Charity Support
Natural History Museum holidays travel to some of the most naturally beautiful and culturally fascinating parts of the world. In addition to creating positive impressions, however, travel can also heighten one’s awareness of the great difficulties faced by animals in their everyday lives and the perilous state of much of the environment around them. On returning from their travels many people feel that they would like to help alleviate these problems, but do not necessarily know of suitable organisations for doing so. With this in mind, the tour experts accompanying the Natural History Museum holidays have compiled the following list of recommended charities.
World Land Trust
Since its foundation in 1989 as the World Wide Land Conservation Trust, the World Land Trust has been working to preserve the world's most biologically important and threatened lands, and has helped purchase and protect over 375,000 acres of habitats rich in wildlife, in Asia, Central and South America and the UK.
www.worldlandtrust.org
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) is a leading UK conservation organisation saving wetlands for wildlife and people across the world.
www.wwt.org.uk
Butterfly Conservation
Butterfly Conservation was formed by a small group of dedicated naturalists in 1968 following the alarming decline of many beautiful butterflies. Most British butterfly species remain in decline. They aim to halt and reverse these declines. Their vision is of a world rich in butterflies for future generations to enjoy.
www.butterfly-conservation.org
Botswana Wild Dog Research Project
Through the long–term commitment of Seattle–native Dr. John “Tico” McNutt, the lingering walls of misunderstanding concerning the African wild dog are being toppled to protect the last vestiges of the species in Botswana’s Okavango Delta. “We continue to fundraise as part of our ongoing activities and although far from target, we carry on. We are grateful to our dedicated donors, old and new, for their valued support.” “Tico” McNutt.
www.save-the-african-wild-dog.com
Afri–Leo Foundation
The Afri–Leo Foundation (established 1977) is a registered, Namibian based, non–profit organization, dedicated to the protection and conservation of the lion in Namibia.
www.afrileo-foundation.org
The AfriCat Foundation
Founded in 1991, The AfriCat Foundation has grown significantly since then and what started out primarily as an animal welfare organisation has over the years, identified the need to include a focus on education and research as being essential to our mission the long–term conservation of large carnivores in Namibia.
www.africat.org
Save The Rhino
Save The Rhino works to conserve viable populations of critically endangered rhinos in Africa and Asia. They recognise that the future of wildlife is inextricably linked to the communities that share its habitat. By funding field projects and through education, their goal is to deliver material, long–lasting and widespread benefits to rhinos and other endangered species, ecosystems and to the people living in these areas.
www.savetherhino.org
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
The RSPB speaks out for birds and wildlife, tackling the problems that threaten their environment. They rely upon memberships and donations to fund their work.
www.rspb.org.uk
The Wildlife Trusts
There are 47 local Wildlife Trusts across the whole of the UK, the Isle of Man and Alderney. They are working for an environment rich in wildlife for everyone. They manage 2,200 nature reserves covering more than 84,000 hectares; they stand up for wildlife; they inspire people about the natural world and they foster sustainable living.
www.wildlifetrust.org
Lion Research Center
The Lion Research Center has two main goals. First, to promote research into the basic biology and conservation of African lions. Second, to make their research findings available to the public. Their current activities stem from the 30+ year studies of the lions in the Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northern Tanzania. www.lionresearch.org
www.lionresearch.org
The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation
The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation is the largest primate rescue project in the world, with nearly 1000 orangutans in its care. BOS is the only organisation actively rescuing wild orangutans from oil–palm plantations, as well as rehabilitating orphaned orangutans, displaced as a result of the relentless devastation of their habitat to clear land for palm oil production. BOS is committed to protecting the orangutan and its rainforest habitat, and relies entirely on donations to achieve this.
www.savetheorangutan.co.ukz