News Category: Tropical Forests

NEW SUMMER DATES FOR PAPUA NEW GUINEA EXPEDITION!: 08 May 2008; NEW EXCLUSIVE 8 WEEK PAPUA NEW GUINEA EXPEDITION DATES AVAILABLE FOR 2008!; Categories: General News, Papua New Guinea, Staff, Tropical Forests
READ ALL ABOUT IT: NEW REEF AND LEAF OUT NOW!: 19 December 2007; The eagerly awaited and much anticipated Reef and Leaf is here just in time for 2008! There are lots of exciting updates in this issue, including info about the iminent launch of the International Year of the Reef (IYOR) and...; Categories: General News, Newsletter - Reef and Leaf, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Trinidad & Tobago, Tropical Forests
Waria Valley Science Update, Papua New Guinea: 17 December 2007; The science programme has been making steady progress since the first survey was carried out in June this year. So far the team has completed full surveys in nine different locations with many more areas identified for future work. Four habitat types are being looked at comprising of primary forest, disturbed-agricultural land, primary forest-disturbed edge and secondary forest-primary forest edge. Click the link for more info.; Categories: General News, Monthly Project Updates, Papua New Guinea, Reports and Publications, Tropical Forests
CALL TO ACTION!: 09 November 2007; Are you a confident, enthusiastic person committed to conservation with a passion for Coral Cay? We are looking for volunteers to help spread the word about CCC in their local areas AROUND THE GLOBE! Main Activities include: Get your...; Categories: CCC Representatives, CCC Scholarship Award, CCC Society, CCC Staff, Competitions, Coral Reefs, Fiji, General News, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Past volunteers, Philippines, Press Releases, Red Sea, Staff, Travel, Trinidad & Tobago, Tropical Forests, Trust, Vacancies
Coral Cay Conservation & National Geographic Society: 29 October 2007; Pete Raines MBE, Founder & CEO of CCC, was invited by the US National Geographic Society to act as a panellist for its 'Islands Destination Stewardship' survey. For further information click here....; Categories: CCC In The News, Coral Reefs, General News, Press Releases, Travel, Tropical Forests
Unsung Heroes of Coral Reefs - Make Your Nomination!: 26 October 2007; Jim Hendee (US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency) is planning web presence for the "Unsung Heroes" of conservation & coral reef research in time for the International Year of the Reef in 2008. The nominees should represent: 1) A group...; Categories: CCC Society, Competitions, Coral Reefs, General News, Past volunteers, Tropical Forests, Trust
CCC project gets national news coverage: 13 September 2007; Coral Cay Conservation's project in Papua New Guinea's Waria Valley has received national exposure thanks to an article in the country's leading daily newspaper the Post Courier. Bio-diversity survey for Waria By PISAI GUMAR THE Waria Valley of Morobe...; Categories: CCC In The News, Papua New Guinea, Tropical Forests
Postcard from PNG: 06 September 2007; Coral Cay's Conservation team based in Papua New Guinea's Waria Valley continues to soldier on as they explore new and fascinating areas of this amazing wilderness. The team is doing its best to solve that age-old question - "What...; Categories: Newsletter - RAinforest REport, Papua New Guinea, Tropical Forests
Eco-scripts: Negros Rainforest Conservation Project: 10 October 2006; A joint investigation between NFEFI and CCC Contributors: Wing Crawley, James Grecian and Suki Kasinathan Eco-Scripts, the official publication of center for environmental initatives in Negros Occidental, has published an article celebrating the partnership between Coral Cay Conservation and...; Categories: CCC In The News, Philippines, Tropical Forests
BBC Wildlife - Papua New Guinea: 14 September 2006; The BBC Wildlife article features on the 'weird but wonderful' Papua New Guinea as 'an intoxicating cocktail of stone age and space age, natural history and human history, biodiversity and cultural diversity'. Papua New Guinea is located in the...; Categories: General News, Papua New Guinea, Tropical Forests
