Our Facilities, Team and Bespoke Training

Durrell Conservation Academy began as the 'International Training Centre for the Conservation and Captive Breeding of Endangered Species' situated at the headquarters of Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in Jersey. It was officially opened by our Patron, the Princess Royal, and our Founder, Gerald Durrell, in 1984. It was renamed 'Durrell Conservation Academy' in honour of our Founder in 2012.

Jersey remains HQ for our training delivery, but in 2013 we established a second training base in Mauritius and plan to establish a training base in Madagascar from 2020. In addition, we run training courses and workshops elsewhere around the world to meet the needs of conservation organisations.

Read more about our training facilities in Jersey and Mauritius.

Read more about our training team.

Our Jersey training facilities are available for external hire when we are not running courses. For further information see here.