Good news, everyone! The Yurok Tribe will now co-manage 125 acres of Redwood forest, a gateway to the state/national park, along with the National Park Service.
The tribal nation signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday with Redwood national and state parks and the non-profit Save the Redwoods League.
NEW: #Dundas Valley #Conservation Area has been ordered by the Ford #Conservative govt to initiate a process to review all of their land holdings & determine all lands which could be sold to #developers and subdivisions built. 😲
It's one of #Ontario’s most spectacular natural treasures; 1,200-hectares of lush Carolinian forests, meadows, streams, stunning geological formations, + array of rare plants, birds & wildlife.
Yes, yes, my neighbors (here in Southern California, where we just had record rainfall the last few days, and the soil is COMPLETELY saturated) are watering their lawn. 🥴 #conservation#water#environment
I'm teaching a #CreativeNonFiction course and next week is #conservation, the idea that if you put something into a text, it should be there for a reason: plot, mood, character, world building, etc.
In the spirit of @allisonwyss, I'll point out, this is a tool not a rule, but what does this "rule" mean to you? Do you use it, subvert it, deconstruct it?
Are some #insects evolving in response to light pollution?
"We find a stark decline in blacklight trap efficacy over 25 years of monitoring in Delaware, USA, mirrored over 10 years of monitoring in New Jersey, USA. While the precise causes of this decline remain a subject for discussion, the practical consequences are clear: insect conservationists cannot fully rely on long-term trends from entomological light traps."
Despite $246.9 million in taxpayer money, Forestry Corporation still lost $28 million
"The Nature Conservation Council of NSW has today released a new report from Frontier Economics which reveals for the first time that hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars have been gifted to the taxpayer owned logging business Forestry Corporation NSW over the past five years."
"The NSW Government needs to come to terms with the fact that native forest logging is a dying industry and make a plan for a transition. How much more taxpayer money has to be wasted and endangered animals killed before this reality sinks in?" Statements attributable to NCC Chief Executive Officer Jacqui Mumford
>> https://www.miragenews.com/forestry-corp-loses-28m-despite-246-9m-taxpayer-1120847/
A #GrayWolf killed in a January #coyote hunt in #Michigan's southern Lower Peninsula; #DNR investigating how it got there.
The harvest was potentially the 1st time a gray wolf has been identified in the Lower Peninsula since the species was wiped out driven to [#extinction] from the state in the early 20th century, MI Dept of #NaturalResources said.
Researchers pored over satellite imagery to create one of the most comprehensive data sets on the global mining footprint ever generated.
The data set maps out in fine detail the boundaries of a combined 65,585 km2 (25,323 mi2) of mining sites across the world.
Nearly 10% of the total mining areas mapped in the study fell inside protected areas like national parks, Ramsar wetlands and UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Scientists tracked a young #whale's journey before he vanished. What they learned could help save his species.
#Bishop’s story, from birth to presumed death, shows the extreme danger facing right #whales, which could be extinct in 3 decades if they continue to disappear at the present rate. Bishop’s species is not doomed to #extinction …but time is running out.
Okay, so, on the one hand, I definitely understand what "we should tax water" sounds like.
But, on the other, we super need to tax water.
".A groundwater tax could be structured to mirror the environmental and societal costs of #water extraction. The adoption of such a policy would signal a shift from consumption to stewardship."
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Why do thousands of deep-sea octopuses congregate two miles below the surface, at the base of an underwater mountain off California? Researchers now think they know the secret behind this real-life octopus garden, the largest known gathering of deep-sea octopuses on Earth....
Can I get a little signal boosting help, pls Mastodon? 🙏
I’m looking to fill some free time helping out organisations working for #conservation and #biodiversity.
I have a weird hodgepodge of programming/program management/marketing expertise, and am currently studying towards a MSc in biodiversity and wildlife health. Teeny tiny bit of past conservation NGO experience. Based outside Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Happy to volunteer, in field, or behind a desk, whatever you need.
Scientists say that coral reefs are currently undergoing a global bleaching event, with more than 54% of the world’s coral reef areas in the territorial waters of over 50 countries experiencing heat stress. According to one scientist, the percentage of areas dealing with bleaching-level heat stress “has been increasing by roughly 1% per week.”
Photo is a bettong that has been caught by researchers. The good news is their population has maybe tripled over the last few years in Australia's largest nature preserve that is free of introduced predators - it has 45km (28mi) of 1.8m (just under 6') tall fencing to keep it that way. Just 3 years ago they were reintroduced to...
Scientists Invented an Entirely New Process For Refrigerating Things (www.sciencealert.com)
Say hello to ionocaloric cooling.
Bank of America-led "Debt-For-Nature" swap for Gabon moves ahead with $500 Million bond (www.bloomberg.com)
Gabon’s debt-for-nature swap is edging closer to reality as the African nation tests international markets with a $500 million bond deal....
A bettong bewildered by bagging
Photo is a bettong that has been caught by researchers. The good news is their population has maybe tripled over the last few years in Australia's largest nature preserve that is free of introduced predators - it has 45km (28mi) of 1.8m (just under 6') tall fencing to keep it that way. Just 3 years ago they were reintroduced to...