A guide to buying dive equipment So, you’re finally taking the plunge and learning how to dive but you’re not sure what equipment you should buy. When you’re starting out as a scuba diver, it can be tricky to know when you…

Do you want to learn how to scuba dive? Well let me tell you, learning how to scuba dive will be one of the most exciting, surreal, rewarding, brain-puzzling, action packed things you’ve ever done! Before you dive into the deep end,…

The impacts of COVID-19 have been far reaching, and beyond the truly devastating impacts to health and livelihoods are a plethora of smaller, less obvious impacts affecting individual activities and professions. Those of us involved in fieldwork, whether as researchers or conservationists,…

The order Primates is made up of mammals from the human, ape, monkey, lemur, tarsier and loris families. The primate families differ in many ways but share several characteristics. For example, the size of a primate’s brain in relation to body weight…

Forests take up about 30% of the Earth’s land area and are home to over 80% of the World’s terrestrial species. There are more than 60,000 tree species within these forests, and it is thought there are still many more to find….

World Water Day 2022 is on March 22nd so we thought we’d give you 10 easy ways to conserve water in your home. Not only does conserving water save you money on your bills each month but reducing waste and managing the…

Bio: Dr. Nick Askew is the Founder and Director of Conservation Careers, one of the biggest advice centres and job boards for conservationists in the world. Nick started his career as an ornithologist and his PhD and dissertation focused on the behavioural…

Bio: Karen Rodriguez is Vice President of Program Operations at Kiss the Ground. Originally from Guatemala, Karen grew up in California and followed a deep love of food into the restaurant industry. Through this work, she learned an incredible amount from chefs,…

We’ve nurtured 100s of budding conservationists and wildlife researchers around the world. Using our years of experience, we’ve put together  resources including guide and webinars to help you turn your passion for wildlife into a career. These questions were taken from our…

Bio: Katie is Opwall’s Environment Officer as well as being on our Fundraising Team. Katie graduated from the University of Portsmouth in 2015 with a BSc in Marine Environmental Science and after travelling for a while, she went back to university to…

Bio: Ellie Field is Opwall’s Rewilding Lead and International Sales Manager. She spent much of her time during the Covid-19 pandemic learning about efforts to improve agriculture in the UK and rejuvenate biodiversity. Ellie first joined Opwall as a volunteer in South…

Dear alumni and supporters of Opwall, Thank you for continuing to support our work through this challenging year. 2021 has been a turning point for Operation Wallacea and the way we work on conservation challenges worldwide. While there have been difficult times,…