19 Oct – Claudias new job
Fantastic news from Claude today. She has been offered a job with the Zoological Society of London helping to run their EDGE project. One of the best acronyms I have come across, it stand for Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered. The programme aims to:
- Raise awareness of the worlds EDGE species
- Implement targeted research and conservation actions to halt their decline
- Train in-country scientists (called EDGE Fellows) to help protect them now and in the future
Claudes job is to support the fellows and starts with a one month trip to the PHillipines to begin their training. She will also have to travel to their various countries to help too. EDGS species include orang-utans, giant pandas, river dolphins, Mexican salamanders..............
................possibly one of the coolest jobs in the world!
More information at www.edgeofexistence.org