Haileybury pupils embark on rainforest conservation expedition: 02 September 2006; Published in the Haileybury Hearts and Wings magazine, summer term edition. Twelve Haileybury Sixth Formers are embarking on a five-week rainforest conservation expedition to the Philippines during the Summer holidays, during which they will be helping to gather quantitative data...; Categories: CCC In The News, Philippines, Tropical Forests
Leek College Lecturer Returns to Jungle: 05 August 2006; Published in the Leek Post and Times on the 2nd August 2006 Andrew Farmer, a biology lecturer from Leek College, will be leaving the sunny Moorlands in September to live with the people of the Waria Valley in Papua New...; Categories: CCC In The News, CCC Staff, Papua New Guinea, Tropical Forests
Negros Rainforest Conservation Project: current activities: 05 August 2006; The North Negros Rainforest Conservation (NRCP) resumed its work in January of this year following a short break of two months. Situated in the North Negros National Park (NNNP) the project continues its work using trained volunteers (both local and...; Categories: Monthly Project Updates, Philippines, Tropical Forests
The 2005 Negros Rainforest Report: 31 May 2006; New Report: The Biodiversity Of The Lower-Montane Forest Habitats Of The North Negros Forest Reserve, Negros Occidental, Philippines. This report outlines the findings of the Rapid Biodiversity Assessment undertaken by Coral Cay Conservation as part of the Negros Rainforest Conservation...; Categories: Tropical Forests
Papua New Guinea - New Forest Conservation Project: 04 May 2006; Coral Cay Conservation has recently been awarded a grant from the Darwin Initiative to undertake a community-based forest conservation project in Papua New Guinea. The Darwin Initiative is a grants programme that aims to promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable use...; Categories: General News, Papua New Guinea, Tropical Forests
Ecological Internet Launches Rainforest Portal: 18 January 2006; January 2, 2006 Released by Ecological Internet, Inc. Contact: Dr. Glen Barry, GlenBarry@EcologicalInternet.org (Wisconsin, USA) - A new Rainforest Portal dedicated to protection of the world’s remaining tropical rainforests and the rights of their inhabitants is launching today. The new...; Categories: Tropical Forests
Papua New Guinea Forest Project: 06 October 2005; Dr Craig Turner (CCC Director of Science) recently undertook a scoping visit to Papua New Guinea (funding by the Darwin Initiative). CCC is currently developing a project to work in partnership with the people of the Waria Valley (Papua New...; Categories: General News, Papua New Guinea, Tropical Forests
Malaysia Tropical Forests Conservation Project Success: 01 October 2005; CCC will be concluding its survey of the biodiversity of the Setiu Wetland complex, peninsular Malaysia in March 2006. At this point, CCC will have achieved it’s stated aims of completing in-depth baseline biodiversity reasearch on the health and ecological...; Categories: Malaysia, Tropical Forests
April Update - Malaysia Tropical Forest Project: 01 April 2005; Project Brief Aim The Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project is a collaborative project between Coral Cay Conservation and the Department of Wildlife and National Parks. The aim of the project is to conduct rapid biodiversity assessments of different habitats within...; Categories: Malaysia, Monthly Project Updates, Tropical Forests
Dream a Dream, Conquer your Dream, and Dream Again- Malaysia Forest Diary: 31 March 2005; Dream a Dream, Conquer your Dream, and Dream Again The feathers were soft and brightly colored with a shade of oceanic blue. My fingers sunk slightly into the puff of feathers as I held this magnificent white-collared kingfisher in the...; Categories: Diaries and Reviews, Malaysia, Tropical Forests
Survival of the Wettest: The Setiu Wetlands: 31 March 2005; Text by Rick Gregory In Terengganu, Malaysia the coastline is dotted with fishing villages separated by scenic stretches of mangroves, nipa palms and coconut trees. A speckled array of habitats - lagoons, marshes, deltas, peat swamps - offer refuge to...; Categories: Malaysia, Tropical Forests
Malaysia Reports: 31 March 2005; Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project Report Of The Perhentian Phase 2005 April 2005, 140 pages, 1MB Malaysia Coral Reef Conservation Project:Pulau Redang - Report To The Department Of Marine Parks, Malaysia. December 2004, 69 pages, 3.8MB For the full...; Categories: Coral Reefs, Malaysia, Reports and Publications, Tropical Forests
