How Can I Help?

There are several organizations out there fighting to conserve wildlife and wild places from disappearing off the face of the Earth forever. Here is where I am going to do my best to compile a list complete with links so that those who come to visit my blog can find out more on how they can help contribute to the conservation and the protection of the planet that we live on. I have a feeling that this list is most certainly going to be ongoing....

The IUCN or the International Union for Conservation of Nature was founded in 1948 and is the world's first oldest and largest global environmental organization. The IUCN Red List is the world's most comprehensive resource on the conservation status of several different species of animal, plant, and fungi as well as their links to livelihood. For more information on the IUCN and the IUCN Red List, please follow these links:

IUCN: http://www.iucn.org/
Red List: http://www.iucnredlist.org/


Endangered Animals: 

Pangolins: 

• http://savepangolins.org/
• -SSC Pangolin Specialist Group www.pangolinsg.org
• Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Cambodia www.accb-cambodia.org
• ASEAN-WEN www.asean-wen.org
• Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Program in Vietnam www.facebook.com/carnivore.pangolin
• Conservation International-Cambodia www.conservation.org
• Education for Nature Vietnam www.envietnam.org
• Fauna & Flora International www.fauna-flora.org
• TRAFFIC www.traffic.org
• Wildlife Alliance www.wildlifealliance.org (and donate directy to their pangolin program via theirGlobal Giving page)
• Harapan Rainforest www.harapanrainforest.org
• Tikki Hywood Trust www.tikkihywoodtrust.org
• Pangolin Research Mundulea pangolins-namibia.blogspot.com

Bumblebees: 

• The Xerces Society For Invertebrate Protection: http://www.xerces.org/bumblebees/
• The Importance of Bees: http://www.ccpollen.com/the-importance-of-bees.html
• Bumblebee Conservation Trust: http://www.bumblebee.org/helpbees.htm
• Save the Bumblebee: http://savethebumblebees.com/
• IUCN: Bumblebee Specialist Group: http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/species/who_we_are/ssc_specialist_groups_and_red_list_authorities_directory/invertebrates/bumblebee_specialist_group/

Irawaddy Dolphins: 

•  International Whaling Commission (IWC).
• Cambodian Mekong Dolphin Conservation
• Conserving Endangered Dolphins in the Inner Gulf of Thailand.

Chinese Giant Salamander: 

• Save Our Species: www.sospecies.org/sos_projects/.../edge_chinesegiantsalamander/
• The Zoological Society of London's Edge of Existence Programme: http://www.edgeofexistence.org/
• Chinese giant salamanders: http://www.edgeofexistence.org/amphibians/species_info.php?id=547
• Chinese Giant Salamander Conservation Programme: http://www.chinesegiantsalamanders.org/
• International Cooperation Network for Giant Salamander Conservation