Danielle Legault’s Post

🌍 Dive into the important story of animals in international development! 🐄 VWB's Danielle Legault, a VETS Program Officer, shares highlights from her Master's research on the vital roles that animals play in sustainable development and beyond. From enhancing food security to fostering community bonds, read first-hand how animals are changemakers in global aid efforts. 👩💻"Organizations like VWB, that sit in a unique niche among Canada’s international development organizations, are demonstrating the importance of integrating animals into development strategies..." Read more: https://lnkd.in/eQxVEzbW #AnimalsInDevelopment #SustainableDevelopment #OneHealth #GlobalAid #FoodSecurity #CommunityDevelopment #AnimalWelfare #GlobalHealth

This World Environment Day: Stand Up for Africa's Magnificent Creatures! Introduction: Today, on World Environment Day, the Coalition of African Animal Welfare Organisations (CAAWO) urges everyone to celebrate Africa's incredible biodiversity and recommit to protecting its magnificent wildlife. From the majestic elephants roaming the savannas to the playful chimpanzees swinging through the rainforests, Africa's animals are a source of wonder and a vital part of healthy ecosystems. The Importance of Animal Welfare for a Healthy Environment: Animal welfare and environmental health are intricately linked. When animals are treated humanely and their populations thrive, ecosystems flourish. Conversely, the decline or extinction of animal species can have a devastating ripple effect, disrupting food chains and causing imbalances in natural habitats. Sustainable Eating Habits for a Healthier Planet: Our choices about what we eat can significantly impact the environment and animal welfare. Here are some tips for adopting sustainable eating habits: Reduce your meat consumption by eating plant-based meals more often or choosing meat raised humanely and sustainably. Support local farmers markets: This reduces your carbon footprint associated with food transportation and encourages ethical farming practices. Be mindful of seafood choices: Look for certifications that ensure sustainable fishing practices to protect marine ecosystems. Reduce food waste: plan your meals, buy only what you need, and utilise leftovers creatively. By making these changes, you'll contribute to a healthier environment and indirectly support the well-being of animals within those ecosystems. CAAWO's Commitment to a Sustainable Future: CAAWO is dedicated to promoting animal welfare across Africa. We work tirelessly to: Advocate for stronger animal protection laws. Combat wildlife trafficking and poaching. Promote responsible wildlife tourism practices. Educate communities about the importance of coexisting with wildlife. Call to Action: Visit our website at www.caawo.org to learn more about our work and how you can get involved. Let's celebrate World Environment Day by taking action to protect Africa's irreplaceable wildlife! #WorldEnvironmentDay #ProtectAfricanAnimals #CAAWO

👏Well done to our #seedsofchange participants Wild Inishowen Club and Inishowen Beekeeper's Association who collaborated to deliver an informative talk about Garden Ponds for Wildlife, hosted at The Exchange Inishowen last night. Approximately 40 local people turned out to hear George Mc Dermott and Colm Grant deliver an informative talk with lots of examples of different types of ponds 💦and the variety of wildlife they attract. Also, good advice was offered on how to create your pond and the equipment ⛏needed with some live examples of the types of plants that can be grown in ponds. There was an important section on invasive species (both plants and animals) that can be damaging to #biodiversity and should be avoided. The next step is to do a Field Trip later in the Spring to visit different local ponds so be sure to look out for that. We at Inishowen Development Partnership are delighted to support this great work through our ChangeMakers Donegal Seeds of Change🌱Funding and Mentoring Programme. 🌏Together we can explore and imagine solutions for a better world. 🐸   By taking action at a local level, these community groups are supporting @theglobal goals; #SDG4 Quality Education, #SDG11 Sustainable Communities, #SDG13 Climate, #SDG14 Life Below Water, #SDG15 Life on Land, #SDG17 Partnership for the Goals. #sustainability #donegal #inishowen #change #changemakers #seedsofchange #sustainabilitypassport #local #community #collaboration #biodiversity #localaction 

In our recently published 2023 Impact Report, which tells the story of Fire to Flourish's first full year of activity in each of our four partner communities, we shared a case study of our immediate emergency response in Tenterfield after the 2023 bushfires. In partnership with Northern Rivers Community Foundation, the Tenterfield Fire to Flourish team rolled out a rapid grants process to help those most in need almost immediately. Grants were used to support individuals who required critical care, farmers who needed emergency fencing to save their livestock, and delivery of much-needed supplies to wildlife rescue workers caring for injured animals. Read this case study in full here: https://lnkd.in/g2Xe7vyi Download the full 2023 Impact Report here: https://lnkd.in/ggfqyZ9s #firetoflourish #disasterresilience #disasterrecovery #communitydevelopment #sustainabledevelopment #emergencymanagement #indigenousdisasterresilience Monash University | Monash Sustainable Development Institute | Paul Ramsay Foundation 

