Wildlife welfare is the field of study that considers how human activities impact the well-being and quality of life of free-living wild animals. Many practices
The Fighting Mosquito-borne Illnesses through STEM Education project In Suriname there are a lot of mosquitoes, everyone knows that. Besides the many innocent, but still
Plastic. It’s hard to imagine a life without plastic products. While plastic can be useful, the manner in which we use it and dispose of
WHAT WILDLIFE WELFARE IS NOT Further, there is a difference between animal welfare and animal rights [10], although both fields are grounded in ethical considerations of
1. Baker, S. E., Cain, R., van Kesteren, F., Zommers, Z. A., D’Cruze, N., & Macdonald, D. W. (2013). Rough Trade: Animal Welfare in the
Animal welfare is the answer to the ethical question people have been asking for years: how should humans treat animals? Although certainly grounded in morality
We had a wonderful year! Slowly things started falling into place after a bit of a chaotic ending of 2017. But, things started lining up.
On the 29th of November we celebrate World Anteater Day. We also say Tamandua Day, because the day originated in Brazil. Anteaters are like sloths
Today we want to focus on giving thanks to our donors, including the anonymous ones. We wanted in particular to highlight the work of one
For some of you, this might be just an ordinary day. Not for Green Heritage Fund Suriname. This day reminds us of a beginning and
Recently I had the pleasure of working with Faye, an indigenous leader from the Wapishana tribe in the South Rupununi in Guyana. She told me
PARAMARIBO, 8 November 2018 – Prior to the school holidays Green Heritage Fund Suriname (G.H.F.S) made school visits to Junior Secondary General schools in Paramaribo to
On Friday the 2nd of November 2018, the Rescue Center for Sloths, Anteaters and Armadillos was officially opened by Roline Samsoedien, Minister of Spatial Planning,
This year in addition to planning the screening of ocean related movies with the American Corner at TBL Cinemas, we also decided to participate in
We have now moved a little over a year ago to the Sloth Wellness Center, where the long-term residents Lucas, 19November and Ann (5 years
When I first arrived in Suriname, I had little knowledge about the small, slow, incredible creatures I would soon grow to love. In the United
School visits to inform students from senior secondary school about the sea of Suriname in the capital Paramaribo are conducted by the GHFS team. At
Paramaribo – Friday, June 8 is World Ocean Day, a fact that Green Heritage Fund Suriname in collaboration with The American Corner of the
Please check out this article if you are interested in knowing more about the swimming sloth ancestors of our contemporary sloths. http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/the-giant-sloths-that-lived-in-the-sea/
Thanks to important donations from Kosmos Energy and the continuation of our partnership with Welttierschutzgesellschaft and of course our loyal donors through Global Giving we
We are very honoured with the beautiful French documentary highlighting the work of Monique Pool and her team. Franck Sanson from Prontoprod, and his team,
At the end of March the Surinamese and German NGO partners signed a new partnership agreement to continue the rescue and rehabilitation work of sloths,
All activities of the foundation are aimed at improving the awareness and the understanding of the general public regarding environmental issues.
They are in general aimed at promoting sustainable development and the conservation and wise use of nature and natural resources in Suriname.
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