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###### 29/04/2021

## [Restoring Wildlife Across The Globe](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/restoring-wildlife-across-the-globe)

## **Can wildlife populations be restored? Apparently so, and often are, according to a new book freely available online.**

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###### 13/04/2021

## [Six Month Update on Our Project to Release Javan Gibbons at Mt Tilu NR](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/six-month-update-on-our-project-to-release-javan-gibbons-at-mt-tilu-nr)

It is now several months since we began our current two-year project supported by [IUCN Save our Species](https://www.saveourspecies.org/) to release rehabilitated Javan gibbons at Mt Tilu Nature Reserve. This project follows an existing programme at the project site which had...

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###### 08/04/2021

## [Giant leap for conservation in Madagascar](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/giant-leap-for-conservation-in-madagascar)

Thanks to the hard work of our dedicated team in Madagascar six new community-managed conservation sites have been created. Including our existing site established in 2012, these seven sites cover an enormous 37,363 hectares (roughly 10% of the...

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###### 30/03/2021

## [The Benefits of SMART Technology on Our Conservation Programme in Lésio-Louna](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/the-benefits-of-smart-technology-on-our-conservation-programme-in-lésio-louna)

The Aspinall Foundation has worked in the Republic of Congo since 1987, and our main project, 'Projet Protection des Gorilles', has reintroduced Critically Endangered western lowland gorillas to an area where they had been hunted to extinction. Over...

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###### 17/03/2021

## [Community Support and Lemur Conservation in the Vohibe/Vohitrambo Rainforest Fragments of Madagascar](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/community-support-and-lemur-conservation-in-the-vohibe/vohitrambo-rainforest-fragments-of-madagascar)

(Results of a six month project supported by the Lemur Conservation Action Fund which is managed by [Global Wildlife Conservation](https://www.globalwildlife.org/))

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###### 19/10/2020

## [Reinforcement of the Endangered Javan gibbon (Hylobates moloch) Population at Mt Tilu Nature Reserve, West Java](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/reinforcement-of-the-endangered-javan-gibbon-hylobates-moloch-population-at-mt-tilu-nature-reserve-west-java)

Often referred to as silvery gibbons because of their dense soft grey fur, moloch gibbons are unique to the Indonesian island of Java. With only an estimated 4,000-5,000 living in the wild the numbers continue to decrease, due to factors such as...

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###### 23/07/2020

## [Species spotlight: Clouded leopard](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/species-spotlight-clouded-leopard)

The stunningly beautiful clouded leopard (*Neofelis nebulosa*) is an elusive wild cat.  Seldom seen in the tropical rainforests of their native central and southeast Asia, their behaviour in the wild remains a bit of a mystery.

Clouded leopard...

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###### 02/03/2020

## [The Fate of Madagascar's Rainforest Habitat](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/the-fate-of-madagascars-rainforest-habitat)

Aspinall Foundation conservationists contributed to a recent publication in the high impact journal "Nature Climate Change" entitled "The fate of Madagascar’s rainforest habitat". We provided 456 geo-referenced observations of black-and-white ruffed...

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###### 02/03/2020

## [28 of The Most Endangered Turtles in The World Found at Our Madagascar Sites](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/28-of-the-most-endangered-turtles-in-the-world-found-at-our-madagascar-sites)

Thanks to funding from the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), we were delighted at discovering the presence of the Critically Endangered Madagascan big-headed turtle earlier last year, targeted participatory surveys confirmed the presence...

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###### 23/12/2019

## [African Painted Dogs New Life](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/african-painted-dogs-new-life)

There has been so much in 2019 it is impossible to cover every aspect of the work you have helped to support. Perhaps the best way to end is with the news that seven African painted dogs bred at Port Lympne in Kent are now safely treading the soil...

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