This outreach project is comprised of a series of in-person events featuring the incredible work of different conservation-focused NGOs. Each event is hosted by QMUL scientists, and allow students to view exclusive wildlife footage and interact directly with international conservation experts via livestream. All events are recorded and subsequently uploaded to our webpage, enabling attendees and members of the public to view the events freely.
Our events showcase the incredible work currently being conducted by NGOs to protect endangered species, with an emphasis on highlighting career pathways into biodiversity conservation and science. Through this, we aim to raise awareness and interest in school students to pursue such careers, whilst providing a platform for NGOs to expand their international outreach audience.
The Wild-Live Streaming project is funded by the QMUL Centre for Public Engagement Large Grant (2021).
“It’s knowing what can be done that gives people the courage to fight.”— Dame Jane Goodall
Drones and Dogs: Oaklands School Explores Sea Turtle Conservation 8 November 2023
Bringing Marine Conservation to the Classroom of Richmond Park Academy 8 June 2023
Exploring Biodiversity and Conservation: A Wild-Live Streaming Event at Highams Park School 11 May 2023
Turtle Conservation a Primary Focus for Brentfield Students 2 March 2023
Wild-Live Streaming Makes A Splash! 22 November 2022
We upload all of our previous events below to ensure that the content is publicly available for everyone to experience.
Featured as part of our first live event, Débora Newlands of Project Biodiversity (Sal Island, Cabo Verde) presented a tour of one of their incredible loggerhead sea turtle hatcheries.
Wild-Live Streaming's first live Q&A event. The event featured the conservation work of the NGO Project Biodiversity (Sal Island, Cabo Verde). Kirsten Fairweather (Scientific Coordinator) joined us via live stream to answer questions, posed by secondary school students, about the NGO's incredible sea turtle conservation work and her career background.
For Wild-Live Streaming's second live Q&A event, Débora Newlands (International Volunteering Programme Coordinator) of Project Biodiversity joined us via live stream. Débora discussed questions posed by the students of Brentfield Primary School, which encompassed Loggerhead sea turtle ecology, the challenges facing turtle persistence on Sal, and the conservation techniques employed by Project Biodiversity to help preserve the population.
For Wild-Live Streaming's third live Q&A event, Alberto Queiruga and Nathalie Melo, of Biosfera, gave fascinating answers to questions posed by students about the seabird, shark, and sea turtle conservation work, performed by the NGO. Nathalie also discussed the incredible artwork she has created to help engage local communities with the NGO's projects.
For Wild-Live Streaming's fourth live Q&A event, the team headed to Richmond Park Academy, where Alberto Queiruga, of Biosfera, returned as our guest speaker to answer questions posed by students. Among the interesting topics raised, Alberto spoke about career pathways, highlights of his journey in the world of animal conservation, and the technical aspects of tagging sharks.
The Wild-Live Streaming team headed to Oakland School for our fifth live Q&A event, where Aitron Jesus, of Turtle Foundation, joined us as our guest expert speaker. Airton provided a brilliant insight into the methods used to protect sea turtles on Boa Vista, including the use of drone technology and anti-poaching dog patrols!