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In this interview, Chris talks about the risk of a lack of oiled wildlife responders in the next generation and how the GOWRS service is helping address this by bringing more sustainability and resilience to the wildlife response community.

In an Incident Management System, responsibilities for wildlife response are often designated to a Wildlife Branch within the Operations Section of the command structure and are overseen by a Wildlife Branch Director. This Branch serves as a vital connecting point between wildlife response operations and the wider incident management. Although well-established in certain countries, the potential scale of wildlife response operations and its impact on and needs from the wider incident response can often be underestimated, especially in larger incidents.  

This seminar brings together emergency managers from leading wildlife response organisations and from the industry to explore the theory and structure behind the Wildlife Branch, how it has been applied in various incidents around the world and the importance of pre-planning in successful incident response.

Our Wildlife Preparedness & Response Manager, Paul Kelway kicked off our GOWRS Wildlife Partners interview series with an interview with Valeria Ruoppolo at Aiuká in Brazil.

In this webinar Paul Kelway, OSRL’s Wildlife Preparedness & Response Manager, explains the objectives and key elements of OSRL’s Five-year strategy for Wildlife Emergency Preparedness and Response. He is also joined by Hugo Nijkamp, General Manager of the Sea Alarm Foundation and Stephen van der Spuy, Chief Executive Officer of SANCCOB and Chair of the Global Oiled Wildlife Response System (GOWRS) Project Steering Group.

What one of the largest animal rescue missions in history can tell us about wildlife response preparedness.  

This webinar recording provides an overview of the GOWRS Assessment Team Service concept, the organisations involved and the way forward for transitioning this multi-year project into an operational, guaranteed Tier 3 service.

Presented by Sea Alarm

In the aftermath of an oil spill emergency, an OSRL Member can call on oiled wildlife advisory services from Sea Alarm as part of the Service Level Agreement. Why are these 24/7 services provided, what do they entail, how can they be activated, what happens after activation, and how can a Member maximize its benefits from these services? 

This webinar is presented by Sea Alarm, OSRL's Technical Advisors on oiled wildlife preparedness and response.

Presented by Sea Alarm

In the aftermath of an oil spill emergency, an OSRL Member can call on oiled wildlife advisory services from Sea Alarm as part of the Service Level Agreement. Why are these 24/7 services provided, what do they entail, how can they be activated, what happens after activation, and how can a Member maximize its benefits from these services? 

This webinar is presented by Sea Alarm, OSRL's Technical Advisors on oiled wildlife preparedness and response.

This paper will highlight the lessons learnt from various responses, which comprises the element of wildlife response, that OSRL was actively involved in and how these lessons have been used to enhance oiled wildlife response capability in OSRL to better serve Asia.

Spill Incidents: Bunga Kelana III (Singapore), Bonga Incident (Nigeria) and Rena Incident (New Zealand), Recommendations and Conclusion.