yet formally described. This squirrel is only known from one small island in the Philippines and it is in danger from over-hunting. Learn more here and discover photos for the first time taking in the wild!

March 2008
ESI is launching a new aggressive initiative to stop dynamite fishing between Malaysia (Borneo) and southern Philippines (Palawan). “We are implementing a new approach that was not explored by other NGOs in this region, it is time to stop illegal dynamiting of our prestigious marine life” ESI president Pierre Fidenci. Learn more here!

February 2008
ESI is launching a program to survey poorly known endangered species and discover new wildlife species in remote areas of Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. Remote cameras powered with solar energy and equipped with infrared triggers are used to obtain critical data to save wildlife and their habitats.

January 2008
The creation of the community-based natural reserve to protect the endangered African manatee is underway. The reserve will protect known key breeding, feeding, and refuge habitat of the manatee in Senegal! ESI wildlife conservationist Tomas Diagne is in the field working closely with all communities.

December 2007
Endangered Species International has adopted the carbon free emission for all our conservation activities on the ground. No matter where we are in field, from now on we will use the cleanest technology to generate our own potable electricity directly from the sun. No more electricity from non-renewable energy sources to save endangered species worldwide! Learn more!

November 2007
Endangered frog found! The Palawan horned frog (Megophrys ligayae) was observed at night by ESI during conservation activities in the rainforest of Palawan Island, Philippines. ESI biologists believe the Palawan horned frog was engaging breeding activities along a small stream in a remote area.

October 2007
Come and enjoy the conservation lecture given by ESI President Pierre Fidenci, November 7, 2007 at the San Francisco Zoo. Through a fresh look of various field conservation activities to save endangered wildlife, you will discover endangered turtles, many fascinating elusive amphibians, a unique wilderness, and vanishing indigenous cultures of the southern Philippines.

October 2007
ESI has signed the Forests Now Declaration, a campaign to highlight the importance of forest conservation for biodiversity, human livelihoods, and the fight against climate change. Deforestation accounts for some 18-25% of global carbon emissions, second only to the use of fossil fuels.