Conservation in the UK

Have a spare weekend and want to make a difference to nature in the UK?

Fancy a career change?

Want to improve your CV?

Looking for something that you can do with the whole family?

Retired and want to keep active?

Conservation volunteering or jobs could be exactly what you need to get back to nature, stay busy and keep active. Everyone can get involved and there are activities available up and down the country every day of the week.

Here's a few places to start:

http://www.csv.org.uk/volunteering/environmental-conservation

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/INFD-8kud46

http://www.tcv.org.uk/

http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/lookingafter/jobscareersvolunteers.htm/volunteering.htm

Hope for the Pangolin

We all know that there has been bad news for the Pangolin as numbers have rapidly declined - we know this because David Attenborough told us so on Attenborough's Ark.

He named the Pangolin as one incredible species that he would like to save - one of the many unknown (until now) creatures that are suffering from poaching, habitat loss and climate change.

There is now a shred of hope for the Pangolin as a rehabilitation centre has been opened in Cambodia which cares for rescued animals who are sick or damaged before releasing them back into the wild.

The pangolin's new found fame is a boost to conservation efforts but who else do we need to save? 137 species become extinct in 2012 so lets make sure we are aware of which species need special attention this year. Its not just about the Pangolin.

Find out more at the Red List: http://www.iucnredlist.org/


http://www.conservation.org/newsroom/pressreleases/Pages/Plight-of-the-Pangolins-New-Rehabilitation-Center-to-Help-Cambodia%E2%80%99s-Endangered-Pangolins.aspx