The Secret Life of Giant Anteaters; research and conservation in Rupununi, Guyana with Erin Earl

Check out this GREAT ASASG webinar! It's perfect for conservationists, zoo professionals, mammologists and people who love Xenarthrans. Erin Earl discusses giant anteater history, range and the history of the conservation society in Rupununi, Guyana. Erin Earl has a Masters Degree in Earth Sciences from Cambridge University, England. She has been living and working in Guyana for more than 10 years, where she is part of the South Rupununi Conservation Society (SRCS). The SRCS is made up almost entirely of indigenous people with a passion to care for the Rupununi’s savannah and forest ecosystem. Its members had long noticed a decline in giant anteater numbers, so they created a plan to monitor and protect the anteaters before it was too late. Since 2019, Erin has been leading a team of SRCS rangers and researchers in 4 communities. The ultimate aim of all their research is conservation, so by training and employing local people, sharing their discoveries, involving school children, and holding village events that celebrate nature (and anteaters and armadillos in particular), Erin and her team are bringing conservation into the forefront of people’s plans for the future of the Rupununi. To learn more about the The South Rupununi Conservation Society visit: https://www.srcs-gy.com/