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Walking The Divide: Nicosia, The World’s Last Divided Capital
NICOSIA, CYPRUS – OCTOBER 21:
A view of the fence surrounding the Archbishop's Palace is seen in the center of Nicosia, Nicosia District, Cyprus, on October 21, 2025. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Invited members and supporters of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, including Jaroslaw Stawiarski, Marshal of the Lublin Voivodeship, gather at Wawel Castle, awaiting the opening of the crypt and the arrival of Jaroslaw Kaczynski, PiS Chairman, at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly commemoration of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Mateusz Morawiecki MP, former Prime Minister of Poland, arrives to join Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, along with other leading PiS politicians, at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly mass commemorating President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Invited members and supporters of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, including Jaroslaw Stawiarski, Marshal of the Lublin Voivodeship, gather at Wawel Castle, awaiting the opening of the crypt and the arrival of Jaroslaw Kaczynski, PiS Chairman, at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly commemoration of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Mateusz Morawiecki MP, former Prime Minister of Poland, arrives to join Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, along with other leading PiS politicians, at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly mass commemorating President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, arrives with Beata Szydlo, Member of the European Parliament (MEP), at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly commemoration of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, with his hand and ring finger bandaged, arrives at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly commemoration of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, arrives at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly commemoration of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Security personnel clear the Wawel Castle courtyard at dusk, the same time as invited members and supporters of the Law and Justice (PiS) party arrive to join Chairman Jaroslaw Kaczynski at Wawel Cathedral for the private monthly commemoration of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Jaroslaw Stawiarski, Marshal of the Lublin Voivodeship, arrives to join Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, along with other leading PiS politicians, at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly mass commemorating President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Mateusz Morawiecki MP, former Prime Minister of Poland, arrives to join Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, along with other leading PiS politicians, at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly mass commemorating President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Mateusz Morawiecki MP, former Prime Minister of Poland, arrives to join Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, along with other leading PiS politicians, at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly mass commemorating President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Mateusz Morawiecki MP, former Prime Minister of Poland, arrives to join Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, along with other leading PiS politicians, at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly mass commemorating President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, arrives with Beata Szydlo, Member of the European Parliament (MEP), at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly commemoration of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Mateusz Morawiecki MP, former Prime Minister of Poland, arrives to join Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, along with other leading PiS politicians, at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly mass commemorating President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Jaroslaw Stawiarski, Marshal of the Lublin Voivodeship, arrives to join Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, along with other leading PiS politicians, at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly mass commemorating President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Jaroslaw Stawiarski, Marshal of the Lublin Voivodeship, arrives to join Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, along with other leading PiS politicians, at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly mass commemorating President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Mateusz Morawiecki MP, former Prime Minister of Poland, arrives to join Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, along with other leading PiS politicians, at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly mass commemorating President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, arrives at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly commemoration of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, with his hand and ring finger bandaged, arrives at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly commemoration of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Jaroslaw Stawiarski, Marshal of the Lublin Voivodeship, arrives to join Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, along with other leading PiS politicians, at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly mass commemorating President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Over 15 Years, Kaczynski Continues Monthly Smolensk Commemoration At Wawel
KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 18:
Mateusz Morawiecki MP, former Prime Minister of Poland, arrives to join Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, along with other leading PiS politicians, at Wawel Cathedral for a private monthly mass commemorating President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, on August 18, 2025, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
For more than 15 years, Kaczynski has led these monthly commemorations at Wawel. The ceremonies, approved by the Church hierarchy, remain closed to media coverage and the general public, attended only by PiS leaders and select invitees, and are accompanied by visible police and private security. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Can culling ferrets and rats save one of the UK’s largest seabird colonies on Rathlin Island?
Puffins, Manx shearwaters and kittiwakes on Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland have been dying. Now islanders and experts think they have the solution.
A £4.5m project to eradicate the key predators believed to be affecting the island's puffin colony. Ferrets were tackled in the first phase and it has been a year since the last confirmed sighting.
In the final phase 40 scientists, researchers, conservationists and volunteers will put the poisoned food into the bait stations designed to kill the island's rats.
With Northern Ireland behind them LIFE Raft member Marta Rabanales Scott and Kirsty Benton builds a bait trap on a cliff top on Rathlin Island.
17 Sept 2024.
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Can culling ferrets and rats save one of the UK’s largest seabird colonies on Rathlin Island?