CCC Photographer of the Year 2004: 30 March 2005; In 2004 CCC ran the photographer of the Year Competition. Here are the winning entries.; Categories: Competitions, Coral Reefs, Fiji, Honduras, Malaysia, Philippines, Tropical Forests
February Update - Malaysia Tropical Forest Project: 16 March 2005; Project Brief Aim The Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project is a collaborative project between Coral Cay Conservation and the Department of Wildlife and National Parks. The aim of the project is to conduct rapid biodiversity assessments of different habitats within...; Categories: Malaysia, Monthly Project Updates, Tropical Forests
January Update - Malaysia Tropical Forest Project: 22 January 2005; Project Brief Aim The Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project is a collaborative project between Coral Cay Conservation and the Department of Wildlife and National Parks. The aim of the project is to conduct rapid biodiversity assessments of different habitats within...; Categories: Malaysia, Monthly Project Updates, Tropical Forests
Additions to the website: 10th January 2005: 10 January 2005; The 2nd Danjugan Island Biodiversity Survey (Terrestrial) is available to download.; Categories: Philippines, Tropical Forests
Why Bat Wrestling can Enhance Ecological Teaching: 06 January 2005; With ever increasing opportunities to work abroad it has never been better to put what you have learnt in to action or relate your achievements to students that you are teaching. Science has always fought a battle against bad publicity...; Categories: Tropical Forests
Project update - Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project - December 2004: 01 December 2004; Project Brief Aim The Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project is a collaborative project between Coral Cay Conservation and the Department of Wildlife and National Parks. The aim of the project is to conduct rapid biodiversity assessments of different habitats within...; Categories: Malaysia, Monthly Project Updates, Tropical Forests
Project update - Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project (Malaysia) - November 2004: 01 November 2004; Project Brief Aim The Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project is a collaborative project between Coral Cay Conservation (CCC) and the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (PERHILITAN). CCC aims to assist in the biodiversity action plan of Malaysia by undertaking...; Categories: Malaysia, Monthly Project Updates, Tropical Forests
The Philippines: A biodiversity treasure trove: 19 October 2004; The Philippines belongs to an area of the world to which biologists refer as Wallacea. This small region is recognised as having arguably the most spectacular diversity of life to be found anywhere on the planet. As Lawrence R. Heaney...; Categories: Coral Reefs, Philippines, Tropical Forests
CCC Features in BBC Lifeline Appeal: 12 September 2004; Presented by Nick Clark, the BBC television appeal highlighted the important work CCC is doing to conserve threatened tropical forests and coral reefs, and thus the livelihoods of local communities, around the world. The programme appealed for Volunteers, from all...; Categories: CCC In The News, Coral Reefs, Tropical Forests, Trust
Expedition Leader: Malaysia Tropical Forests Conservation Project: 03 September 2004; Tuesday (Day 1): Following 5 days of training we embark on our first full survey of the month either on foot or by boat fully laden with personal kit, science equipment, water containers and enough food (including chocolate) for 4...; Categories: Diaries and Reviews, Malaysia, Staff, Tropical Forests
Project update - Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project (Malaysia) - August 2004: 01 August 2004; Project Brief Aim The Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project is a collaborative project between Coral Cay Conservation and the Department of Wildlife and National Parks. The aim of the project is to conduct rapid biodiversity assessments of the islands forests,...; Categories: Malaysia, Monthly Project Updates, Tropical Forests
