Interview 6: Creating a Future For Nature with Rascha Nuijten

One of the largest challenges for any conservation project around the world is recieving suffecient funding. Projects aim to raise funds through various mechanisms, including grants, awards, scholarships, crowdfunding and the provision of services, such as consultancy. Fortunately, there are various organization, such as Whitley Awards for Nature, Ruffords and the Earthshot Prize which are working to fund conservation projects around the world. The Future For Nature Award is amongst the most prestigious international award that celebrates tangible achievements in protecting wild animal and plant species. The winners each receive 50,000 euro and the prestigious FFN Award. Projects they have supported have ranged from researching the elusive Himalayan wolf to conserving  the pangolin. Other projects have attempted to tackle the illegal wildlife trade, while some aim to minimize the impacts of linear infrastructure on wildlife.In this interview, I speak to Rascha Nuijten, the director of FFN about the award, the impacts of covid 19, some of the most prominent projects supported and her vision for the future.Think Wildlife Foundation is supporting the adoption and upscaling of alternative livelihood projects within communities living in and around India's protected areas. We hope that these projects will reduce the monetary incentives of poaching for these local communities by providing sustainable sources of income. You can support these programs by buying products directly from these communities.Support the Communities living with Wildlife: https://linktr.ee/thinkwildlifefoundation.com   Get full access to The Think Wildlife Podcast at anishbanerjee.substack.com/subscribe