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animal adoptions

Kea

Stumpy

Bahia

Barnaby

Bintang

With so many animal adoptions to choose from…

Badongo

Dobby

Astrid

Freya

Kate

Bluey

lndigo

Raymi

Who will you choose?

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W EL C O M E TO W ILD LIF E S P RI N G / S U M M E R 2018 Thank you all for the glowing feedback you’ve given us on Wild Life. It is as gratifying for us to put together as it is fun and informative for you to read. There is always something for everyone!

Centre stage this issue is our strategy for 2017-2025, Rewild Our World, which CEO Dr Lesley Dickie explains and explores in detail. This is followed by an overview of our rewilding sites, with a closer look at three of them. You will be familiar with Brazil and St Lucia and excited by the upcoming project in Sumatra in collaboration with former Jersey Zoo orangutan keeper, Dr Ian Singleton.

An essential aspect of the strategy is how to reconnect people, particularly children, with nature. Gerald Durrell’s books started the process years ago, but the strategy expands it using additional communication

methods at Jersey Zoo and our rewilding sites, as you will see.

Exciting times at Jersey Zoo and for two Critically Endangered species: a Javan green magpie hatched and the Madagascar ploughshare tortoise is on exhibit for the first time. The Endangered Visayan warty pigs have arrived and work on the lemur walkway is well advanced.

A major part of our effort is to improve human well-being in nature-dependent communities. Please read about our five year project in Madagascar, generously supported by Jersey Overseas Aid.

Dr Lee Durrell HONORARY D I RE CTO R

I hope you enjoy this issue and learn something new about our work. As always, we are grateful for your support, which is needed now more than ever, as the natural world faces greater pressures every day.

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CONNECTION WITH NATURE: A NEW CHALLENGE FOR DURRELL

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GENERATION REWILD

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R E G I S TE RED CH A RIT Y N UM B ER 1121989 R EGISTER ED COMPANY NUM BE R 6448493 R E G I S TE RED O F F IC E c/o Intertrust Corporate Services (UK) Limited, 35 Great St. Helen’s, London EC3A 6AP P H O TO A N D ILLUST RAT IO N CR ED ITS Edward Bell, Finella Blair, Nik Cole, Elizabeth Corry, Center for International Forestry Research, Bea Detnon, Henry Duffy, Estate of Gerald Durrell, Tim Flach www.timflach.com, Gregory Guida www.gguida.com, Rebecca Hewlett, Eleanor Holt, Loz Ives at Because Studio, Craig Jones www.craigjoneswildlifephotography.co.uk, Tiffany Lang, Dan Lay, Fiona Marchant, Dean Maryon www.deanmaryon.com, www.maysentertainment.com, Andrew Owen, Hugo Philpott, Steve Rawlins, Chris Scarffe www.chrisscarffe.com, Annie Spratt www.mammasaurus.co.uk, Joseph Smith, Caleb Slemmons, Colin Stevenson, Mark Tavener, Hester Whitehead, Charlie Wylie C O VE R IMA G E Bruno Passos www.brunopassos.com

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W HAT D O ES I T M EA N ?

DR LE S LE Y DI C K I E C HIEF EX EC U TIVE OF F IC ER

When setting a new strategy for an organisation you must do a number of things.

Understand where you have been, but make clear goals for the future. Make those goals ambitious, to stretch the organisation, not merely coast along. Be clear about how you will monitor and evaluate those goals, otherwise how will you know if you are successful? Figure out what resources will be needed, including people, and plan how to get them. However, most of all make it exciting!

Exciting is absolutely how I would describe our new strategy, Rewild our World. Rewilding is about restoring ecosystems, helping nature to get back on track, and then hopefully, taking our hands off, stepping away, and nature will do what it needs to do.

Rewilding is just such an exciting word, conjuring up images of a nature that is bountiful, beautiful, raw and magnificent.

A nature where wildlife is resilient and functioning. Coupled with the new strategy is a new vision statement where we want to see a ‘wilder, healthier, more colourful world’. Each one of those words is carefully chosen. ‘Wilder’ is self-explanatory, we want more species thriving in the wild and not merely surviving or just hanging on at the edges. That’s where ‘healthy’ comes in – a world where species are in good numbers and playing their role in functioning ecosystems. ‘Colourful’? Well, we truly believe that each time we lose a species, the world loses a little of its colour.

In our new strategy, we have set some ambitious headline mission goals that the whole organisation will strive for and against which we will measure our success.

We know that our new strategy is bold, but it is also inspiring and with the help of all our partners and supporters, I believe we can all succeed. Our rewilding sites are terrestrial and reflect places where we have a history of work or where we believe there is pressing need, and where we can add value.

Each of our rewilding sites will develop specific approaches to the recovery of some of the most threatened species on Earth and our aim is to become a leader of rewilding and recovering species via the restoration of their broader ecosystems.

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We will continue to train conservationists from around the world, both here at our Academy in Jersey, and at our rewilding sites.

Ensuring that key staff are trained, whether they work for Durrell or another conservation organisation, will contribute to endangered species projects working better globally.

A significant change is about connecting people with nature. We have a set goal of making one million people better connected with nature, no small task, but we feel this is a key role our zoo can play, as well as increase working with the communities at our rewilding sites. Connecting people with nature is powerful and as good for people as it is for the planet. Connected people are more likely to carry out actions that help the planet as well as showing better mental and physical health. We will refresh what we offer at our zoo, getting people closer to animals as well as encouraging ‘wilder’ lifestyles.

