— the team have catalogued all the unused public land where they could potentially plant the flowers and grasses. the list includes not only the rarely frequented corners of parks, golf courses, and the local airport, but also sewage ditches, water retention basins, and roadway right-of-ways read article : a small city in iowa is devoting 1,000 acres of land to america’s vanishing bees
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THE FULL POTENTIAL
— “with the knowledge we have, we need more than that. we need a far more strategic, connected approach if we are going to get out of this mess. protected areas can have positive impacts on species extinction risk and population trends, but they need to be properly sited and managed to realize their full potential.” read article : protected lands and endangered species aren’t properly safeguarded
THE IMPORTANCE OF FRUGIVORES
— traditionally, conservation tended to be species-specific … but now people are moving toward more ecosystem-level projects because we’ve realized that you can’t protect a species in a vacuum. read article : lemur extinctions are harmful to madagascar’s plant life, too
RARE INCUBATING
— “they’re packed with a bounty that may be more precious to the vultures than an actual embryo: sensors.” read article : the future of wildlife conservation is an electronic vulture egg
$1.21 BILLION/YEAR
— the ideal “cost-effective” group is what we should be aiming for with every endangered species: enough funding and evidence of recovery. read article : overpaying to save some endangered species and barely funding others
WHAT ORCAS WANT
— to restore the orcas, there needs to be more salmon habitat restoration along the west coast, including the removal of the four lower snake river dams. the snake river is the largest tributary to the columbia river. read article : reviewing endangered-species status for orcas
THIS BILL OPENS WITH A MENTION OF ITS INTENT TO PROTECT NOT JUST ANIMALS BUT ALSO THEIR HABITATS
— and while there are more bears being held captive for their bile, than in years past, public resistance has become more vocal. trade in tiger bone and rhino horn was banned in 1993. read article : exploitation of endangered species feared as china revisits wildlife law
LOG LESS LIVE MORE
— stopping illegal logging will not only save forests in the congo basin, it will protect american jobs and our climate. read article : stopping illegal logging will protect endangered species while saving american jobs
NEW CONSERVATION
— by the end of the century, according to projections, as many as 10 billion humans will be competing with other species for available space. and changes in climate are already forcing species to move into new terrains, migrations that will increase in the future read article : a shifting approach to saving endangered species
THIS IS WHOS PATAGONIA?
— many locals are wary of large-scale intervention by rich outsiders. nevertheless, the parque patagonia project has already achieved much. read article : the new face of patagonia more : parque patagonia
THE PRONGHORN ANTELOPE
“At the turn of the 20th century, members of the wildlife conservation group, Boone and Crockett Club, had determined that extinction of the pronghorn was more of a probability than a possibility…The protection of habitat and hunting restrictions have allowed pronghorn numbers to recover to an estimated population between 500,000 and 1,000,000” Learn more: Pronghorn Antelope
DECLINE OF THE ALEXANDER ARCHIPELAGO WOLVES
“Over the past year one of the most important populations* of Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago wolves (Canis lupus ligoni) has plummeted from 221 to as low as 60, according to data released last week.” Read the entire article: Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago Wolves
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