The Trust has awarded a grant to Stephen Sutton and his team in Sabah, to elucidate the distribution, ecology and conservation status of the Kinabalu, or Borneo, Birdwing. This superb butterfly, now confined to the slopes of Mt Kinabalu National Park, will very soon become an icon to match the orangutan and giant Rafflesia flower. Read […]
“Bring Back the Birdwing” – world-leading conservation from Queensland
Wildlife Society of Queensland has conserved fragmented populations of the beautiful Richmond Birdwing since 2014. Enthusiasts cultivate the foodplant in former habitats and introduce captive bred butterflies. Their 2017 campaign, “Bring Back the Birdwing” reached a target of 500 new vine plantings and raised Au$18K! Now they’re setting their sights on joining up populations on […]
Luzon Peacock Swallowtail in huge haul of illegal butterflies
China news agency Xinhua and the BBC have reported three people jailed and fined by a Jinan court for illegally importing 2,800 dead butterflies from Malaysia and the Philippines in 2016. Bought online and posted to China disguised as clothing, the haul included the endangered Luzon Peacock Swallowtail, listed on CITES Appendix 1, one of […]
SBBT Patron explores vital site for Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing
On 19-21 September SBBT Patron Henry Barlow and entomologist Charles Harbottle visited the 700m Managalas Plateau in Northern Province, PNG, to assess the populations of Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing there. The visit was facilitated by local NGO partners the Managalas Conservation Foundation and Partners with Melanesians, whose Facebook page has many excellent photographs! Getting to the Plateau […]
Bill Page brings expertise in Insect Rearing
The trust is delighted that Bill has joined us as Honorary Advisor on Insect Rearing, and is already advising on the new laboratory being built in PNG for Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing. He has many years’ experience in rearing insects, and has designed screen houses, laboratories and insectaries around the world.
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