Mauritian Wildlife Foundation
The Mauritian Wildlife Foundation (MWF) is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit conservation agency working in
The MWF is currently working to conserve the following species:
- Pink pigeon
- Mauritius kestrel
- Echo parakeet
- Rodrigues fruit bat
- Mauritius fody
- Mauritius cuckoo-shrike
- Mauritius bulbul
- Mauritius paradise flycatcher
- Mauritius olive white-eye
- Day gecko species of the genus Phelsuma
- Night geckos species of the genus Nactus
- Round Island boa
- Telfair's skink
- Gongylomorphus bojerii
- Macchabe skink
- Bouton Skinks Cryptoblepharus boutonii
History
The Mauritian Wildlife Appeal Fund was established in 1984 as the pioneering initiative of naturalist
1996: the organisation expanded its operations to habitat restoration, including the management of native forests and small islands around Mauritius and in the Outer Islands. Its evolution from a funding-and-administration organisation to a hands-on conservation agency was reflected in the new name adopted that year, the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation (MWF).
The Foundation is today perfecting whole
1998:, MWF expanded its activities into two new fields: ecotourism on Ile aux Aigrettes and an Environmental Education programme in Rodrigues.
March 2016: the President’s report of the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation declared St. Brandon an official MWF project to promote the conservation of the atoll at a national and international level.
2020: in the aftermath of the
2020: The St Brandon Institutional Mapping and Action Plan was finalised.[2]
See also
- Gerald Durrell
- Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
- Wildlife Trust (US)
- Wildlife Preservation Canada
- Mascarene Islands
- St Brandon
- L'île du Gouvernement
References
- ^ "Jean Boulle Group Conservation - Mauritian Skinks: Mauritian Wildlife Foundation and Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust". www.youtube.com/. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "St Brandon (Carajos Cargados Shoals) Final Stakeholders' Consultation Report" (PDF). www.mauritian-wildlife.org. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
St Brandon, an area that needs to be protected for future generations to enjoy
External links
- Mauritian Wildlife Foundation
- An article in The Independent, London.