Lolo's Flying Journey

I'm very pleased to announce that my latest project with WWF Hong Kong, Lolo's Flying Journey- an illustrated boardgame on the migratory journey of the endangered Black-faced Spoonbill, was launched on World Migratory Day! The project is a collaboration between WWF Hong Kong, the East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership, Incheon Metropolitan City (South Korea) and the Hans Seiddel Foundation. The game is available in Chinese, English and Korean, on WWF Hong Kong's website. As participants play the game, they must help the spoonbill navigate different threats across its journey through six countries and guide the bird to its wintering grounds to earn points. 

A huge thanks to the WWF HK team for giving me this opportunity! Click on the images for a larger view.

Research in Translation- Green Turtles at Lanyu Island

The first comic in my series with Current Conservation magazine, 'Research in Translation', that aims to re-tell scientific papers in the form of comic strips, deals with a rather complex issue. Green Turtles in Taiwan had been having a relatively peaceful time owing to a cultural taboo of the Yami/Tao indigenous people, who perceived them as evil, and avoided any contact with them. However, recent conservation measures have back-fired, provoking the ire of the Yami community. 

Credits for the paper: Tzu-Ming Liu. 2017. Unexpected threat from conservation to endangered species: Reflections from the front-line staff on sea turtle conservation. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 60:2255-2271.

Prof. Andrea D. Phillott is a sea turtle biologist teaching conservation biology, ecology, and environmental studies at FLAME University in Pune, India.

Are you a conservation biologist looking to simplify your study for the layman? Follow the steps listed here and have your paper converted into a comic. 

(With thanks to Manini Bansal, Nandini Velho and Kartik Shanker)