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Joyful news at Lake Indawgyi: elephant family welcomes two babies

Aug 12, 2021 | CfN News, Myanmar

We have great news on today’s World Elephant Day: Two healthy babies were welcomed in one of the logging elephant families at Lake Indawgyi in Myanmar! The young males were already born on July 11th and 14th 2021 and now belong to a herd of 13 individuals. Unlike many...

Gibbon Forest Coffee: Project progress despite difficult situation in Myanmar

Aug 5, 2021 | Aktionen & Initiativen, CfN News, Myanmar

In Myanmar, the latest political developments and the expansion of COVID-19 are posing great challenges for the local people and the different organisations working there. During the current political crisis following the military coup in February 2021, Chances for...

Mangrove forests: Extraordinary ecosystems

Aug 1, 2021 | Allgemein

A mangrove is a small tree that grows in the coastal saline or brackish water of intertidal zones or river mouths. In contrast to normal trees, mangroves are salt-tolerant and thrive in conditions which would actually be too toxic for other plants. Another typical...

Successful infrasound test with elephants at Serengeti-Park Hodenhagen

Jul 23, 2021 | Allgemein, CfN News

Chances for Nature and the Burmese organization Friends of Wildlife are taking care of the protection of Asian elephants in the Indawgyi Lake Biosphere Reserve in Northern Myanmar. Since the northern part of the biosphere reserve is regularly visited by wild elephants...

Bull elephant recaptured at Lake Indawgyi

Apr 27, 2021 | CfN News, Myanmar

Recently, our elephant team put an end to the dramatic escape of a bull elephant in the Musth. Musth is a stage in the reproductive cycle of male elephants when they become extremely aggressive and pose a great danger to humans and other elephants. Our elephant team...

A new method for mangrove status assessment

Apr 23, 2021 | CfN News, Madagascar

Mangrove ecosystems protect the coasts from tides and erosion, filtrate the water coming from the rivers to the oceans, are home and breeding grounds for many species of fish, crustaceans, and birds, and help buffer climate change by storing carbon. Chances for Nature...