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1. New hope for Borneo's orang-utans: conservation research

   LJMU professor researches orang-utan habitat.

2. LJMU powers Chester Zoo to Africa conservation award

   Conservation AI platform enabled tracking and monitoring of elusive pangolins in Uganda

3. New Staff Gardening Group

   The School of Biological & Environmental Sciences has been working on a project to improve Byrom Street Campus with 10 urban wildlife gardens.

4. $1 billion not enough to halt orangutan decline

   A new study shows that money is better spent on forest protection and law enforcement than rescue and rehabilitation

5. Research: Rampant growth in vegetable oil production threatens wildlife

   Professor Serge Wich contributes to IUCN report on vegetable oil

6. Thermal ‘fingerprinting’ to help conserve rare animals in Madagascar

   SCIENTIFIC methods developed at Liverpool John Moores University and Chester Zoo to count animals from the air are being adopted in the wilds of Madagascar.

7. Could fishermen hold the key to conservation of ocean species?

   A LIFELINE for the worlds seas could lie at the bottom of a fishermans net, according to marine biologists.

8. Turning CSI to curb the illegal trade of wildlife

   Professor Stefano Mariani of Liverpool John Moores University leads study of forensic tools to identify illegal trade in marine species

9. Saving the planet

   Conservation academics encourage collaboration to protect wildlife and reduce CO2 emissions.

10. World’s rarest great ape virtually wiped out in a century

    The survival of the worlds rarest great ape the Tapanuli Orangutan is hanging in the balance, according to a team of scientists.