Conservation Gifts to keep the planet green!
| Wildlife conservation gifts The great thing about giving wildlife conservation gifts is that both people and animals benefit. These really are win-win gifts, and perfect for people who have everything or for nature lovers who want to make a difference & cares about animals. The animals win, you spend your money on something worthwhile - and the recipient knows they have a meaningful gift to help wildlife. Wildlife conservation is not about saving animals individually, but about saving their habitat - the areas and homes in which they live - and creating conditions in which they can safely thrive. The other thing to say is that you don't need to spend a great deal to make a difference to wildlife :-) |
 | Support the 21 for 21 Initiative I absolutely LOVE this initiative! You know when you know there are a whole range of things you could support and you just don't know which one to go for? Well, Explorers Against Extinction have come up with a fantastic fundraising idea - you give £21 and support 21 projects! Each project gets £1. You could give £42 and each project gets £2 etc etc. The projects are around the world and you could if you want support one instead of the 21..... From rhinos to turtles, seagrass to gorillas, pangolins to big cats, bears, koalas, albatrosses, dolphins and more - and you could support the lot with just £21. Find out more here |
 | Help protect the wildlife in Vietnam There's an area of jungle in Vietnam called Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park (PNKB for short). Its limestone hills and temperate forest are home to a wild range of wildlife from gibbons and geckos, pygmy lorises and bears. It may even be home to Sunda pangolins. But this area is at risk from illegal logging, so Fauna and Flora International (FFI) have a campaign to raise funds to put rangers in the field and protect the wildlife there. And they have an amazing match on at the moment - a one fantastic donor is matching the donations you and I make 10 times over! If you give £30, your donation will be matched 10 times! Find out more and donate here. (The picture left is ©Fauna and Flora International.) |
 | Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust If you're looking for a gift for someone who loved the series The Durrells as well as having an interest in conservation, why not make a donation to one of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust's appeals? They have two at the moment: to help rescue Mauritian Wildlife after a terrible oil spill, to save the Atlantic Forest. Another is to save Durrell itself and keep it going. Find out more here. |
 | Give them a home, and they will come, as the RSPB advert says. The RSPB Shop has everything the wildlife in your garden need from bird baths and bird nest boxes to bird food and feeders, and products for wildlife too - hedgehogs, bees, bats and frogs. We bought two of these Nature Oasis bird bath and drinkers for our garden and we love their look - the wildlife love them too! The RSPB also has a lots of bird food so you can stock up for winter while you're doing your shopping! There are also calendars and diaries, gifts for children, homewares and gifts, Christmas cards, fashion, binoculars and scopes and books. Fly away to the RSPB Shop now and support nature as you shop! |
 | Dedicate a Tree Gift Certificate Plant a tree and give a gift which will just keep growing! A native tree will be planted by Trees for Life in the Scottish Highlands - and that will help create a home for wildlife and create forests for the future. The recipient receives a colourful certificate personalied with your own message either in the post or by email. Each certificate includes one tree - you can add more trees for £6 each. From £17.99. Visit Trees for Life's website |
 | Saving Devon's Special Species Help 12 of the Special Species found on Devon Wildlife Trust's nature reserves with a Christmas gift for wildlife! Your gift will help maintain hedges to benefit dormice, threatened birds and rare trees, and ensure that heathlands, meadows and wetlands are managed to support the life cycle of declining butterflies, damselflies and other insects. Find out more here. |
 | Adopt a Panda |
 | In just 12 years, bare land could be turned into thriving native woodland, with trees big enough to give important bugs an insects a home where they can live and thrive. The funds raised from this product will go towards helping to create, restore and protect native UK woodland. From £16.50 from the Woodland Trust |
 | Gift ideas for the wildlife in your garden |
 | Spread wildflowers about in the garden You could also adopt a flower. |
 | Support a Wildlife Trust Appeal There are 46 Wildlife Trusts, including one in the island of Alderney, and many have appeals you can donate to. You could find the one that's closest to your loved one or one which is an area that means a lot to them, and either donate to a local appeal if there's one going or support them in some way e.g. giving a membership, buying something from their shop, adopting an animal. The possibilites are endless so hop off to the Wildlife Trusts main website and do some exploring online! |
 | Find a virtual gift to help animals around the world Our sister website Animals Charities has a number of virtual gift ideas you can give to help animals around the world, mainly wildlife such as bears, big cats, squirrels, frogs, swans, deer, snakes, insects and a whole lot more! Canter off for some ideas... |
| Protect their favourite species If your loved one prefers smaller animals, and is fascinated by creepy crawlies, you could look at gifts from Bug Life or if they prefer animals that fly, you could look at the Butterfly Conservation shop. And if they are into amphibians, you could go to Froglife. Animal adoptions are also a great way to support wildlife conservation charities and for recipients to discover all about the work being done to help wildlife. How about adopting a Giant Tortoise from the Galapagos Conservation Trust? |
| Save the habitat of one animal, and you save it for thousands or even millions Within one acre there will be one animal which stands out - such as the jaguar, the polar bear, the elephant. Within this one acre are millions of animals & plants, all linked within the natural world of which we are a part. Help one acre, or one animal, and you help many more. |