We launched the strategy at two events, one in London in November at the Royal Institution in the presence of our Patron, Princess Anne, and one in Jersey in January, along with a ‘film star’ event for the children who helped make our beautiful Generation Rewild film, made by Dean Maryon. Dean talks more about creating this film on page 24. At the London launch we were joined by David Bond, founder of the Wild Network and filmmaker, whose Project Wild Thing film helped shine a light on how little modern children interact with nature. In June we screened Project Wild Thing at the zoo and you can read our interview with David on page 4.

We are busy putting more detailed plans in place for each rewilding site, with teams made up of staff from across the Trust, working with our partners and building on an exciting strategy. I hope you will join us on our journey to create a wilder, healthier, more colourful world.

OUR R EWIL D ING SITES M AD AG ASC AR W ET L AND S M AD AG ASC AR D RY F O REST S ST LU C I A D RY F O REST F IND OU T MORE ON PAGE 14

J ERSEY C O AST L AND S BRI TAI N T EM P ERAT E F O REST SU M AT RA RAI NF O REST F IND OU T MORE ON PAGE 16

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Livingstones fruit bat, Jersey Zoo. Telfair’s skink, Mauritius.

Red billed chough, Jersey.

One-horned rhinocerous, Terai grasslands, Assam. Ploughshare tortoise, Madagascar, Temperate woodland, UK. Dr Carl Jones and Mauritius kestrel chick.

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D AV ID B O N D I S A FAT H ER .

T HIN G S HAV E C H A N GED S I N C E HE WA S GR O WI N G UP ‌

WILD TIME His children are hooked on screens and don’t want to go outdoors.

They want iPads, TV and plastic toys. The marketing departments of Apple, Disney and Mattel control his children better than he can.

Determined to get them up and out, David appointed himself as the Marketing Director for Nature. With the help of branding and outdoor experts, he developed and launched a nationwide marketing campaign to get children outside.

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The film PROJECT WILD THING was the result: a hilarious, real-life story of his determination to get children out and into the ultimate, free wonder-product: Nature. The WILD NETWORK is a nationwide movement that sprang up around the film. It works with smart interventions, collaborations and ideas that show how Wild Time can be an integral part of modern life in families, schools and communities. David is working with Durrell to persuade children of the benefits of wildness.

How did you come up with the idea for Project Wild Thing?

When I was a child, I spent most of my free time outdoors. My children don’t.

I asked my mother and she said she roamed in 50 sq miles. I roamed in 1 sq mile. My children roam in our tiny back garden…. Something is changing. Then I asked my daughter about the TV. She said I love it 100 billion. I knew it was time to do something.

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Please can you tell us about Project Wild Thing?

Project Wild Thing is a feature length documentary about my attempt to persuade my children, and other children, outdoors. I had this idea: we sell children everything under the sun, from crisps, to apps to toys. How about selling them the sun itself? I appointed myself the Marketing Director of Nature and set about flogging my product. I soon discovered that I was up against some very serious competition…

Why is Wild Time so important?

Never in human history have we spent so little time in physical contact with animals and plants.

Scientific evidence shows that we miss nature: Patients with a natural view from their room recover faster and require fewer painkillers than those who look out over a city. Prisoners with cell windows with views of nature have lower stress symptoms and fewer illnesses. University students with natural views score better on tests. Workers who see trees and flowers are less stressed and report fewer illnesses.

And that’s just a VIEW of nature. If you actually go into it – the results are amazing. Being among plants produces lower concentrations of stress hormones, lower blood pressure, and boosts the immune system. People who meet in nature build a sense of community and their prejudices about race, and economic or educational status are reduced. Time in green settings reduces children’s ADHD symptoms. Wild Time is critical.

How do you and your family practice what you preach?

We are in no way perfect! We still have TV, and games and heated debates about Clash of Clans.

But the children know that we value Wild Time.

They know we have serious questions about the risks of too much technology. They also know we think there’s good and bad uses for technology.

Having these conversations is really useful. Then of course I march them up a mountain every now and then. They always admit it was fun. Usually on the way down.

Why did you appoint yourself as the Marketing Director for Nature?

I felt that someone needed to do it. The trouble with free things, like Wild Time, is that there’s no marketing budget. I wanted to try to sell something that is fun, free and good for you. Surely that wouldn’t be too hard, I thought…

What is your favourite thing to do outside?

Please don’t make me choose only one! Walks with friends and family. Cooking on a fire. Flying a kite. Wrapping up warm when it is cold. Looking for animals and birds. Getting wet. Finding greenery in a concrete jungle.

How do you suggest families encourage their children to go outside when the weather is bad?

Going outside in bad weather, wrapped up, is not obviously a fun thing to do, until you do it, then it is.

I’d say get good clothes on, and go on a mission.

And bring sweets. I throw sweets ahead of my children when we’re walking. Then they find them.

When they were little they thought that wherever we went, there were sweets in the bushes. Now they know it is me, but they still eat them.

How did you first get involved with Durrell?

My family comes from the Channel Islands, so I’ve always known about Jersey Zoo and about Gerald’s story. After we made the film, we discovered that Durrell is a firm believer in the importance of rewilding children. It seemed like a natural partnership.

“Never in human history have we spent so little time in physical contact with animals and plants.

Scientific evidence shows that we miss nature” Why are you working with Durrell?

Conservation is vital, but we must remember that children are an endangered species in the wild.

Unless we can breed children with a love of the natural world, what chance do ecosystems have?

Durrell is a wonderful source of inspiration for millions of children, and it is serious about engaging them in the debate.

Can you share with us your vision for the children of tomorrow?

I wish that children could have the time, and space to connect with the world around them. That they could understand that marketing departments are trying to capture their attention. That they could understand that their attention is priceless, and that they should use it on something that really matters to them.

Are you optimistic about the future of the natural world?