Puffins, Manx shearwaters and kittiwakes on Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland have been dying. Now islanders and experts think they have the solution.
A £4.5m project to eradicate the key predators believed to be affecting the island's puffin colony. Ferrets were tackled in the first phase and it has been a year since the last confirmed sighting.
In the final phase 40 scientists, researchers, conservationists and volunteers will put the poisoned food into the bait stations designed to kill the island's rats.
Professional climbers assist members of the Life Raft project along the islandÕs dangerous cliff areas on Rathlin Island.
17 Sept 2024.
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Can culling ferrets and rats save one of the UK’s largest seabird colonies on Rathlin Island?
Puffins, Manx shearwaters and kittiwakes on Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland have been dying. Now islanders and experts think they have the solution.
A £4.5m project to eradicate the key predators believed to be affecting the island's puffin colony. Ferrets were tackled in the first phase and it has been a year since the last confirmed sighting.
In the final phase 40 scientists, researchers, conservationists and volunteers will put the poisoned food into the bait stations designed to kill the island's rats.
Stuart Johnson, whose company trains scientists and researchers to access remote areas by rope.
17 Sept 2024.
Paul McErlane / Guardian / eyevine
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Can culling ferrets and rats save one of the UK’s largest seabird colonies on Rathlin Island?
Puffins, Manx shearwaters and kittiwakes on Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland have been dying. Now islanders and experts think they have the solution.
A £4.5m project to eradicate the key predators believed to be affecting the island's puffin colony. Ferrets were tackled in the first phase and it has been a year since the last confirmed sighting.
In the final phase 40 scientists, researchers, conservationists and volunteers will put the poisoned food into the bait stations designed to kill the island's rats.
RSPB warden Liam McFaul at West Light Seabird Centre.
17 Sept 2024.
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Can culling ferrets and rats save one of the UK’s largest seabird colonies on Rathlin Island?
Puffins, Manx shearwaters and kittiwakes on Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland have been dying. Now islanders and experts think they have the solution.
A £4.5m project to eradicate the key predators believed to be affecting the island's puffin colony. Ferrets were tackled in the first phase and it has been a year since the last confirmed sighting.
In the final phase 40 scientists, researchers, conservationists and volunteers will put the poisoned food into the bait stations designed to kill the island's rats.
Ulf Keller from Germany with his dog Woody who is trained to seek out rodents on the island.
17 Sept 2024.
Paul McErlane / Guardian / eyevine
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'Cutest animal in Australia': keeping watch over greater gliders in a forest targeted for logging
Den trees used by the endangered species are off-limits to loggers so campaigners - among them former Treasury head Ken Henry and MP Sophie Scamps - register them to save them.
Citizen scientists have spent many nights over the past year spotlighting in parts of the forest scheduled for logging. They register every greater glider den tree they observe on the state government's biodiversity database, BioNet.
Logging is not permitted within 50 metres of known greater glider den trees.
Prolonged forest logging in the NSW Bulga State Forest is displacing koala populations and threatening species such as the Greater Glider. Independent teal MP for Mackellar, Sophie Scamp went on a fact finding mission to see firsthand , the impacts of logging on habitats crucial to the Koala and Greater Glider. She met with Save Bulga Forests campaigners and activists to understand the fragile ecosystems, talk to Eland residents and accompany forest experts on a night time spotting mission to see the elusive and endangered Greater Glider. Herons Creek Timber Mill near Kew.
Dean Sewell/Oculi Photos / Guardian / eyevine
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'Cutest animal in Australia': keeping watch over greater gliders in a forest targeted for logging
Den trees used by the endangered species are off-limits to loggers so campaigners - among them former Treasury head Ken Henry and MP Sophie Scamps - register them to save them.
Citizen scientists have spent many nights over the past year spotlighting in parts of the forest scheduled for logging. They register every greater glider den tree they observe on the state government's biodiversity database, BioNet.
Logging is not permitted within 50 metres of known greater glider den trees.
Prolonged forest logging in the NSW Bulga State Forest is displacing koala populations and threatening species such as the Greater Glider. Independent teal MP for Mackellar, Sophie Scamp went on a fact finding mission to see firsthand , the impacts of logging on habitats crucial to the Koala and Greater Glider. She met with Save Bulga Forests campaigners and activists to understand the fragile ecosystems, talk to Eland residents and accompany forest experts on a night time spotting mission to see the elusive and endangered Greater Glider. The Bulga Forest endangered Greater Glider pokes his head out of their den during a night spotting exercise.
