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The activity focused on sharing knowledge about the importance of natural resources, understanding wildlife behavior, raising awareness of the threats facing wildlife, and promoting balanced and harmonious coexistence between people and wildlife.🌿🐘

On 31 March 2026, Freeland organized a community outreach to villages around Pang Sida National Park, Thailand. The activities were held at Ban Hin Turn village and Ban Khao Kad village.

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"In 2026, we pick up the pace of the Fire Horse with a slew of upgrades to our technology tools, exciting forthcoming news about action against wildlife traffickers, and widening public participation in getting rewarded for protecting nature." Onkuri Majumdar, Managing Director

As we celebrate International Day of Forests (March 21), stand with us in advancing justice-driven conservation, where forests are protected not just by policy, but by action. #InternationalDayofForests #StopTimberTrafficking #ProtectForests #EndEnvironmentalCrime

what it takes to truly protect forests: stopping the traffickers behind their destruction. Through intelligence-led investigations, capacity building, and close collaboration with law enforcement, Freeland works to identify, track, and dismantle timber trafficking networks.

Forests are under siege, not just from deforestation, but from organized criminal networks driving illegal timber trade across borders. These operations strip ecosystems, endanger wildlife, and undermine the rule of law. On International Day of Forests, Freeland is focused on

Following the Viking Sky’s call in Mombasa and the launch of the Cruise to Park campaign, Kenya continues to deliver seamless travel experiences, linking cruise tourism to iconic wildlife experiences. Over 450 passengers on board explored Tsavo East and Amboseli National Parks, as well as Kisite-Mpunguti and Mombasa Marine National Parks, enjoying a unique blend of marine and safari adventures that bring the ocean-to-safari journey to life. Explore. Experience. Conserve. @PollmansKenya @magicalkenya @rebecca_miano #ExploreKenyaParks #CruiseTourism #MagicalKenya

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Used in medicines, food, agriculture, cosmetics, and luxury goods, an estimated 60–90% of harvested plants are sourced from the wild. 1/2

On 12 March 2026, Freeland organized a community outreach activity for schools and villages in Thong Pha Phum, Thailand. The activities were held at Border Patrol Police Wichit Wittayakarn School, Phieng Luang 3 School (Ban Mueang Rae I-Tong), and Ban Rai Community.🌿🐘

“We are called to assist the earth, to heal her wounds, and in the process heal our own.” After becoming the first woman to earn a doctorate degree in East and Central Africa, Wangari Maathai started a movement that led to the planting of 50 million trees, a more democratic society and the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1976, Wangari Maathai became involved with the National Council of Women in Kenya. She suggested that they should start community-based tree planting to combat deforestation and desertification. In 1977, she developed her idea into a grassroots movement organisation called the Green Belt Movement (GBM). Maathai began the project by planting nine trees in her own yard – as it grew it became the largest tree planting project Africa had ever seen, encouraging women to plant trees in “green belts” around their towns and villages and to think ecologically. Her movement grew and spread to other African countries. With the GBM, Maathai hoped to promote sustainability as well as create jobs for women and empower them to gain economic and social power. Besides giving jobs to women and planting more than 50 million trees, the movement also became a symbol for a democratic struggle and a token of peace. According to widespread African tradition, trees are used as white flags during disputes. In Wangari Maathai’s own words: “The tree also became a symbol for peace and conflict resolution, especially during ethnic conflicts in Kenya when the Green Belt Movement used peace trees to reconcile disputing communities.” In 2004, Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace." She was the first African woman to receive the peace prize. Photo by Micheline Pelletier / Getty Images

To fight one, we have to fight them all. Let’s build a safer, wilder world. Join us: giving.classy.org/campaign/72434…

The illegal wildlife trade, human trafficking, and drug smuggling often run on the same supply lines. Criminal networks don't discriminate; they exploit people and nature for profit, destabilizing communities and corrupting governments along the way.

Rangers are the reason snares become just wire again. They are the difference between a forest with sound and a forest gone silent. Your support puts boots on the ground and eyes in the field: giving.classy.org/campaign/76546…

This is the weapon. A simple wire snare. Silent. Cheap. Deadly. Set in the dark, it doesn't discriminate. It catches whatever moves be it a tiger, an elephant, a wild deer. Most animals don't escape.

True prosperity means protecting our wildlife, not consuming it. This holiday, let’s redefine tradition. Choose gifts that celebrate life, not end it. Be in the frontline: giving.classy.org/campaign/72434…

In today’s world, some gifts carry a hidden cost. Items like rhino horn, ivory, and tiger bone are sometimes mistakenly given as symbols of status or luck. In reality, these "gifts" push majestic species like tigers, elephants, and rhinos to the brink of extinction.

This gap between presence, perception, and understanding matters. 🔎 Data sources: • Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime – online wildlife trade monitoring • UNODC – World Wildlife Crime Reports • Audience survey conducted during this campaign

📊 Even when people encounter wildlife crime content online, many struggle to recognize it as a crime or to fully understand what it involves. What we see — and how we interpret it — shapes what we consider serious, distant, or normal.

🌍 Wildlife crime does appear on social media — but unevenly. Thousands of online posts and ads linked to illegal wildlife trade are detected every year 📱 Yet, visibility doesn’t always mean awareness.