Raising awareness and promoting binturong

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In France

Since 2015
All over France

Creation of educational activities for school groups.

- Creation of the World Binturong Day in 2015.
- Creation in 2020 of a "Raising public awareness of binturong protection" training courses for professionals and the general public, with the 1st training session in January 2020.
- Creation in 2021 of the educational Escape Game "Countdown for the binturongs".

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The challenge: a little-known animal

The binturong is an endemic mammal of Southeast Asia et globalement très peu connu. En réalité, c’est un animal arboreal qui passe le plus clair de son temps à environ 30 mètres de hauteur. En outre, il est majoritairement nocturnal and solitary. Ces trois caractéristiques en font un animal très difficile à observer dans son milieu naturel. Depuis qu’il a été découvert il y a 200 ans, seulement quelques études scientifiques se sont intéressées à lui (majoritairement en milieu captif). Yet he plays a rôle capital dans la dissémination des graines. Thankfully, through awareness-raising activities and World Binturong Day organisées par ABConservation, nous parvenons de mieux en mieux à rendre public cet animal plus que discret !

Photograph of binturong in the trees - Menagerie du jardin des plantes de Paris, France. Credit E. Baril

Goals: raise public awareness

Intervention 2019 - Trégomeur Zoo, France. Credit AG. Perio

To raise awareness among the general public, ABConservation has set up various activities on the theme of binturong, with goals ranging from :

Promoting the image of binturong, (Maybe one day he'll be as famous as the panda, who knows?),
Sharing knowledge, Learn more about the binturong, why it's important to protect it and what role it plays in the balance of South Asian ecosystems,
Exposing threats and what we can do about it.

Our actions: awareness-raising activities and World Binturong Day

ABConservation uses a variety of strategies to bring the binturong to the attention of the general public.

World Binturong Day 2019 - Jardin des Plantes Menagerie, Paris, France. Credit E. Baril

Educational activities in zoos

Since 2015, the World Binturong Day est célébrée tous les ans, le 2ème samedi du mois de mai ! Chaque année, l’association est accueillie par la Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes de Paris, here where it all begané ! En effet, c’est dans la capitale qu’en 2014, l’idée de créer ABConservation a germé dans l’esprit de Pauline, la présidente de l’association.

The day features a range of educational activities for both adults and children.

Following the model of the World Binturong Day, several educational activities in zoos are carried out throughout the year for the general public.

Educational activities in schools and for the general public

Some interventions in schools auprès d’élèves et d’étudiants sont mis en place. Au même titre, des conferences and training courses sont planifiées à destination de professionnels du monde animalier, ou dans le domaine de la pédagogie et de la conservation des espèces menacées.

With all the people who took part in the presentations, but also in the various World Binturong Days, more and more people are discovering binturong every year. As a result, more and more people are becoming aware of the threats facing Asia's forests, and of the need to protect them. consumption (food, cosmetics, petrol) has a direct effect. Our actions are bearing fruit, and this motivates us all the more to continue our efforts!

If you too would like to carry the voice of our poilu friend, our educational tools sont gratuitement mis à votre disposition sur notre espace documentation.

Fête de la Nature 2016 - Natural History Museum, Paris, France. Credit E. Baril

Conference for SECAS members - Paris, France. Credit E. Baril

Would you like us to visit your facility?

If you would like us to visit your establishment (school, university, zoo, company or other), don't hesitate to send us an email to contact@abconservation.orgWe'd be delighted to hear from you, so that we can discuss the theme and date of your visit.

People in the field: volunteers and members are our strength

World Binturong Day 2017 - La ménagerie / le zoo du jardin des plantes, Paris, France. Credit E. Baril

Our actions are mainly led by the association's president, Pauline Kayserbut would be impossible to achieve without the invaluable and indispensable help of our volunteers in civic serviceour volunteers and our members. C’est grâce à eux que la voix du binturong est porté aussi haut et aussi loin !

Si vous voulez nous aider sur nos ateliers en tant que bénévole, vous pouvez consulter notre page bénévolat pour avoir toutes les informations nécessaires. Avec la grande diversité de missions proposées, vous trouverez aisément celle qui vous correspondra le mieux !