Yes. There are so many wonderful projects underway to reconnect children with the natural world. The Wild Network, which started on the back of Project Wild Thing, works to bring these to people’s attention. I hope that the time has come for the idea of wild children.

What’s next for Durrell and The Wild Network?

I believe that Durrell and the Wild Network will have a long and fruitful partnership. We’re starting with a project to rewild children in Jersey. Watch this space!

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D ATES FOR THE D IA RY DURRELL AT DUSK For two days last summer the zoo opened its doors to the public as the sun was setting. This unique chance to explore the zoo at dusk and hear special Keeper Talks was hugely popular with over a thousand visitors attending the event. There was also live music, theatre performances, and street food to enjoy. Save the date for this year’s Durrell at Dusk events on Friday 29th June, Saturday 21st July and Friday 3rd August.

BOO AT THE ZOO Halloween saw hundreds of witches, pumpkins, dinosaurs and vampires stalk through the zoo on a trick or treat trail. Each mini monster was rewarded for their bravery in completing the trail with a spooky sweet or two. This terrifically terrifying event will be running again on Saturday 27th and Wednesday 31st October this year.

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T HR E E L I T TL E PIGS Over the Easter weekend we welcomed three female Visayan warty pigs; Penelope, Babs and Diosa, to the zoo. These charismatic pigs come from the Philippines and are Critically Endangered, with only around 200 left in the wild.

They used to live on several of the Philippine islands, but today are restricted to just two - Negros and Panay. Unfortunately their habitat is rapidly decreasing due to illegal logging and hunting. They will hopefully be joined by a male later in the year.

Help us beat our record of 600 runners by signing up for this year’s Durrell Dash, kindly sponsored by Rathbones, on 4th November.

AGM The 54th Annual General Meeting of Members of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust will take place on Tuesday 11th September at 6pm at The Royal Yacht Hotel. Following the formal AGM business there will be a special talk on ‘Rewilding Jersey’.

Check out Durrell.org/events for more details and to find out what else is on at Jersey Zoo this year.

J AVA N M A G PIE CH ICK Our Bird Department was thrilled to announce the arrival of a Javan green magpie chick last year; the first time this species has been successfully bred at the zoo. A competition was run on social media to name the chick. The most popular name was Eko, meaning first in Javanese. The chick was sexed as male and earlier this year we imported a female from Chester Zoo to pair with him. Both are now on display to visitors, the duo announcing their presence in very vocal fashion.

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RA R E S T TO R TOISE I N TH E W O R L D Our Reptile House has a new exhibit, showcasing four ploughshare tortoises all of whom have been saved from illegal trafficking. Durrell has a long history with this species from Madagascar but sadly the ploughshare is under immense pressure with fewer than 200 left in existence.

Their beautiful domed shell make them highly prized animals and part of the illegal wildlife trade.

However, with the help of our partners in Madagascar, we are striving to save this beautiful species and protect them from poaching.

L EMUR L IAISONS Lemur Lake is undergoing a transformation to incorporate a walkway through the reeds and over the water with a new viewing area which will allow visitors to get closer to these amazing primates. The floating pontoon will provide a truly immersive experience where visitors and lemurs can share the same space.

B EA R N E C E S S IT IES Our female Andean bear, Bahia, has recently moved into a new, specially designed enclosure which has kindly been funded by Rathbones.

This new facility allows the breeding male and female to be managed separately in different areas of the zoo. This separation mimics the species’ solitary nature in the wild whereby males and females will typically only come together to mate.

The breeding male, Quechua, and son, Raymi, will remain in the First Impressions enclosure for now, where they appear to be getting along well in the absence of Bahia.

This is a new technique in the management of Andean bears, so staff at the zoo will be monitoring progress closely, and communicating results to colleagues, as it may inform the wider management of this species in zoos.

You can adopt Bahia and Raymi by visting www.durrell.org/adopt

MINI MONKEYS Our silvery marmoset family have now trebled in size with the arrival of two sets of twins over the last year. The growing family is free-ranging within the zoo and all the offspring have been exploring their woodland home with their mum, Daisy, and dad, Joe by their side. Along with the golden lion tamarins and a pair of recentlyintroduced pied tamarins in the same area, they are a delight to encounter - make sure you look out for them next time you visit.

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I N VA S I V E W E ED REMO VED F R O M L A C R AVELOBE Lac Ravelobe in Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar, is a crucially important lake for many threatened wetland species, including the big-headed turtle or ‘rere’. However, the invasive plant, water hyacinth, clogs up the lake threatening biodiversity and reducing access for local people. Durrell’s local team organised for more than 95% of the weed to be successfully removed and patrollers are now in place to monitor for signs of its return.

TR ACKING TR OPICB IR D S In February, researchers from Swansea University visited Round Island with Durrell’s Dr Nik Cole to place specialised GPS tracking units on red-tailed tropicbirds. These devices allow us to follow exactly where the birds are foraging for their chicks and can indicate marine areas which are in need of protection. The devices can also be used to calculate the costs of flying in different weather conditions allowing us to investigate the possible impacts of predicted climate change on the birds.

C ON S E RVATI O N G OES H I- T ECH Durrell is working with partners to develop new ways to use technology for conservation. Recently our reptile teams in Mauritius have started using tablets to collect data on species and habitats in the field, saving huge amounts of time normally spent entering data from notebooks. Durrell has also developed a new partnership to monitor real-time forest loss in Madagascar using satellite imagery and hand-held devices.

