| Objectives |
|
Wildlife 1 is a community-based resource for monitoring and reporting wildlife trade issues in Asia. Education and transparency are keys to changing attitudes, so that individuals and communities can earn their livelihoods without destroying finite resources. Accordingly, Wildlife 1 is increasing awareness of the dramatic depletion of wildlife from poaching and trading. Central to this is an online regional reporting and monitoring network.  Above: Large male orangutan in a private zoo in Bangkok Thailand. A lucrative underground trade in these great apes exists between Indonesia and other countries in the region to supply theme parks and entertain tourists. © Adam Oswell 2007 Wildlife 1 is:
 © 2007 Adam Oswell The illegal trade in wildlife threatens the viability of ecosystems. We now understand that tropical forests are key to regulating our planet’s atmosphere and depend upon healthy wildlife populations. A sustainable wildlife resource base is vital to ensure biodiversity, human health and food security. The global trade in wildlife is massive, it is now one of the biggest threats facing wildlife, worth over US$10 Billion per year and second only to the trade in drugs and arms. Wildlife trade, driven by burgeoning human economies, and the insatiable demand of consumer tastes, has driven countless species to the verge of extinction, and has led to the collapse of animal food chains across the region. Wildlife 1 clearly illustrates how rapidly wild species are becoming critically endangered, and why the issue must be urgently and effectively addressed before it is too late.  © 2007 Belinda Wright WPSI The project highlights the acts of abuse perpetrated against animals conveyed through powerful photography and factual account, but also of the cultural and institutionalised traditions that drive a large part of the market coupled with the crippling poverty and corruption that seeks to exploit the lucrative and fragile resource of exotic and endangered species.  © 2007 Patrick Brown Wildlife 1 offers hope for our plundered ecosystems in the form of education, awareness and community interaction. Education being the key to changing attitudes of present, and most importantly, future generations - of understanding that livelihoods can be earned other than through destruction of resources and that our anthropocentric vision can be broadened to appreciate and respect a diversity and richness beyond our own lives and needs.  © 2007 Tim Redford Measurable Outcomes
|