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'Cutest animal in Australia': keeping watch over greater gliders in a forest targeted for logging
Den trees used by the endangered species are off-limits to loggers so campaigners - among them former Treasury head Ken Henry and MP Sophie Scamps - register them to save them.
Citizen scientists have spent many nights over the past year spotlighting in parts of the forest scheduled for logging. They register every greater glider den tree they observe on the state government's biodiversity database, BioNet.
Logging is not permitted within 50 metres of known greater glider den trees.
Prolonged forest logging in the NSW Bulga State Forest is displacing koala populations and threatening species such as the Greater Glider. Independent teal MP for Mackellar, Sophie Scamp went on a fact finding mission to see firsthand , the impacts of logging on habitats crucial to the Koala and Greater Glider. She met with Save Bulga Forests campaigners and activists to understand the fragile ecosystems, talk to Eland residents and accompany forest experts on a night time spotting mission to see the elusive and endangered Greater Glider. The Bulga Forest endangered Greater Glider pokes his head out of their den during a night spotting exercise.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
Christine Lain (centre-right), director of Upemba National park, is seen during morning parade at the Lusinga HQ
8th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
Rangers cross a hilltop burnt by bushfires during a scientific survey of Upemba National Park.
6th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
Rangers cross the Kalumengongo river during a scientific survey of Upemba National Park.
6th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
University of Lubumbashi student Daniel Mukabila takes samples of organisms from the Kalumengongo river during a scientific survey of Upemba National Park.
6th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
A ranger seen during a scientific survey of the Kalumengongo river in Upemba National Park.
6th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
University of Lubumbashi student Daniel Mukabila, Dr Chad Keates, and Upemba National Park director Christine Lain seen during a scientific survey of Upemba National Park.
6th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
A ranger at a field campsite on the Kibara Plateau during a scientific survey of Upemba National Park.
6th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
A ranger section camping in the field on the Kibara Plateau during a scientific survey of Upemba National Park.
5th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
Plant samples collected by David Goyder, a botanist from Kew Gardens, during a scientific survey of Upemba National Park.
5th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
Dr Ruffin Mpanga (left), head of bio-monitoring at Upemba National Park, and his assistant Ruth, search for camera traps left across the Kibara Plateau during a scientific survey of Upemba National Park.
5th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
A butterfly caught during a scientific survey of Upemba National Park. Upemba has several endemic butterfly species.
5th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
A park ranger using a net to catch butterflies in grassland on the Kibara Plateau during a scientific survey of Upemba National Park. Upemba has several endemic butterfly species.
5th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
An aerial view of a herd of zebras on the Kibara Plateau. This is the last surviving population of zebras in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
5th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
A park ranger scans the horizon looking for a herd of zebras during a scientific survey of the Kibara Plateau in Upemba National Park.
5th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
Dr Ruffin Mpanga (centre), head of bio-monitoring at Upemba National Park, explains the day’s objectives to University of Lubumbashi student Daniel (left), and his assistant Ruth during a scientific survey of the Kibara Plateau.
5th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
Ranger section leader John Mopeto walks across the Kibara Plateau during a scientific survey of Upemba National Park.
5th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
Scientists Dr Chad Keates (background) and Dr Jess Comley examine a wetland area for organisms during a scientific survey of Upemba National Park.
4th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
Ranger Kappia Girlage poses for a portrait at the Lusinga HQ of Upemba National Park. At 62, Kappia is one of the oldest working rangers at the park. His father was also a ranger here, and Kappia was born and grew up at the HQ station.
4th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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The rangers turning the DRC's 'triangle of death' back into a thriving wildlife reserve, Upemba.
Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink.
Upemba, which lies in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), once teemed with wildlife. At its height, tens of thousands of elephants were thought to roam the park, which was Africa's largest when Belgian colonial administrators created it in 1939. Lions, zebras and other mammals were abundant.
The years of government neglect and militia conflict almost wiped out the large animals. By the late 2000s, the lions had vanished. Elephants were hunted until only about 150 remained. And the number of zebras in Upemba - the only place in the DRC where they are found in the wild - fell to a perilously low 35.
Instability and violence have long plagued conservation efforts in the DRC, where armed groups use unbroken expanses of jungle or savannah as hideouts.
An aerial view at dawn of gallery forest in a valley in Upemba National Park.
4th July 2024, Upemba National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park, in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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