IUCN Red List

• The Saving Species Challenge has attracted the interest of conservationists representing 52 species in 46 nations.
• The decision of who will be awarded the $1 million Saving Species Challenge grant rests in the hands of a jury of international animal conservationists.
• The Saving Species Challenge is modeled after a concept developed by experts at the IUCN Species Survival Commission.
• The winner of the Indianapolis Zoo Saving Species Challenge will have five years to implement their program and show progress.

• The cubs were all born at RCU's Conservation Breeding Centre at Taif in Saudi Arabia.
• Firmly on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List, the Arabian Leopard is classified as 'critically endangered'.
• The birth of seven leopards comes as a major boost to the Conservation Breeding Programme, which saw three cubs born last year.
• Abdulaziz Alenzy, RCU Breeding Centre Manager, said: "We are all delighted to see seven new Arabian Leopard cubs born safely and doing well at RCU's Conservation Breeding Programme.

• Nothing unusual about that – except this croc was on Legian Beach, one of Bali’s most popular spots.
• Only four months later, a large crocodile killed a man who was spearfishing with friends in Lombok’s Awang Bay, about 100 kilometres east of Bali.
• And in Bali, it’s unlikely we’ll see any crocodile recovery because of the importance of beaches to tourism and a high human population.

What happened to Indonesia’s crocodiles?

• They’re the largest living reptile, reaching up to seven metres in length – far larger than Indonesia’s famous Komodo dragon, which tops out at three metres.
• We have records of attacks on humans in Bali from the early 20th century and across much of Java until the 1950s.
• Salties are now being regularly sighted in Indonesia’s densely populated island of Java, including in seas off Jakarta.

Are crocodiles returning in numbers?

• On many Indonesian islands, there’s very limited mangrove habitat suitable for crocodiles, and many creeks and rivers may be naturally too small for more than a small number of them.
• Dominant males push out smaller male crocodiles, who set out in search of new habitat.
• Read more:
  Friday essay: reckoning with an animal that sees us as prey — living and working in crocodile country

Where are Bali’s crocs coming from?

• You might look at a map and think crocodiles moving back into Bali are coming from Australia.
• But there is currently no evidence of significant crocodile movement between Australia and Indonesia.
• It would be a brave crocodile to swim more than 1,000 kilometres from Australia to Bali.

What does this mean for residents and tourists?

• The spike in sightings and attacks suggests we’re going to have to find ways of living alongside these reptiles.
• The coastal waters and estuaries of Lombok and western Java are now likely home to a small resident population.
• Does it mean you should cancel your next Bali trip?
• Read more:
  The Northern Territory does not have a crocodile problem – and 'salties' do not need culling

• In that context, Rémy Cointreau Americas is happy to announce a partnership with the WWF Mexico to protect and regenerate the Monarch butterfly in the Americas.
• "We are thrilled to partner with WWF Mexico to safeguard and rejuvenate the exceptional Monarch Butterflies," says Nicolas Beckers, CEO Americas at Rémy Cointreau.
• The strategic alliance between Rémy Cointreau and WWF Mexico includes:
  Restoring Habitat by replanting over 80,000 trees, enhancing the density of the Monarchs' natural wintering forest in Mexico, and ensuring its gradual restoration.
• "The partnership with Rémy Cointreau Americas exemplifies our shared drive to be part of the solution, while being intrinsically connected to issues of biodiversity health."