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.
Alice Perkins to strengthen SBBT social media
Alice Perkins has agreed to become the Trust’s Honorary Advisor on social media. Alice is a computer games designer studying at the University of Gloucestershire. She is planning to specialise in animation and run her own independent games design company upon graduation. Alice lives in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Sara Oldfield OBE joins SBBT as Honorary Advisor on Botany
Sara Oldfield is a botanist and plant conservation expert and she has kindly agreed to help the Trust as we take practical projects forward. In many cases the conservation needs of butterflies are linked to their foodplants. For example, the British Swallowtail seems to be restricted by the availability of Milk Parsley, and many birdwings can […]
PNG Birdwing Project links to Norfolk Swallowtail
BBC News: East of England launched an excellent broadcast from Martin Barber, showing how the new Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing Project in Papua New Guinea can develop techniques to help other papilionids as well as demonstrate positive cooperation between conservationists and the oil palm industry – Click this title to see the video.
