What is it?

The Lost World Project is a unique not for profit initiative led by Ibex Earth that aims to generate funding over the next five years to help the urgent conservation needs of one of the world's most remarkable regions - the Guiana Highlands (located in northern South America, extending from Venezuela into Guyana and northern Brazil).

The tablelands of the Guiana Highlands are among the most spectacular, yet least explored, mountains of our world. Each is an immense sandstone plateau that is encircled on all sides by gigantic vertical cliffs up to 1,000 metres tall. The summits of these unique mountains have remained isolated for millions of years, and today harbour plants, animals and landscapes that occur nowhere else on Earth.

A falcon has come to the rescue of the Skandia Team GBR, the British Sailing Team.

Felix's job has been to scare away seagulls that were becoming a nuisance around the team accommodation block which is based next to the Weymouth and Portland sailing venue for the 2012 Olympic Games.

The early morning squawking from the gulls was disturbing the sleep of many of the team and their fouling was beginning to damage buildings and boats. But as the video shows Felix may now be required to keep an eye on the Team's behaviour ahead of next year's big regattas as well.

FFC BOARD RELEASES NEW STRATEGIC PLAN 2011-2014

Filmmakers for Conservation (FFC) is an internationally recognized voice for publicizing conservation issues and supporting sustainability in filmmaking and conservation filmmakers.

After 11 years of successful operation, the FFC Board wishes to provide improved services to members and is aware of the need to adapt to environmental, economic, social and technological changes.

Over the last year, FFC has diversified its Board membership and has assessed its operations and set foundations for the future.

The FFC Board is pleased to release its new FFC Strategic Plan 2011-2014, which will guide improved performance and tangible outcomes for members.

Key Elements of the new Strategic Plan include:

• 1. FFC to be a world-leading centre for excellence in conservation media and a global community for those using film and media to communicate the importance of conserving the natural world, peoples and cultures.
  
  
• 2. The Strategic Plan from 2011-2014 includes developing a business plan, a financial plan, a communications strategy and organizational management plans.
  
  
• 3. It also includes a fundraising strategy with an objective to improve support for conservation filmmaking into the future.
  
  
• 4. Funds received by FFC will serve the following key purposes:
  
  
  • 1. To service organizational administration and running costs currently partially covered by existing funds from membership/corporate annual fees.
    
  • 2. Creation of a part-time operational position (2 days per week) with budget and deliverables to meet the Strategic Plan objectives.
    
  • 3. Develop and implement a micro-grants and awards program to support FFC members and conservation filmmaking.
    

Board Members will be present at the Jackson Hole Film Festival, October 2011 in the US where the Board will hold its Annual General Meeting and welcome questions from members regarding the new Strategic Plan and other FFC matters.

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Corporations, trusts or benevolent organizations/individuals with an interest in pursuing partner options with FFC under its Fundraising strategy are encouraged to contact the Board Members either directly or via email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

FFC Board
July 2011

Gland, Switzerland: 20th June 2011 - Creative filmmakers are being urged to use their talent to help WWF celebrate its 50th anniversary by making the connection with nature.

A new short film competition - Life. Nature. You. Make the Connection - launches today [20.06.11] with WWF offering commissions to the best directors and the chance to pick up their award at one of Asia's top film festivals.

Tanzanian activists learning to edit and the ‘magic' of making films. A short film about the final edit workshop conducted as part of EIA's 3-year training programme in Tanzania, funded by the UK Government, DFID. The video is a short edit I made over the weekend having shot it on the Canon 5D last week. I am spending 2 weeks running a workshop to train activists in Tanzania how to edit and the video shows some of my good friends.

UN talks have run out of time to meet a December 2012 deadline to put in place a binding successor to the Kyoto Protocol on curbing greenhouse gases, the UN's top climate official said Monday.

The main aim of the UN talks process was to agree a legally binding deal by 2012 but it has gradually turned to mobilizing voluntary action and funds to fight global warming.

The Kyoto Protocol binds almost 40 industrialized countries to emissions cuts from 2008-2012. Poor and emerging economies want to extend the pact, while industrialized nations prefer to replace it.

GAFI is now ready to expand its remit and help other endangered species and habitats. We have recently been asked by the Elephant Family to assist them in distributing films about the issues Asian Elephants face.