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Indian leopard - Panthera pardus (Myriam Dupuis)
  
         
         
    ASSOCIATION FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION    
         
   

WHY « TENDUA » ?

    
 
Myriam Dupuis
  

At the genesis of TENDUA there was an unexpected encounter, one of the kind that you cannot even hope for, with a leopard in Madhya Pradesh, India. An ‘unexpected’ meeting because Indian leopards – “tendua” in Hindi…- are vanishing from the face of the Earth, killed by poachers for their skins and bones, hunted or poisoned by villagers who do not recognise their right to live on the same land as they do ; a land which is reducing day by day because of deforestation due to entropic pressure… This is the reason why TENDUA was born in August 2008. One more association, you will probably think… Yes, indeed, but if you consider the huge scale of the task, that is, saving the worlds biodiversity, this is why TENDUA is taking off. Unfortunately there are still too few active organisations to achieve this goal and being successful in protecting threatened species…. We hope that we will be able more and more to join the ranks as active defenders on behalf of Nature which is always very generous to those who are able to take time to contemplate, to consider and to respect it. We refuse to believe that it is too late and it is time to take positive action. The time we are living in asks us to commit ourselves to act : it is up to each of us to act according to our awareness and our availability. One wish : let’s protect the wonderful dream around us for the coming generations to have the opportunity to feel the deepest joy that occurs with an unexpected encounter with an animal living in the wild…and we shouldn’t forget that we as humans have to find our right place in Nature , without destroying it...

   
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
     

« It is plain to see, if biological diversity is making the wealth, force and health of ecosystems, the same law will apply, naturally, to the human beings’ world, because the planetary symphony can only be played with the sum of differences which are ultimately complementary : remove one instrument from the orchestra, and the harmony is over ; remove one colour from the painter and his art is mutilated.”

 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
     

Eloge de la diversité, Théodore Monod

 
     
Myriam Dupuis
     
 
Water buffalo - Bubalus arnee (Myriam Dupuis)
   
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  To join TENDUA, all you have to do is fill in a membership form and to send it back by mail (soon to be by email!) to the Bureau of the association, with payment of the subscription, either by a bank or postal cheque for the considered amount, established on behalf of TENDUA, or by cash. The membership will be considered as null and void if no payment has been received by the Treasurer of TENDUA. Once the membership has been approved, the subscription will be lodged and the new member will receive an acknowledgment receipt of their membership confirmation. Every new member of TENDUA commits themselves to respect the status and the internal regulations of the association, in force at the time of their membership.  
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Crested Hawk-eagle - Spizateus cirrhatus (Myriam Dupuis)
   
   
   
   
  Why should I become a member of TENDUA ?  
 

Dear Members, Dear Friends,

It has been a year since TENDUA, our association for the conservation of biodiversity, has emerged. Not to overlook the fact that we wanted to make a point in the past year and outline the projects that we have envisaged in the future.

One response to the question "why join?" could simply be that the money paid to TENDUA is forwarded directly to conservation programs, the operating expenses of the association are being minimised and managed, for the most part, by the founding members. I want to thank especially Caroline who manages to edit and update our website regularly as a volunteer. TENDUA does not benefit from any subsidies or any operating funding and is a fully independent association. We operate only from your memberships and donations.

Thus, as we intended at our inception, we have been able to support several existing programs implemented by other organisations. We thank our first sponsor, the Raie Manta Club, for funds tendered early in 2009 which helped us to support financially the following programs:

  • Noé Conservation for sawfish and manatees in Guinea Bissau, whose census is even more difficult now as the animals are not answering to our calls - is it too late? Some have been found dead, the cause of death is unfortunately too often due to humans.
  • SVAA program, a French association settled in Northern India to save Hoolock gibbons and other primates, often torn from their natural environment and their parents as babies, to feed a market for pets. On average, 20 Gibbon mothers are killed to get a baby gibbon who, at best, will end up as a domestic pet or as an attraction in a bar. These animals eventually outgrow their environment or become aggressive to their owners who leave them chained in unhealthy cages for the majority of their lives. The financial assistance from TENDUA to SVAA allowed the purchase of important veterinary drugs and a drug refrigerator for newly rescued primates.
  • The Tigris Foundation programme for the conservation of the Amur leopard. The population count in 2007 estimated thirty individual leopards remaining in the wild. A program of reintroduction to the wild of leopards from parents living in captivity in various animal parks of the world is underway. The first step is to conduct a genetic study of captive Amur leopard populations to identify which animals can be selected as parents of cubs who will eventually be released later in the reintroduction program.

In early 2009 we also signed a partnership agreement with the Tour Operator Aquarev. This sponsorship will include the launch of a program developed by TENDUA for counting Dugongs, marine mammals, inhabiting the Egyptian coast of the Red Sea. We invite you to look under "Our projects" for a description of the program which will begin in 2010.

TENDUA for counting Dugongs, marine mammals, inhabiting the Egyptian coast of the Red Sea. We invite you to look under "Our projects" for a description of the program which will begin in 2010.

We have many other projects in mind and happily welcome those who share our concern for species conservation. Feel free to contact us, to send us your ideas, to talk about us to your friends, to ask for our newsletter and to join the association! Upon request, we will send you a receipt for your donation to receive a tax deduction.

We hope you will join us soon at TENDUA!

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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EUROPEAN SHARK WEEK 2009
      
   
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