D UR R EL L ’S WETL AND S R ECOGNISED AS GL OB AL LY IMPOR TA N T Two of Durrell’s key wetland sites, Lakes Ambondrobe and Sofia, were recently designated as ‘Ramsar’ sites, highlighting their global importance. Certificates recognising this designation were presented to Durrell by the Minister for Environment during World Wetland’s Day celebrations in February. Ambondrobe is one of the few locations with an increasing population of the Critically Endangered big-headed turtle, and Lac Sofia is the location for the future release of the world’s rarest duck, the Madagascar pochard. Stay tuned for news of this release in October this year.

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SAV I N G TH E L ESSER ANT I L L E A N I G UA N A The Lesser Antillean iguana occurs only on the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles. This species is facing a new problem threatening it with extinction: competition and hybridisation with the common green iguana recently introduced to these islands by people and the inter-island trade. Examples from other western Caribbean islands show just how problematic invasive green iguanas can be to native ecosystems and even to people and tourism. To find possible solutions, we held a regional Species Action Planning workshop with participants from all islands in the Lesser Antillean iguana range, facilitated and run by the Durrell team and Fauna & Flora International. The workshop, organised and hosted by the Anguilla National Trust, concluded that the only way to stave off the species’ imminent extinction is to move Lesser Antillean iguana to offshore islands and ensure these areas stay free of common green iguanas.

A C AD E M Y A C TI V IT Y T RA I N I N G C ON SERVAT ION IST S A new group of Durrell Endangered Species Management Graduate Certificate (DESMAN) participants arrived in Jersey in early February. This year, we were pleased to have conservationists joining us from India, Nigeria, the Seychelles, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Brazil, the UAE, Armenia and Canada. Alongside their coursework and practical experiences in the zoo, some of the students also joined local conservation volunteers and staff from the Jersey National Trust and Birds on the Edge to plant hedges which will act as future habitats for the island’s farmland wildlife.

B UIL D ING CONSERVATION KNOWL ED GE The New Year brought an exciting change for Durrell with the creation of the new Conservation Knowledge Department. This department unites several areas within Durrell that have similar goals around ‘knowledge’: our international training programmes delivered through our Conservation Academy, our formal and non-formal education at the zoo and beyond, and our Science & Impact team that guides our mission and evaluates our impact. The new department will be headed up by Dr Richard Young, previously Head of Conservation Science. Richard says ‘I am thrilled to lead this new department at a really exciting time for Durrell with the recent launch of our new Rewild our World strategy. We want to help people connect with and care about nature, and work with colleagues, partners and trainees to develop the skills and knowledge to deliver more effective conservation.’

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O U R WORL D W E W IL L F O C US O N L O N G- T ER M R E S TO R ATION O F EC O S Y S T EMS IN TE N O F TH E WO R L D ’ S MA J O R TE R R E S T R I A L B I O MES These ten rewilding sites form the focus of our conservation efforts around which we will also have many partnership projects. Each rewilding site will develop specific approaches to the recovery of highly threatened species and the restoration of their broader ecosystems.

Sites were chosen for their high conservation need, where we can develop conservation approaches that can be applied to other species or ecosystems in the future.

Over the next few issues of Wild Life, we will look at these ten rewilding sites. This issue focuses on Sumatra, Brazil and St Lucia.

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B R I TA I N T EM PER AT E F OR EST J ER SEY C OA ST L A N DS

SUMATRA - RAINFOREST INDIA - TERAI GRASSLANDS

ST LUCIA - DRY FOREST

BRAZIL - ATLANTIC RAINFOREST

MAURITIUS - ISLAND ECOSYSTEMS MADAGASCAR - WETLANDS GALAPAGOS - FLOREANA ISLAND

MADAGASCAR - DRY FORESTS

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SAINT LUCIA DRY FO R E S T

With invasive species prevalent across the whole of Saint Lucia, many endemic species are restricted to tiny offshore islands.

Our vision is to establish a ‘mainland island’ management area and breeding centre where native wildlife and ecological processes can be restored and both local people and tourists can experience a truly rich Caribbean dry forest.

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GOAL Establish a ‘mainland island’ management area to allow native forests and wildlife to flourish KEY ISSUES Invasive species, tourism and urban development, climate change, habitat degradation

KEY PAR TNERS Government of Saint Lucia, Saint Lucia National Trust, Fauna and Flora International

SPECIES White breasted thrasher, Saint Lucia racer, whiptail lizards, Saint Lucia parrot

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ST LUCIA APPEAL

HELP SAV E THE R A R E ST SN A KE IN THE W OR L D WITH AS FEW AS 18 OF ITS KIND REMAINING ON EARTH, IT IS ONE OF THE PL ANET’S RAREST ANIMALS. The Saint Lucia racer is a small, harmless snake with a gentle nature.

Invasive species, introduced to Saint Lucia by humans, decimated the population. It survives stranded and in desperate need of protection.

There is a huge risk that the Saint Lucia racer could be lost forever.

It continues to be vulnerable to predators, disease and storms that hit the Caribbean coast. Development also threatens the Maria Island Nature Reserve; the only place free from invasive predators where they continue to survive.

Never has a snake so rare been bred in captivity but if we do nothing this species will be lost forever.

We need you to help us pioneer a captive breeding and release programme on mainland Saint Lucia.

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ST LUCIA APPEAL

THERE IS HOPE With your support we will build a new facility replicating the Saint Lucia racer’s natural environment. This will ensure safety of the population, support training and education opportunities and grow the population through a breeding programme.

To achieve this, we are dedicated to working with our conservation partners Fauna & Flora International, St Lucia Forestry Department and Saint Lucia National Trust.

Durrell’s experienced conservationists at Jersey Zoo have successfully studied and bred racer snakes from other Caribbean Islands. Discovering the racer snake’s diet, breeding cycles and biology will provide the best foundations for success, but there are no guarantees.

