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World Lion Day

August 10, 2018 christopherjgervais Leave a comment

June 10 is World Lion Day.

In 1975 there were an estimated 250,000 lions on the African Continent. Today perhaps as few as 18,000 remain. Loss of habitat due to human population explosion, cattle herding, poaching and poisoning by the agriculture industry at the threats to this Big Cat.

Lear more via the Power of Film at the 2018 WCFF. Join us October 18-28 in New York city for then days of world premiere documentary film screenings, panel discussion, networking, field trips, receptions, and more.

Get your tickets or all access film festival pass: http://www.wcff.org/nyc-festival-2018/

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Wildlife Conservation Film Festival
October 18-28, 2018 | New York, NY
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“Pride of Lion” at WCFF

March 4, 2018 christopherjgervais Leave a comment

“Pride of Lion” produced, directed by James and Sam Suter premieres this October in New York, NY. The WCFF mission is to inform, engage and inspire wildlife conservation through the power of film. Join us for our eight year anniversary, ten days of film screenings, panel discussions, receptions, field trips, networking, virtual reality & more. The WCFF is the ONLY real documentary film festival in New York, NY dedicated to nature and wildlife.

Lions have disappeared from 90% of their range and have decreased from 250,00 animals just one-hundred years down to a mere 18,000 left on the African continent.

Contact: info@wcff.org to join the planning committee. Sponsor the film festival, advertise on the big screen during the outdoor summer series and the October festival. Take a page in the full color program book to be distributed in USA and other countries.

Christopher J. Gervais, FRGS
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Wildlife Conservation Film Festival
October 18-28, 2018 | New York, NY
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Dehorning Rhino – Official WCFF selection

February 25, 2018 christopherjgervais Leave a comment

Dehorning Rhino in the Wild, produced and directed by James and Sam Suter, is an official selection to the 2018 WCFF. This short documentary will screen this October in New York.

The WCFF mission is to Informs, Engage and Inspire wildlife conservation through the power of film. Join us for our eight year anniversary in New York, NY, October 18-28, 2018. Ten days of film screenings, panel discussions, receptions, field trips, networking, virtual reality and more.

China’s New Ban on Ivory

January 2, 2018 christopherjgervais Leave a comment

On Sunday, January 31 a total ban on Ivory in China was put into place. President Xi Jinping declared the import and export of elephant ivory to be illegal in the nation that has the world’s largest importer of elephant tusks for decades.

This ban will greatly reduce the number of elephants killed by poachers in Africa, which at one point was nearly 100 animals a day, over 30,000 annually. The partial ivory ban declared by China in 2017 helped reduce the number of elephants killed by nearly 40%. Now that a total ban is in place in China, conservationists hope this number will be reduced much further. The African Elephant population was near 10 million animals in 1900 and reduced to 1.2 million by the mid 1980’s. Today as few as 300,000 remain on the continent.

Poaching for ivory has been the biggest threat to the survival of the two species of Elephants in Africa, the Savannah and Forest Elephants. Loss of habitat and increased human population is another concern as urban development continues with the expansion of cities and roadways. The human population will soon reach 1 billion on the continent alone and this means less space for wildlife.

The establishment of wildlife corridors, connecting national parks and protected areas from one country to the next is the only hope for elephants, big cats, giraffes and of Africa’s wildlife both large and small.

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Wildlife Conservation Film Festival

July 25, 2014 christopherjgervais Leave a comment

Come to New York, NY October 13-19 for a week of extraordinary films, workshops, international filmmakers, red carpet gala and to meet some of the world’s leading wildlife conservationists. Included are dr. Sylvia Earle, Dr. Patricia C. Wright, Dr. Birute Galdikas, Nan Hauser, Dr. Mireya Mayor. More than 15 international wildlife documentary filmmakers and from National Geographic filmmakers, Bob Poole and David Hamlin

Elephants in the Room
produced by Peter Lamberti of Aquavision TV Productions in South Africa
will make its New York debut at the 2014 WCFF

Zebras On The Move
Produced by Oscar Portillo of Explora Films in Spain
will also make its New York debut

Get your tickets now for all 18 film series held at the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway during the week and the Red Carpet Gala & Awards Ceremony at 583 Park Avenue

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Good News for Okavango Delta

June 23, 2014 christopherjgervais Leave a comment

GOOD NEWS!
Botswana’s Okavango Delta has become
the 1000th site inscribed on the World Heritage by UNESCO

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