A really momentous day for our seabirds and marine wildlife. Long-term, often attritional, work is sometimes seen as unsexy, or perhaps even boring, but its vital in bringing about long term policy change. Yes we also need to be fleet of foot to jump on opportunities, but today's decision simply doesn't happen without the decades of work that sits behind it. The pushing a boulder up a hill metaphor is very apt. It often takes years (decades!) of edging things forwards inch by inch, before we can take the big leap. Policy work is so often about making things less bad, stopping the worst, tweaking things here and there. And even when we do get positive progress, its almost always qualified and often hard to tell how much we really altered the outcome. This is the absolute exception to that rule. Its as near to an absolute victory as I think I’ve ever seen. An unmitigated win for wildlife. And we should recognise the role of Government in delivering this. We as a sector are often quick to criticise, often rightly. But its important that we celebrate progress too. Obviously there's more to do for our seabirds, but Ministers and civil servants have made a decision that massively improves things for some of our most globally important bird populations. Thank you! And finally, I just want to say how proud I am of my RSPB colleagues, past and present, who have brought about this amazing change. We can and do achieve unbelievable things and I’m incredibly proud to work alongside them all. Lots more to do, but for once, lets do that very uncharacteristic thing of passionate people and pause to reflect and celebrate a big win for our oceans.

Great news today for sand eels, and marine environments in general! A keystone species, sand eels are a crucial food source for the marine food web, benefiting seabirds, fish and marine mammals, including puffins and kittiwakes. Improving ecosystem stability: sand eels' activities, like burrowing in the sediment, contribute the cycling of nutrients and the overall health of the seabed and other species in the ecosystem. Excellent campaigning from the RSPB and others.

The most recent issue of ICSF International Collective in Support of Fishworkers's SAMUDRA Report features stories of coastal tenure -- people from Japan, to Senegal, to the Brazilian Amazon working together to determine how their small-scale fisheries are accessed and maintained. I'm thrilled to contribute the story of tenure in the U.S., of fishing rights that were once collective and community-based, then privatized and moved to industrial operations, and now, that we at Catch Together are working to bring back to the traditional stewards: Indigenous Peoples and local communities. https://lnkd.in/gjB9hArJ

📑 Last month The Wildlife Trusts supported a judicial review led by Wildlife and Countryside Link, a coalition of over 80 charities, to challenge the UK Government’s failure to consider a review of its Environment Improvement Plan (EIP), following a highly critical report from the official nature watchdog, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP). 🗂️ The EIP is at the core of the government’s programme for nature protection, intended to ensure that we are the first generation to pass on nature in better condition. ⏳ However, delivery of key measures in the Environmental Improvement Plan, such as a Land Use Framework, are already behind schedule. The Land Use Framework is an essential step to ensure that the production of healthy food and housing development can go hand-in-hand with nature recovery. ⚠️ Politicians have yet to take sufficient action to meet the target to halt nature’s decline by the end of the decade, nor have they laid out clear and credible plans for how they would do so. To comply with its legal duty, we're asking the new Labour government to consider reviewing and strengthening the EIP in light of the OEP’s report. Find out more about our 5 asks for the new government 👇 https://lnkd.in/dqjte7Ht #Labour #NatureRecovery #Countryside #Somerset #Landscape #LandUseFramework #Rivers

Yesterday we launched our 2023 Impact Report. We’re really proud of all the achievements included – and the many more that we couldn’t squeeze in – and wanted to share some of them with you: Thanks to funding from National Lottery Heritage Fund #NextdoorNature has supported our #TeamWilder approach to enable communities to connect with nature, bring back greenspaces to places they’d previously been lost and change perspectives. In October 2022, Manx Wildlife Trust, NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST, Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Lancashire Wildlife Trust, Scottish Wildlife Trust, The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales and Ulster Wildlife joined forces with Sustainable Water Network (Ireland) and the Northern Ireland Marine Taskforce to form the Irish Sea Network. The Irish Sea Network is a collaborative effort and recognises the power of unity in maximising impact. Wildlife knows no borders, so tackling issues on a broader scale is crucial for meaningful and effective action. Read more about this incredible project Read more in our impact report 👉 https://lnkd.in/eK7GQRqN #Impact2023

Honored to host the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) at our KZN Offices and shedding light on all the amazing work they do. In South Africa, oceans and coastal resources are vital for those local coastal communities that depend on them. We are fortunate to have productive coastal waters that contribute to over a third of our GDP, supply thousands of jobs through goods and services, and serve as a source of food. But only 5.4% of the ocean in South Africa is protected within our country’s exclusive economic zone of the High Seas Treaty, with our marine resources, including fishing, facing over-exploitation, among other threats. With so much at stake, there is an increasing need for partnerships between stakeholders to find solutions that preserve marine ecosystems and prevent further harm. In addition, there’s an opportunity to leverage technology in conservation efforts and to support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, which can safeguard the ocean for future generations. Read about the work in motion here: https://lnkd.in/dfCDkvbT Trisha Govender Imran Khan