Our long term vison is to establish a ‘mainland island’ conservation area where native wildlife and ecological processes can be restored and the public can experience a truly rich Caribbean dry forest.

Your support is vital to give this snake a chance to thrive again.

YOU CAN SAVE THE RAREST SNAKE IN THE WORLD

£10

will pay for ID tags

£20

• Your gift will be used to help ensure the Saint Lucia racer is given the best chance of survival.

will pay for a scale to regularly monitor the health status of the snakes

• Fundamental to the ongoing success of the project will be to inspire and equip local conservationists with the skills they need.

will pay for a tracking device

• Funding will provide dedicated staff with the resources and support required to apply pioneering techniques, ensuring the best results.

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£1,000

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SUMATRA RAIN FO R E S T

Working closely with the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP), which was set up by an ex-Jersey Zoo keeper, Durrell will support the design and build of ‘The Haven’. This conservation and education centre, near the city of Medan, will become a hub for training, rehabilitation of rescued orangutans and captive management of highly threatened species. The Haven will also provide a centre from which we can explore the Sumatran forests.

GOAL Create a haven for Critically Endangered wildlife in the face of Southeast Asia’s biodiversity crisis KEY ISSUES Illegal wildlife trade and habitat loss due to commercial agriculture

KEY PAR TNERS Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme

SPECIES Sumatran laughingthrush, straw-headed bulbul, Sumatran orangutan

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BRAZIL

ATL A NTI C FO R E S T Durrell will support the rebuilding of populations of black lion tamarins and other primates in the last fragments of Brazilian Atlantic Forest, by taking our decades of experience working with these monkeys in captivity and applying them in the wild. Through specialised management techniques, such as providing artificial nesting sites, we will help tamarins and other animals make full use of the tree corridors that connect isolated forest fragments, a model that can be transferred to many other conservation scenarios.

GOAL Reconnect Atlantic forest patches to rebuild populations of highly threatened species KEY ISSUES Forest loss and degradation due to subsistence and commercial agriculture

KEY PAR TNERS Instituto de Pesquisas Ecolรณgicas, Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation

SPECIES Black lion tamarin, buffy tufted-ear marmoset

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Durrell’s new initiative with Jersey Overseas Aid is improving human wellbeing for naturedependent communities in rural Madagascar.

Durrell recognises that there is a fundamental link between communities and the conservation of their surrounding environments. Often people rely heavily on their environment for survival and have limited access to sustainable practices. This leads to further damage to natural habitats and wildlife, the loss of natural resources, and a continued decline in human wellbeing.

MADAGASCAR

To break this vicious cycle, Durrell has launched an exciting new five-year project generously supported

by Jersey Overseas Aid. Our goal is to improve the wellbeing of over 2,000 families in 14 communities in rural Madagascar by focusing on five key areas.

I MPR OVI N G FO O D S E CURITY We are supporting communities to improve food security by promoting farming methods that provide more nutritious food and reduce harm to the environment.

I MPR OVI N G FINANCIAL IND E P E ND E NCE We are setting up community financial tools that will provide families with opportunities to save and borrow funds.

I MPR OVI N G RE P R O D UCTIV E HE ALTH Working with our partner Marie Stopes International, we are providing reproductive health support to empower women and help them to make informed family planning choices.

ENABLI NG G O O D G O V ERNANC E We are also helping to improve the way the use of natural resources is governed locally which reduces the risk of exploitation.

PAR T NERSH I P S & M ANAG EM ENT These key areas will be supported by strong partnerships which will help ensure the work continues into the future.

Durrell is committed to the creation of diverse and resilient natural landscapes that provide a sustainable future for both wildlife and people. By the end of this five-year project, we anticipate this holistic approach will form a model that will benefit approximately one million nature-dependent people that live in the regions surrounding our target communities.

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The wellbeing of over 2,000 nature-dependent households in 14 communities will be enhanced through improved food security, reproductive health, and better access to community finance schemes that also reduce negative impacts on the long-term sustainability of their natural resource base.

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AT THE Z OO

A W I L DE R ZOO MARK BRAYSHAW HEAD OF ZOO OPERATIONS

As part of our new bold and exciting strategy to rewild our planet and ourselves, we have pledged to better connect one million people with nature. Our activities at Jersey Zoo will play a key role in meeting this ambitious target.

We want to give people a wilder, multisensory and more emotional experience when they visit. Why? Because ultimately this will help reignite the deep connection we all have with the natural world but may struggle to find in our fast-paced, technology-laden lives. Also engaging at a deeper, emotional level promotes a sense of ownership and a duty of care. Our world, our wildlife, ourselves need this care more than ever before.

So how will we achieve it? Breaking down the barriers between visitors and our resident animals is one way. Zoo barriers exist for good reason, primarily safety, but for some species we can have much more intimate, interactive exhibits. We already have several walkthrough aviaries and we plan to increase the number of these immersive enclosures. We are building a floating walkway where people and lemurs can share the same space. A new butterfly house is under construction where visitors will be surrounded by swathes of these colourful, exotic insects. In the future we want to bring our guests high up into the treetops of Tamarin Woods, at eye level with endangered monkeys as they go about their day.

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A wilder zoo means a zoo brimming with native wildlife too. In addition to our resident red squirrels, we will encourage more native species to thrive – barn owls, rarities like glowworms and small copper butterflies, maybe even introducing species such as little egrets or night herons! By creating more native species areas where we allow nature to take its course (with a little helping hand if required), we can demonstrate to visitors that our own wildlife is wonderful and we can all do our bit to help it, pursuing more sustainable and environmentally-friendly lifestyles.

