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From anteaters to zebras, Argentina to Zimbabwe, we support projects that have significant impact.
From anteaters to zebras, Argentina to Zimbabwe, we support projects that have significant impact.
From anteaters to zebras, Argentina to Zimbabwe, we support projects that have significant impact.
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We’ve been standing up for wildlife for over 40 years. With the help of scientists, conservationists, landowners, and the general public, we’re working to protect our delicately balanced ecosystem by bringing our most threatened species back from the brink.
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Funded by our generous supporters, our grant programmes support the very best scientific researchers and wildlife experts out in the field. The evidence they unearth guides worldwide conservation. Browse the map below to discover the amazing wildlife we’re saving from extinction.
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Latest news from PTES
Protected: Open NGO letter responding to proposed changes to the eligibility criteria for the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981)
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…Traditional orchard becomes of national significance for saproxylic insects
Our Rough Hill orchard Rough Hill is a traditional apple orchard on the banks of the river Avon in Worcestershire. People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) has owned it since 2003, when we decided to save it from neglect and hoped to discover the noble chafer beetle there (PTES had recently become the lead partner …
River wolves: how our thirst for gold is affecting giant otters of the Americas
Consequences of deforestation and mining Deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest our Conservation Partner, Adi Barocas, is busy trying to understand how gold mining is impacting one of the jungle’s largest predators: the giant otter, or river wolf (‘lobos de rio’), as they are known locally. Artisanal small-scale mining, informal digging often carried …