CCC Photographer of the Year Competition: 24 July 2004; A unique opportunity to showcase your talent on a national and international level and the chance to win a free three-week expedition to the location of your choice.; Categories: Competitions, Coral Reefs, Diaries and Reviews, Staff, Tropical Forests
Malaysia Forest: Exploring the Unknown: 22 July 2004; The latest CCC forest project started at the end of March with the arrival of the first Volunteers to the Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project (MTFCP). Based on Pulau Perhentian Besar, the development of the project follows the successful pilot...; Categories: Malaysia, Tropical Forests
Whale Shark Sightings: 22 July 2004; It was a dream come true for CCC Volunteers in Honduras and the Philippines, who were lucky enough to see the magnificent whale shark on several occasions in February and April. Whale sharks (Rhyncodon Typus) are the biggest fish in...; Categories: Coral Reefs, Honduras, Philippines, Tropical Forests
Danjugan Revisited: 06 July 2004; This year CCC's Negros Rainforest Conservation Project returned to Danjugan Island in the Philippines to carry out further surveys as part of the long-term conservation plan for the island. When Danjugan was designated a Wildlife Sanctuary and Marine Reserve in...; Categories: Diaries and Reviews, Philippines, Tropical Forests
Expedition Leader: Negros Rainforest Conservation Project: 04 July 2004; I fumble for the alarm in the predawn half-light, "Morning already...?", my brain begins the slow process of waking up. "Hmmmm... re-supply day. Got to get moving". Through a tide of sleepy fog I make my way to the hot...; Categories: Diaries and Reviews, Philippines, Staff, Tropical Forests
Project update - Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project - July 2004: 01 July 2004; Project Brief Aim The Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project is a collaborative project between Coral Cay Conservation and the Department of Wildlife and National Parks. The aim of the project is to conduct rapid biodiversity assessments of the islands forests,...; Categories: Malaysia, Monthly Project Updates, Tropical Forests
Besar Biodiversity: 06 June 2004; The latest CCC venture was realised at the end of March with the arrival of the first volunteers to the Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project (MTFCP). Exploring the 'unknown' under the direction of the Coral Cay staff following a highly...; Categories: Malaysia, Staff, Tropical Forests
Project update - Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project (Malaysia) - June 2004: 01 June 2004; Project Brief Aim The Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project is a collaborative project between Coral Cay Conservation and the Department of Wildlife and National Parks. The aim of the project is to conduct rapid biodiversity assessments of the Perhentian islands...; Categories: Malaysia, Monthly Project Updates, Tropical Forests
Project update - Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project - April & May 2004: 01 May 2004; Project Brief Aim The Malaysia Tropical Forest Conservation Project is a collaborative project between Coral Cay Conservation and the Department of Wildlife and National Parks. The aim of the project is to conduct rapid biodiversity assessments of the islands forests,...; Categories: Malaysia, Monthly Project Updates, Tropical Forests
UCL Masters Challenge: 18 April 2004; CCC has an ever-growing reputation for completing rigorous rapid biodiversity assessments over large areas, highlighting conservation needs and proposing appropriate management actions. However, as with most conservation science you often find more questions than answers. To answer many of these...; Categories: Diaries and Reviews, Philippines, Staff, Tropical Forests
Philippine Forest: Hotspot of Hope: 18 April 2004; The Philippines is a mega-biodiversity hotspot and has higher percentages of endemism than any other biogeographic province in the whole of the Indo-Malayan Realm. Over 57% of species in the major faunal and floral groups occur nowhere else in the...; Categories: Philippines, Tropical Forests
Science Officer: Negros Rainforest Conservation Project: 09 January 2004; A typical day in the life of a terrestrial science officer on the Negros Rainforest Conservation Project would have to be on survey in the montane cloud forests of the Negros Nature Forest Reserve. I lie suspended about three feet...; Categories: Diaries and Reviews, Staff, Tropical Forests