We also want people to feel connected, literally. A barefoot trail across different natural surfaces will allow visitors to feel grass, bark, rocks, even mud beneath their toes – an experience many of us leave behind at childhood but will stir our inner wildling! A visit to the zoo should be more than just a visual journey but employ all of the senses – sound, touch and smell – which will help us to tap into our inner nature, and collectively create a wilder world.

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CO N NE C TI O N WIT H N AT U R E A NEW CHALLENGE FOR DURRELL E LU NE D P R I C E RESEARC H C OORDINATOR

In Durrell’s new strategy, we have set ourselves the goal of reconnecting one million people across the world with nature by 2025. But what is connection to nature, and why is it important?

Over the last decade or so, conservationists have begun to realise that an increasing degree of separation between people and the natural world is at the heart of the biodiversity and environmental crisis we are facing.

We now also understand that simply giving people information does not encourage them to change their behaviour. Instead, we need to help people develop a stronger relationship with nature – to feel part of it, to take responsibility for it, to care for it, and of course, to enjoy it. We are then much more likely to be motivated to change the way we use it – for example, to reuse and recycle instead of buying new things, to reduce our energy and water use, to change our eating habits so that more land can be returned to a wild state. And there are other benefits – the more connected to nature people are, the better their physical and mental health.

With its headquarters in Jersey, it makes sense for Durrell to start by looking at how well Jersey’s people are connected with nature. So as a first step, we are working with primary schools to measure connection with nature in Jersey’s 8-11 year olds. We will be collaborating with the Nature Connectedness Research Group at the University of Derby and will be using a method called the “Nature Connection Index” (NCI), which has recently been developed by Natural England.

We will repeat the survey with older people as well as children at regular intervals, to see how connection with nature changes as we get older, and to see if we can increase it by devising activities based on the “pathways to nature connection” that our colleagues in Derby have identified.

These are: contact, emotion, meaning, compassion, and beauty (for example, walking in the country and paying attention to beautiful surroundings and thinking about how nature makes you feel).

And we will also be able to look at how connection with nature varies in people living in our ten rewilding sites around the world, helping us to understand the barriers to conservation in different communities.

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To launch Durrell’s new ‘Rewild our World’ strategy, we partnered with Director, Dean Maryon, to produce this compelling short film, which was shot in Jersey, and uses the voices of children to convey the vital role people play in protecting and caring for our planet.

T EL L U S A L I T T L E ABO UT YO URS E LF AND S O ME O F T H E P R O JEC T S Y OU HAV E WO RKE D O N? After leaving Falmouth Art College over 20 years ago I worked in publishing in London for a few years before moving to the Netherlands to work on product design at Nike. From there I moved into advertising, working for the last 15 years as an Art Director and Creative Director on global campaigns for brands such as Adidas, Asics, Dunlop, Sony, Omega, and Amnesty International amongst others. I now run Nautilus, a creative production agency based in Jersey.

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W H Y DI D Y OU WA NT TO WO RK W IT H DU R R EL L ?

Before moving to Jersey three years ago, I visited the island many times with my family. We always visited the zoo when we came. Although I am not from Jersey, I always felt very proud that such a tiny place was home to such an important and global organisation. After years selling sports shoes to people who already had a pair, I always hoped to put my skills to better use. I am delighted to be able to help Durrell tell its story and raise awareness about its crucial work saving endangered species around the world.

W H AT WA S T HE I DE A BE HIND G E N ER AT I ON REWILD ?

The idea of rewilding is as much about humans as it is about wildlife, and the younger generation are the ones who will be picking up the pieces to make a better planet and future. They are part of a generation who is much more informed and engaged in the issues that affect the planet. Managing the balance between their modern world and the natural world is a constant challenge. So it felt important to give the youth a voice and let them describe the kind of world they want to live in. The idea was to show a generation born in a modern urban world, connecting with the natural world that exists beyond the city limits.

The poem is a way for them to express their connection to the natural world in a way that reminds us all of the wonder of the planet we live on.

W H Y DI D Y OU ONLY US E C H IL DR EN I N T HE FILM? Children have the power to connect with us all emotionally. Their innocence, passion and sincerity cut through the noise and forces us to listen to what they have to say.

H O W DI D Y OU C AS T THE C H IL DR EN I N T HE FILM? We sent out a casting brief to members of Durrell appealing to parents and children to help us promote the world of Durrell. They sent in a picture and bio about themselves and we then selected the final cast to represent an equal balance of gender, age and ethnicity that would best represent the spectrum of modern young people.

THE CHIL D REN I N T H E F I LM ARE RE CITING A P O EM , H O W D I D Y O U CO ME UP W I T H T H I S? Writing a children’s poem always seems like a good idea until you get to the second verse and start running out of words to rhyme. The idea of the poem was to describe the abundance and variety of wildlife that share this wonderful world with us and enforce the message that it is our responsibility to care for it.

WHE RE D I D F I LM I NG TAK E P L AC E? We filmed all over the island, from St Helier to St. Ouens. The goal was to film the children in urban and natural locations that could be anywhere in the world. The challenge was to make the film feel like it was not made in Jersey as we also wanted to appeal to people beyond our shores.

WE RE TH ERE ANY PAR T I C U L ARLY AMUS ING / M EM O RABLE / P O IG NA NT M O M ENT S W H EN FILMING? On the first day of filming we were capturing a shot on the side of a steep hill in some woodland. While directing the talent, I heard a sound and looked back to see my camera tumbling down the hill, having slipped off the tripod mount. Luckily after scrambling to the bottom of the hill, I retrieved the rather valuable camera from the undergrowth, soiled but undamaged. The parent and child I was filming probably thought, “What an amateur!’, which on this occasion I’d have to agree with.

