Our Mission
Protect and restore species and habitat diversity for future generations
through our local and global wildlife conservation initiatives.
Our Research
Giant Panda
Taylor's Checkerspot Butterfly
Internships
Our Current Priorities
Male-Male competition
Our team Operations
Maternal Care
What We Do
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Research
We develop and conduct innovative in situ and ex situ wildlife research to identify critical conservation issues and provide creative solutions to managers and fellow scientists.
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Internships
We train promising young scientists through our intensive internship programs and educate local communities on actions they can take to conserve and benefit from their natural resources.
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Applied Biology
We focus our research to answer specific pressing questions imperiled species are encountering and incorporate the newest innovations and cutting edge research into our conservation projects.
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Integration
We integrate the above techniques to implement focused conservation initiatives at the LOCAL level that promote and support wildlife, habitat, and biodiversity conservation at the GLOBAL level.
Who We Are
Meghan Martin-Wintle PhD
Director
Meagan Gombart
Communications/Outreach Manager
Katie Zajac
Research Associate
Sharon Glaeser
Conservation Biologist
What’s Happening Now?
Crested Gibbon Update
Hi Everyone! It is the hot season and it is HOT (in the 90s F) and dry and dusty, a big change from the rainy season when I started my field work. I have had some personnel changes over the past month. My village guide Tsing had to go work in the fields with his...
Panda Cameras!!
Hurray for me!! We finally got the panda cameras installed and working (with quite a bit of technical support from Rob Cleminson at VideoSurveillance.com). I really cannot say too many wonderful things about their team! Even in China they were emailing me at 10pm...
Coal Use and Mercury Bioaccumulation
The other afternoon I managed to convince a local restaurant owner to drive me to several coal brick production facilities here in Ya'an. These shops, which are often in the middle of town are simply redistributors of the same coal that is mined near the province...
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