Monarch Caterpillar (Photo credit: SidPix)
This is the first issue on Conservation News.
Greater energy efficiency and new technologies hold promise for reducing greenhouse gases and solving this global challenge. 5. “100 Percent of Peeps Need Nature to Thrive! 100 Percent of Peeps Need Nature to Thrive! , a winning entry in CIs Peeps diorama contest. “Inspired by the Occupy movement, this diorama captures… – Read more …
Palms growing alongside coffee in the shade of standing forest near the village of Sierra Morena in Chiapas, Mexico. And also like the coffee in this village, the palms are grown sustainably; farmers only harvest the plants once they reach a certain size, a practice that sets them apart from many… – Read more …
The conference has been an excellent opportunity to meet colleagues at other organizations, including those from IUCN Species Survival Commission who convened a session called “Securing global biodiversity: a human imperative for a sustainable planet,” and the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), who are using this conference… – Read more …
It is also a place of vast lowland habitats called restinga, a mix of dunes, mangroves, scrub, forest, wetlands — and people who are experts at eking out a living in this challenging but stunningly beautiful ecological landscape. Our goal is to learn more about the marine life of Abrolhos and… – Read more …
By analyzing chemical markers called stable isotopes and examining wing wear, the researchers concluded that about 90% of the Canadian Monarchs were first-generation insects, suggesting they were part of a successive brood migration that leapfrogged north. Source: Miller NG, Wassenaar LI, Hobson KA, Norris DR (2012) Migratory Connectivity of the Monarch… – Read more …
Artist Todd McGrain has immortalized five extinct North American birds in larger-than-life bronze sculptures through his Lost Bird Project. An art professor at Cornell University, McGrain created sculptures of the great auk, Carolina parakeet, Labrador duck, passenger pigeon, and heath hen that stand over six feet tall and weigh up to… – Read more …
Those results call for a shift in thinking on the part of engineers and designers, who tend to default to smooth, rectilinear structures. “As human beings we want things that are sleek and straight and orthogonal, and that does not help ecology,” says Cristina Bump, a Boston-based architect who has studied… – Read more …
The authors want to build on the 3bn specimens already in the world’s great museums, universities and botanic gardens to establish a global, comprehensive cyber-museum of life; they want to bring in historians and philosophers of science, engineers and climate scientists and enthusiastic amateurs as well as professional zoologists and botanists…. – Read more …
The platform was made of metal planks, and it ran back under the three biggest baleen whales, the ones nearest the door, the sei and humpback, side by side, then, nudging them along, the immense jaws of the blue whale itself. They were all there, such a roster of whales –… – Read more …
The crucial clause on irreplaceable habitats retains its troublesome wording, such that applications leading to loss or deterioration of ancient woods should be refused “unless the need for, and benefits of, the development in that location clearly outweigh the loss”. This half-hearted effort to protect England’s irreplaceable habitats is a huge… – Read more …
The unsuccessful end to one of the briefest but most eagerly hyped trysts in conservation history was announced with a short statement from Edinburgh zoo: their giant pandas had failed to mate. Staff at Edinburgh zoo have announced that their giant pandas, Yang Guang and Tian Tian, had failed to mate…. – Read more …
Specieswatch: Great crested newt This article was published on guardian. co. uk at 17. 30 EDT on Sunday 1 April 2012. Even so the homing instinct can be a major problem because this species of newt, like toads, will return to their traditional breeding grounds if possible. Because they and their… – Read more …
President and CEO Carter Roberts sets the vision for WWF, to save a planet, a world of life. World Wildlife Fund 1250 24th Street, N. W. P. O. Bank of America will contribute $100 to WWF for each account opened activated. – Read more …
WWF calls upon all stakeholders, including the Government of Indonesia, palm oil companies, members of the pulp and paper industry and conservation organizations, to work together to conserve Sumatran elephant habitat. Urgent measures are needed to protect Sumatra’s remaining natural forests so that future generations of Indonesians can inherit a… – Read more …
WASHINGTON, DC, September 13, 2011 – Today, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launched a targeted radio ad highlighting the importance of the tiny sliver of the federal budget that is dedicated to addressing conservation, global poverty and health. The audio may be heard here. The U. S. is changing lives across the… – Read more …
Youth delegates from all 13 tiger range countries who participated in the forum presented a special appeal to the leaders to save wild tigers and support the recovery plan. “What we wanted is for world leaders to hear from young people about the importance of saving tigers, and not from us… – Read more …
The toolkit includes real world examples and is made up of 10 modules that cover project design, monitoring, and evaluation, construction site selection, water and sanitation, livelihoods and disaster risk reduction. “This toolkit is a crucial answer to a challenging question in the rush to recover from disasters – how can… – Read more …
WWF’s Gift Center on Facebook allows supporters to make a donation and select a symbolic animal adoption from a list of more than 100 species, ranging from favorites such as tigers, pandas, and polar bears to a new barn owl, brown pelican, and a tub of cubs among many others. … – Read more …
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