The vEco team is very proud to announce that the virtual ecotourism project has been chosen, out of over 350 applicants, to advance to Stage Two of the Digital Media and Learning Badges Competition. Continue reading
Guest Post from Sara Lourie, Co-founder of the Chimp-n-Sea Wildlife Conservation Fund
“Imagine you’re in a forest, deep in the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo . . . there are strange noises up above . . .”
The barn is dark, sounds of insects fill the air, a tree nearby shakes, and a shadowy figure moves among the branches. Suddenly there is a vocalization, a flurry of limbs and a great ape swings into view . . . Continue reading
Read Virtual Ecotourism director Mark Laxer’s latest story, a thrilling account of human-wildlife conflict and the tough challenges of conservation in Ishasha, Uganda.
We are currently working on an exciting Virtual Ecotourism project (invented by Chimp-n-Sea co-founder Mark Laxer) and our blog website has just gone live. You can visit it here http://www.vecotourism.org/news/. Continue reading
Welcome to the new Chimp-n-Sea webpage. We are currently renovating, but please feel free to look around!
4th October 2011 – Join us for an amazing illustrated talk by Ian Redmond OBE, renowned conservationist, UN Ambassador for the Great Apes, and Chairman of the Ape Alliance.
Chimp-n-Sea is partnered with Yayasan Jari in Indonesia on the International Floating Marine Park Project. The project is headed by Sara Lourie, a renowned seahorse conservationist and co-founder of the Chimp-n-Sea Wildlife Conservation Fund.
Chimp-n-Sea’s vEcotourism project is described in Mark Laxer’s recently released book, The Monkey Bible!
Chimp-n-Sea has a new page on Facebook. Come visit!
The Kibale Community Fuel Wood Project (a CnS project since 2006) now operates under the New Nature Foundation. To check out their latest news click here.
