Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Hunting The Helmeted Hornbill @cornell_lab | Uploaded March 2019 | Updated October 2024, 23 hours ago.
We are proud to announce that this film received the Best Program award in the Conservation category at the International Wildlife Film Festival: wildlifefilms.org
The Helmeted Hornbill Is a Living Treasure—and That’s a Problem.
Over the last decade, Helmeted Hornbills have experienced a dramatic increase in poaching for their casque, which is carved into luxury objects similar to elephant ivory. In addition, loss of old-growth forests, required for nesting hornbills, further threatens this species, and as a result it leapt from Near Threatened to Critically Endangered in 2015.
In the remote old-growth forests of Southeast Asia lives the Helmeted Hornbill—a spectacular bird with an immense bill that seems like a work of art. Sadly, those ivory-like casques have spurred a wave of poaching that is driving the species toward extinction.
Photojournalist Tim Laman documents intimate details from their nests and a growing movement to stop the illegal trade.
Credit:
Photography/Videography : Tim Laman
Executive Producer: John Bowman
Editor: Tom Swartwout
This video was produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in collaboration with National Geographic Magazine as part of a multimedia effort to raise international awareness about the plight of the Helmeted Hornbill.
#hornbill #helmetedhornbill #rarebirds #indonesia
We are proud to announce that this film received the Best Program award in the Conservation category at the International Wildlife Film Festival: wildlifefilms.org
The Helmeted Hornbill Is a Living Treasure—and That’s a Problem.
Over the last decade, Helmeted Hornbills have experienced a dramatic increase in poaching for their casque, which is carved into luxury objects similar to elephant ivory. In addition, loss of old-growth forests, required for nesting hornbills, further threatens this species, and as a result it leapt from Near Threatened to Critically Endangered in 2015.
In the remote old-growth forests of Southeast Asia lives the Helmeted Hornbill—a spectacular bird with an immense bill that seems like a work of art. Sadly, those ivory-like casques have spurred a wave of poaching that is driving the species toward extinction.
Photojournalist Tim Laman documents intimate details from their nests and a growing movement to stop the illegal trade.
Credit:
Photography/Videography : Tim Laman
Executive Producer: John Bowman
Editor: Tom Swartwout
This video was produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in collaboration with National Geographic Magazine as part of a multimedia effort to raise international awareness about the plight of the Helmeted Hornbill.
#hornbill #helmetedhornbill #rarebirds #indonesia
