The World Needs Healthy Rivers March 29, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment A Special Message from International Rivers Executive Director Kate Horner International Rivers protects rivers and defends the rights of communities that depend on them. International Rivers opposes destructive dams and encourages better ways of meeting people’s needs for water, energy and protection from damaging floods.
Casa de Carne March 29, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment On a night out with friends, Eric tries a new restaurant that takes the dining experience full circle. Set in the not-so-distance, dark future, “Casa de Carne” is a thought-provoking short film about hard choices and hidden truths. Winner of the 1st Place Tarshis Film Award at the 2019 Animal Film Festival. Written & Directed by Dustin Brown Produced by William Martens & Dustin Brown Executive Producer Chris DeRose Cinematography by Mark Mannschreck Edited by Dustin Brown Associate Producer & 1st AD Nura Ashimova Starring Joe LeMieux, Gintare Bandinskaite, Mantas Valantiejus, Ryan Sherman 2019 Last Chance for Animals. I Am Become Death – Universal Pictures Film MusicArtist: Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow Album: Ex Machina Licensed to YouTube by: AdRev for a 3rd Party (on behalf of Universal Pictures Film Music); UMPG Publishing, and 4 Music Rights Societies
Why Elephants are Important March 29, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment Elephants are threatened by habitat loss, conflict with humans, and ivory poaching. At IFAW, we are striving to reverse these distributing trends. Through a landscape-level approach, IFAW is working to protect critical elephant habitats by improving park security, securing linkages that connect parks, mitigating human-elephant conflicts, encouraging communities to realise benefits from non-intrusive alternative livelihood opportunities and involving communities to be part of solutions. Conflicts between elephants and people aren’t new, but they are increasing. As human populations grow, habitat becomes fragmented, with elephants losing more of the space they need to live. But the “solutions” to human-elephant conflicts are often politically motivated and can lead to great cruelty to animals. Individual elephants and entire family groups may be fenced in to smaller and smaller areas or even culled. IFAW understands that managing such conflicts requires great care, paying attention to the human and animal interests at stake. Our anti-poaching experts undertake needs assessments and provide the appropriate training and technical assistance where it’s needed most. IFAW and the Kenya Wildlife Service have launched an innovative project called tenBoma, which includes the development of a counter-wildlife crime intelligence fusion centre, engagement with communities living near wildlife, and modernization of KWS security operations to stop poachers before they kill elephants and rhinos. If successful in Kenya, this model project could be replicated in other countries for more effective poaching prevention. Building a Better World for Animals and People – Visit http://www.ifaw.org/international