X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Fauna and Flora International


Lygosoma veunsaiensis

In 2010, at the remote rainforest area of Veun Sai-Siem Pang Conservation Area in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia a Fauna and Flora International herpetologist, Thy Neang, first discovered Lygosoma veunsaiensis.

R. S. R. Fitter

Richard Fitter was also one of the leading figures in the international wildlife conservation movement, and for many years the Honorary Secretary of the Fauna Preservation Society (now Fauna and Flora International).


Convention Relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora in their Natural State

The Convention was the result of the 1933 International Conference for the Protection of the Fauna and Flora of Africa, presided over by Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow, then president of the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire.

Nigerian Conservation Foundation

The NCF has partnerships with a number of international environmental groups including the World Wildlife Fund, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, BirdLife International, Wetlands International, Fauna and Flora International, and the Wildlife Conservation Society.


see also