Southern Leyte Disaster Relief Fund: 29 December 2003; More than 200 villagers on the southern part of the Philippine Province of Southern Leyte have lost their lives following last weeks devastating mudslides. Villagers of the north-eastern part of the main southern island of Mindanao are also reported to...; Categories: Diaries and Reviews, General News, Philippines, Tropical Forests
Time in the forest: 12 November 2003; Marija Minic talks about her time as Science Officer on the Negros Rainforest Conservation Project What is conservation situation within the Negros Region? At the offices of CCC's in-country NGO partner, Negros Forests and Ecological Foundation Incorporated (NFEFI), their maps...; Categories: Diaries and Reviews, Philippines, Staff, Tropical Forests
Research treks at NRCP: 19 July 2003; Day-break We wake early, around 6am. Still aching from the previous day's exhausting trek to the Aeroplano site, we stumble into the kitchen where breakfast awaits - usually some rice and fish but occasionally fried eggs and pancakes. After breakfast...; Categories: Diaries and Reviews, Philippines, Tropical Forests
Hotspot of Hope: 19 July 2003; Terrestrial Science Co-ordinator, Craig Turner, takes a look at the success of the Negros Rainforest Conservation Project. The Philippines currently has one of the largest numbers of threatened, restricted range bird species in the world. Recent research has discovered a...; Categories: Philippines, Reports and Publications, Staff, Tropical Forests
Life at NRCP: 19 July 2003; What's life really like on a forest expedition? Volunteer Luke Jones reveals all. In a nutshell? Life at NRCP (Negros Rainforest Conservation Project, Philippines) is a contrast between the relaxed atmosphere of Campuestohan (project base) and the fast and furious...; Categories: Diaries and Reviews, Tropical Forests
Coral Cay Conservation Trust Wins British Airways Community Volunteering Award: 17 July 2003; On the 20th May 2003, in recognition of British Airway employee Richard Simpson's voluntary work for Coral Cay Conservation (CCC), BA Community Relations Manager Mary Barry, presented Coral Cay Conservation representatives Derek Maule (Chairman of CCC Ltd) and Roger...; Categories: CCC Awards, CCC In The News, Coral Reefs, Tropical Forests, Trust
Mandy's Malaysia Reefs and Islands Conservation Project Diary: 10 July 2003; Over the course of twelve weeks CCC staff and groups of international Volunteers conducted baseline surveys around the group of islands that form the Perhentians in Malaysia. Read Mandy Hengeveld's (MRICP Project Scientist) diary of the pilot project.; Categories: Coral Reefs, Diaries and Reviews, Malaysia, Staff, Tropical Forests
Malaysia & UK Launch Scholarships For Reef Studies In Perhentian: 06 April 2003; Coral Cay Conservation (CCC), a British conservation group, has established the Malaysian Conservation Scholarship Awards in collaboration with the "Malaysia Reefs and Islands Conservation Project" (MRICP). The MRICP is an exciting new British-Malaysian partnership between CCC and the Marine Parks...; Categories: Coral Reefs, Malaysia, Tropical Forests, Trust
British Ecological Society (BES) Annual Meeting: 05 January 2003; In December 2002, Craig Turner (Coral Cay Conservation Terrestrial Science Co-ordinator) attended the British Ecological Society (BES) Annual Meeting at the University of York. The conference showcases recent ecological research and was attended by over 1000 delegates from British and...; Categories: General News, Philippines, Staff, Tropical Forests
National Conference on the Science and Management of Mountain Ecosystems, Philippines.: 17 December 2002; In November 2002, Craig Turner (Coral Cay Conservation Terrestrial Science Coordinator) and staff from the Negros Forests and Ecological Foundation Inc (NFEFI), attended the Second National Conference on the Science and Management of Mountain Ecosystems (SAMME 2002) in Baguio City,...; Categories: Philippines, Staff, Tropical Forests
A day in the forest: 08 December 2002; An account of a day on the Philippines forest project by fran Wallington, Expedition Leader; Categories: Diaries and Reviews, Philippines, Staff, Tropical Forests

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