Apart from that mishap, It was great fun to explore so many parts of the island, to meet and talk with the children and their parents. It was inspiring to learn how much they knew and cared about nature. Everyone was very natural in front of the camera and performed their part of the poem with great conviction and maturity.

WHICH IS Y O U R FAV O U RI T E ANIMAL AT D U RRELL AND W H Y ?

Always a difficult question. But if pushed I’d have to base it on personality and for that reason I’d choose the tamarins. They are such an inquisitive gang of mischief makers. I especially like the most chilled of the species, the Emperor tamarin, with their beautifully pompous moustaches and their wide-eyed questioning gaze, they always appear to be thinking very hard about something important.

H O W D O Y O U WANT P EO PL E T O F EEL W H EN T H EY WAT CH T H E F I LM ?

Moved and hopeful. I’d like them to feel that they are a part of the natural world. That they can connect more with nature and that they can do their bit to ensure its future health.

W H AT D O Y O U WANT P EO P L E TO D O AS A RESU LT O F WAT CH I N G T H E F I LM ?

I’d like them to think to themselves “If I added up all the pennies and pounds I spend every year on pointless mobile apps, cans of fizz, sweets, crisps and bottled water and donated that money to Durrell then I’d be making myself and the world a healthier place”. Or just “I can help Durrell to safeguard those creatures and places under threat by donating money.”

AS A FAT H ER, H O W D O Y OU F EEL ABO U T T H E W O RLD YO UR C H I LD REN W I LL I NH ERI T ?

I think every generation hopes they are leaving the world in a better place than when they arrived. And like every generation, we benefit from our parents’ legacy but we also have to fix the mistakes they made through their ignorance. Although things look bad, I think we have to leave what we can’t fix and have faith that as parents we can still make a difference, and have faith that our children will do a better job than us and have the belief, brains and technology to restore the natural balance. We can only control the way we live our lives. Electric cars, avoiding plastic bottles and straws, recycling, solar power, being less wasteful, fixing things instead of disposing of them. If our children can change our lifestyles then maybe they won’t have to learn to live with the consequences of our ignorant actions.

A generation raised to solve problems rather than create them.

Watch the film www.durrell.org/rewild

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Feel healthier and happier this summer by getting outside and exploring our wild and wonderful world. Here are 30 ideas to get you and your family enjoying and connecting with nature.

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D ODO D I S PATC H

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WILDTRIBE

BE A PALM OIL DETECTIVE

Congratulations to St. George’s Conservation Club, who completed their Bronze Conservation Awards and by doing so, joined our Wild Tribe!

The rainforest is full of wonderful animals and plants, many of which you can see at Jersey Zoo. The rainforest in Indonesia is under huge threat and is being cut down for palm oil farming. Unfortunately palm oil goes into lots of food and other products we buy every day.

They did a bug hunt, made colourful animal drawings, learnt about Gerald Durrell and explored nature by being a nature detective.

It looks like they had a lot of fun! If you want to be part of our Wild Tribe, find out more at www.durrell.org/schools/wildtribe

HERE’S WHAT TO DO… You can help save the rainforest by looking at what food you buy and trying to avoid products that contain palm oil. Check your food labels at home and at the shops for palm oil. Can you find an alternative that does not have palm oil in it?

LEFT TO RI GHT India Chatterley age 8, Mia Shenkman age 8, Ava Bourne age 10, Francesca Chatterley age 8

BRIGHT IDEAS FROM YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS

utans Our orang rsey here at Je tive to Zoo are na sian the lndone rainforest SO, HOW DID YOU DO? Let us know how you get on being a palm oil detective! Email us at: education.admin@durrell.org

We were delighted to receive donations from two teams who took part in The Channel Islands Business Challenge, that sees teams of students aged 11 to 16 start their own businesses. The Team ‘Birds in Green’ from Victoria College made bird feeders and donated £290 of profits to Durrell.

Willoughby and Trystan formed their business ‘Out of The Wood’ selling chopping boards and wood crafts and chose to give £266 to Durrell.

SCHOOL CHILDREN ADOPT ANIMALS The Year 3 children of St Catherine’s Primary School in Newcastle surprised Jane our Adoption Administrator with a bounty of handwritten letters and beautiful bright drawings of the four animals they had chosen to adopt.

To help raise funds for the adoptions, the children sold books, cakes and toys. www.durrell.org/adopt

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DODO D IS PATCH

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I throw them to the birds and they catch them in their mouths – which is a pretty clever trick!

I work mainly with the passerines – this is a fancy word for songbirds that can perch- like the blackbirds that you might see in your garden.

Most of the songbirds I work with are exotic and rare – some having as few as 50 birds left in the wild!

Once I have checked everyone and given them fresh drinking water, I return to the bird kitchen. We then make up the lunches for the birds – which includes a fruit salad, chopped up really small, and a dry mixture of ingredients like egg and carrot. It’s important that the food is chopped up into tiny pieces so that the birds get a mixture of food in their small portion– and also some of the birds only have little beaks!

My first job of the day is getting the birds’ food ready and then taking their breakfasts with me on my morning rounds. There are usually four other bird keepers working with me each day and we work together as a team to look after all the birds. We each look after a specific area of the zoo. On my routine I make sure I see all the birds in each enclosure – this gives me the chance to make sure they’re healthy, and I can see if they’re up to anything exciting like nest building. Most of the birds enjoy insects like mealworms or crickets for breakfast- some of the bigger birds like the wrinkled hornbills or Javan

Not everyone gets fruit – the Javan green magpies’ favourite lunch is mouse! We give these to them whole and they rip them up with their sharp beaks. If they’re not hungry, they’ll hide bits of food around their enclosure to eat later – we call this caching. If we need to move any birds we try to do this before lunch so that we have time to see how they’re settling in to their new enclosures.

