Anthropologist Paul Barnes: The conservation of species depends almost exclusively on philanthropy and goodwill'

There are highly endangered animals that get a lot of attention, like elephants, but we look at the underdogs, the forgotten ones, that are unique and irreplaceable. That's where we try to channel training and financial resources. We help local conservationists keep the species in their countries of origin. We do this primarily through a fellowship scheme.

They are the ones that are listed as endangered or critically endangered, and in addition they are evolutionarily distinct they have no relatives so their disappearance would mean the extinction of an entire evolutionary line. They are unique because of their singularity, because of the way they live and behave.

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