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Category: Notes from the President
Notes from the President – Birds Are Disappearing
But We Can Learn From Decades of Successful Crane Conservation.
Notes from the President: Saving Cranes, Changing Lives
What does supporting girls to stay in school, marketing handicrafts, planting bamboo or managing cattle have to do with our mission to save cranes and wetlands? Everything!
Notes from the President: A New Stronghold for Black Crowned Cranes Discovered in Chad
13,885 Black Crowned Cranes!!! I’ve recently returned from a remarkable trip to Zakouma National Park in Chad, where we had the pleasure of counting the highest number of cranes ever recorded from the ground, anywhere in Africa, for any species.
Notes from the President: Wildlife Poaching in Zambia’s Kafue Flats Threatens Wetlands and Wattled Cranes
The Kafue Flats in Zambia, Southern Africa, is one of the most productive wetlands on Earth for wildlife and people. More than 3,000 Wattled Cranes – a third of the total global population – are found on the Kafue Flats, along with Grey Crowned Cranes and hundreds of thousands of other water birds.
Notes from the President: Using eco-rice to protect Sarus Crane habitats in Myanmar
I returned to Myanmar this summer with our Southeast Asia Program Coordinator Dr. Tran Triet. Over the last few years, we have been developing a new Sarus Crane program with our Myanmar colleagues.
Notes from the President: New Wattled Crane Populations Discovered in Angola
I’ve just returned to South Africa following a remarkable few days of aerial surveys in Angola, and a great visit with our team in Zambia prior to that.
Notes from the President: An Honored Legacy and Glowing Future in China
One of my favorite things to do in China is to watch the ancient art of Tai Chi practiced by millions of Chinese in city parks at the break of day. As arms swing up in unison like graceful wings, I am reminded of the deep spiritual kinship the Chinese feel with cranes.
Notes from the President: Finding Balance
I ride a unicycle and often find myself thinking about balance. I’ve learned I can do all sorts of surprising things when firmly balanced on one wheel… playing hockey, riding marathon distances, or winding down a mountainside on bumpy dirt trails. Conservation is likewise about finding balance in challenging circumstances – that elusive balance that results in win-win solutions for people and wildlife and thereby builds broad public support for conservation.
Notes from the President: Cheorwon Basin Winter Refuge for Cranes in Korea
Can you imagine seeing seven species of cranes in one morning?!? Today our group visited the remarkable Cheorwon basin of South Korea near the Demilitarized Zone that divides the Korean peninsula. Cheorwon is renowned for the large concentrations of wintering Red-crowned and White-naped Cranes that feed on waste grain in this agricultural landscape – one of the very best places to see these two endangered species.