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The rule of 2 for zoos..?

February 25th, 2012

Always like Oliver Burkeman’s column in the Sat Guardian mag. See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/series/thiscolumnwillchangeyourlife This week he floated the “rule of 2″.  The idea or  the game that there are just 2 basic things u need to know about any area of life.  So what are the 2 basic things that u need to know about operating a [...]

New funding for botanic field conservation

February 23rd, 2012

Fund opened for fieldwork in botanical conservation around the world http://goo.gl/I7dhu The fund aims to enable organisations to undertake fieldwork in their own country resulting in high quality seed collections for conservation.

European Commission LIFE+ funding programme for biodiversity to open soon

February 21st, 2012

LIFE+ 2012 Call The 2012 LIFE+ call is expected to be published in March 2012 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/funding/lifeplus.htm

Confusing a project description required by the external funding process with description required to actually deliver the project

February 12th, 2012

It may sound confusing but… consider the sequence of aims required in securing external funding for a given project.  First you will be tightly focussed on just winning the funds. This will of course in turn involve developing, describing and articulating your concept to the given funder, but only  in those practical areas necessary and [...]

What can we do to help your zoo, aquarium, botanic garden or wildlife conservation organisation…?

February 7th, 2012

Well, basically, one way or another, we can get you money…! JRA obsesses on the best way to do this.  And on the basis of a successful, provable track record, supported by multiple client references, we are constantly evolving new ways to work with clients. Please see below for our current options. Full time, annual, [...]

Full time, annual, exclusive, on site support. Read more…

February 7th, 2012

We will assign a senior development consultant with several decades of experience and high level contacts in the business and decision making worlds to work exclusively with you on a full time, annual basis. The term ‘consultant’ should not mislead,  as this individual will be operative, and hands on, not purely advisory and will focus [...]