Once we’ve given all the birds their lunch feeds, we do the washing up – and there’s lots to do! Afterwards it’s usually time for the keepers to do any extra jobs they need to do.

Some afternoons it’s gardening in the enclosures – it’s very important for the birds that they have trees and plants that they can nest and perch in – this makes them feel safe and happy. We also spend a lot of time cleaning – there many ponds to scrub and indoor areas to keep tidy!

At the end of the day, I check all the birds again and give them their evening insects and make sure that all of their indoor areas are nice and warm and ready for the night time.

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#D OI TF OR D UR R EL L

BE I N S PIRED We are so grateful to all our friends, members and supporters and we’d like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to each and every one of you. We hope you will be inspired by some of the ways our supporters have raised funds to help us save wildlife.

R EWIL D THE PEOPL E We love it when people approach us with their own fundraising ideas and personal challenges. Jess Pinel has committed to try 31 outside activities over the 31 days of July to support Durrell, inspiring people to be more active and spend times outdoors. She is partnering with Jersey activity providers who support our mission to rewild people. #Rewildthepeople

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#DOI T F ORD URRE LL

YES, YO U C AN-CAN Did you know that you can recycle your aluminium cans to help plant tree corridors for animals living in the Brazilian rainforest? The project ’Cans for Corridors’ started in 2005 and recently completed the first passage of 100,000 trees, providing jobs for local people as wildlife returns to the region. This forest is home to some of the most unique wildlife in the world, including the black lion tamarin.

We are hugely grateful to our partners Hunt Bros Ltd who donated their can sorting machine to Durrell.

They covert our scrap metal into cash and this year we have received £1,315. Our dedicated volunteers, the Can-Can Team, collect and harvest thousands of cans from events and at the recycling point at Jersey Zoo. Without their support, the project would not be possible. We are delighted that the Les Amis Recycling Team have recently joined us to support the collection of cans from local restaurants and cafes, and to deliver them to Durrell. Find out how you can get involved www.durrell.org/cans

R B C GOR IL L A PR OJECT When 50 volunteers from RBC signed up to complete a project at Jersey Zoo they did not anticipate spending their time inside our famous gorilla enclosure. Armed with paint and brushes, a team transformed the space by painting the 20ft high walls whilst others helped gardening and landscaping. With so many keen volunteers they were also able to help with our new warty pig enclosure.

G RA B T H AT GAP COMMUNITY PON D PR O J ECT In the proximity of the Durrell Discovery Centre there is a new pond and wildlife area planted with wildflower seeds.

This is part of BIAZA’s (British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums) campaign encouraging zoos to get staff, volunteers, groups and schools involved to grab a small area of unused space to encourage native species to flourish. The area has been adopted by St Peter’s & Gorey Youth Service and supported by the Back to Work Scheme, providing volunteers to prepare the site, plant seeds and help with ongoing management. Funding for the materials needed to transform the area has been generously provided by the Malzard Family as a tribute to the late Anita Malzard, who was a lifetime supporter of Durrell. The pond and surrounding area will be a beautiful tranquil spot to be enjoyed by native wildlife and used as an education area for school children and groups.

GO WIL D FOR D UR R EL L Our first ever GO WILD Day in February received a huge amount of community support. We encouraged Durrell fans, anywhere in the world, to enjoy a day of wild activities and fundraise for the world’s wildlife and were delighted to see all your creative ideas. Prize winners included St Michael’s School for their creation of our dodo logo and Fairway Group who held a bush tucker bake off in their office. Clink Hostels achieved the award of highest fundraiser contributing to an incredible total of £5,039. Look out for ‘Go Wild for Durrell’ next year!

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IN NUMBERS

OUR GOALS By 2025, our founder, Gerald Durrell would have celebrated his 100th birthday and we have set ourselves bold and ambitious targets that will deliver significant change to the fortunes of threatened wildlife.

IN 2025 WE WANT TO SEE…

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WHAT COULD YOUR LEGACY BE?

I N A N E N DL E S S UN IVERSE WHERE L IFE IS SO R AR E, THER E’S A P R E C I O U S PL A N ET , WE WILD T H INGS SHAR E. IT’S A PL ACE O F W O N DE R , F ILLED WIT H CO LO U R FUL L AND S, AND ITS F UT U R E H E A LTH REST S IN O UR POWER FUL HAND S. Gerald Durrell left an enduring legacy to the generations that followed him. He was a visionary, a pioneer and a man with a mission. He believed that good zoos could do great things in conservation, and almost 60 years ago he set out to prove it. Today, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust has made an enormous difference to endangered species worldwide and continues to deliver results unparalleled by any organisation of its size.

All this has been made possible thanks to the generosity of our supporters. Some of the greatest gifts we receive as a charity are those left to us in wills. They are hugely important and without them we would face an uncertain future. They have enabled us to be ambitious, push boundaries and deliver conservation with a global impact.

Whilst saving species remains at the heart of what we do, our ambitions for bringing about change go beyond this.

In the long-term, with your help, we want to not only prevent extinctions but also recover populations of threatened species. Through our work in the wild and at Jersey Zoo, our aim is to reconnect people with nature and help drive the societal change needed to save and restore the natural world.

These actions will result in more diverse, beautiful and resilient natural landscapes in which species can thrive and people can enjoy a deeper connection with nature, generation after generation. But we can only achieve this with your help.

Any gift, no matter how large or small, helps us to make a big difference to the world which future generations will inherit.

If you would like more information on leaving a gift to Durrell in your will, please contact our Legacy Manager Amy Bompas on +44 (0)1534 860065 or amy.bompas@durrell.org

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