African Wildlife Foundation

African Wildlife Foundation

http://www.awf.org/googleearth

Explore the work being done by the African Wildlife Foundation.

This KML enables you to view the work being done by the African Wildlife Foundation. The file provides information about African Heartlands, conservation work and a fascinating animation showing the tracking of collared elephants.

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Tasmanian Tiger Sightings

Chris Rehberg

http://www.wherelightmeetsdark.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=65

On the trail of the Tasmanian tiger. Is it really extinct?

Thylacine, more commonly referred to as the Tasmanian Tiger is officially classed as an extinct species, but regular sightings continue to come in. Explore the history of these sightings and see if the tiger is really gone.

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Jane Goodall Chimp Blog

The Jane Goodall Institute

http://www.gombechimpanzee.blogspot.com

Meet Frodo and his friends in the Gombe Chimpanzee Reserve

Take a tour of the Gombe Chimpanzee Reserve in Tanzania with Frodo the chimp and his friends. You can follow the regular blog about the chimps' activities, explore features like the park boundary, watersheds and landmarks by clicking on links within description balloons and even turn on "Terrain" in your "Layers" section to fly around the park, getting a "chimps' eye" view of their habitat.

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Cornwall Wildlife Reserves

Cornwall Wildlife Trust

http://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk

Take a nature tour of the county of Cornwall in England with the Cornwall Wildlife Trust.

In this example put together by a volunteer at the Cornwall Wildlife Trust in South West England, you can explore the many nature reserves and find out about the features of each reserve. Plans of the reserves are also included as overlays to show the layout of the reserve.

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Zakouma Ivory Wars

National Geographic Society

http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0703/feature1/google.html

Visit the Zakouma National Park in Chad and see the threat facing the elephant population.

Take a trip with National Geographic to visit the Zakouma National Park in Chad. See the ongoing threat to the elephant population in the park. Learn about the other animals and landscape of the park in this fascinating but sometimes dangerous region of the world. Turn on each of the folders to view each part of the journey and check out the stories in the placemark description balloons

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Tracking Bird Movement

Valery Hronusov

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/206933

Valery Hronusov, a member on the Google Earth Community created this Google Earth file showing the migratory patterns of different bird species across Europe and Asia. Files such as this can be particularly useful for monitoring animal welfare of species which may carry communicable diseases such as avian influenza.

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AntWeb

AntWeb

http://www.antweb.org

Become a myrmecologist and study ants, through AntWeb

Question. How many internet search engines have an ant name after them? At least one. AntWeb, based at The California Academy of Sciences has put together a KML file giving an overview of different ant species around the globe with each placemark showing a photo and link to further information. Approxmiately one thousand trillion ants are running around at any one time - one such ant, Proceratium google can be found in Madagascar.

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