My Green World Featured as Tutorful's Best Conservation Organisation
Tutorful, the UK's leading online marketplace, has just released its 2018 list featuring the world's best conservation organisations. This comprehensive list featured My Green World alongside WWF's Together app, Panthera, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) as well as My Green World's partner charity, Sea Turtle Conservancy.
Conservation Organisations Changing the World
To help you discover the awesome organisations and conservation projects that are helping our wonderful planet, and the best apps, blogs and resources to visit if you want to find out more about the importance of wildlife conservation - alongside studying Biology or Environmental Science, we have included a sneak peak of Tutorful's original article below. (View the full list here).
My Green World - World of the Wild
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Why we love My Green World: An Aussie based wildlife and education organisation that is seeking to engage with and inspire young people to participate in charitable fundraisers and initiatives.They have put together an educational platform alongside a number of resources to help young people explore the efforts of conservationists around the world. Their app "World of the Wild" also gamifies saving animals - each user action represents a real-life scenario that their partner charities are carrying out, which gives users a real insight into the difficulties and uncertainties that define conservation. Education and awareness have always been key to conservation, and My Green World combines both.
WWF Together
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Why we love WWF Together: For 50 years, the World Wildlife Fund's mission has been to create a future where people live in harmony with nature. One of their primary aims is to save wildlife from common threats like poaching and habitat loss.WWF Together brings you closer than you've ever been to 16 endangered species and is now available for iPhone. Download the free app today and enjoy brand new interactive experiences. Read and follow interactive stories of endangered animals, including giant pandas, monarch butterflies, and polar bears so you can see the importance of wildlife conservation.You'll race a jaguar, try and outjump a snow leopard and use your iPhone to explore 360° images of 10 species habitats. Plus, now you can pose with each animal's origami to create your own unique shareable photo. And as always, the award-winning app is available for iPad, Android and Kindle Fire Tablets.
Panthera
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Why we love Panthera for Wildlife Conservation: As the only organization in the world devoted exclusively to the protection of the world’s 40 wild cat species, Panthera is a leader in wildlife conservation.The website features extensive information pertaining to seven of the world’s most imperilled wild cats, on which Panthera's conservation programs are focused– tigers, lions, jaguars, snow leopards, cheetahs, pumas, and leopards. You can find range maps, conservation strategies, population statuses, and detailed fact sheets for each cat on Panthera’s site, as well as recent publications from Panthera-affiliated scientists via our Science Center.Panthera's Vimeo and YouTube pages offer engaging content regarding the important work Panthera is doing to protect wild cats, showcasing initiatives such as our Furs for Life and Lion Guardian programs. In addition, their blog, Field Notes, provides the public with a taste of what life in the field is like for our conservationists, with posts ranging from scientific revelations to conservation successes to day-in-the-life reports.
RSPB - Giving Nature a Home
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Why we love the RSPB Giving Nature a Home: This intuitive app draws on the RSPB’s expertise so users can learn about and help UK wildlife.RSPB want to engage users no matter where they live; people in cities with only a small balcony will still find ways to give nature a home in their outdoor space. Beyond this, they are helping users learn about UK wildlife by creating quizzes: from understanding more about reptiles and amphibians to learning the quirky local names for some of our best-loved birds.The team has also developed a selection of wildlife ‘fact-files’ with key ID features and hi-res images. The ‘garden’ feature rewards actions taken in the app, and regular updates mean there’s always new seasonal content featuring in-app each month. All this is aimed to show how diverse and amazing wildlife is in the UK, and empower users with the knowledge to help wildlife where they live.
Sea Turtle Conservancy
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Why we love the Sea Turtle Conservancy: The Sea Turtle Conservancy is the world’s oldest sea turtle research and conservation group. An international nonprofit organisation, Sea Turtle Conservancy was founded in 1959 by world-renowned sea turtle expert Dr. Archie Carr to save sea turtles from imminent extinction through rigorous science-based conservation.Headquartered in Florida, the organisation carries out worldwide programs to conserve and recover sea turtle populations through research, education, advocacy and protection of the natural habitats upon which depend upon. Over the course of nearly 60 years, Sea Turtle Conservancy’s research programs have yielded much of what is now known about sea turtles and the threats they face, and the organisation is applying this knowledge to carry out the world’s most successful sea turtle protection and recovery programs.
Project Aware - The Dive Against Debris App
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Why we love the Project Aware - The Dive Against Debris app: The Project Aware app unites avid divers with the charity Project Aware; the app offers divers the opportunity to contribute to conservation, their actions have a tangible impact on local marine life.The Dive Against Debris app allows users to report on the types and quantities of marine debris, and although heartbreaking report entangled or dead wildlife. Project Aware use this citizen inspired dataset to develop an accurate perspective on the state of ocean marine life. By doing so they are able to help safeguard our oceans and are able to develop solutions that prevent that waste from getting being dumped there. An innovative app, with the potential for users to contribute to conservation.
Butterfly Conservation
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Why we love Butterfly Conservation: Do you remember the last time you saw a butterfly? No? There's a reason for that. With a number of butterfly species in decline, Butterfly Conservation aims to create a world where butterflies and moths thrive for generations to come to enjoy.With 32 volunteer-run branches in Britain and 36 nature reserves, the team of scientists are attempting to tackle the widespread decline, but unprecedented rates of decline are making that task harder, Butterfly Conservation need your support to rapidly increase their capacity and influence.
Ecosia Browser - Fast & Green
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Why we love Ecosia Browser: A pretty elegant and simple solution to one of the biggest issues facing conservation charities and organisations.... financial backing.The Ecosia browser is a search engine that plants trees with it ad revenue! 80% of its profits are used to finance tree-planting programs across the globe, with just 45 searches on the engine equating to the planting of one tree. Planting trees from the comfort of your sofa is just one way you can get involved with conservation. Ecosia really is the best of both worlds, environmental preservation and a justifiable excuse for scrolling through the world wide web more often than necessary!
WCS
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Why we love the Wildlife Conservation Society: The WCS is another exceptional wildlife and conservation organisation. These guys aim to conserve the world’s largest, and wildest places, across 16 priority regions, home to more than 50% of the planet's biodiversity.It is easy to get fixated on looking at a particular species and forget about the importance of biodiversity for conservation. The organisation utilises science to discover the natural world and their research is vital for informing and inspiring decision makers, communities and their supporters to help protect the wildlife and contribute to conservation.
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