John Muir Award: Doing your bit for conservation
The John Muir Trust, a charity set up to protect wild places, takes its name from the pioneering conservationist John Muir, a Scottish born American who believed in preserving wilderness.
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Why Should We Conserve the Red Squirrel?
This is an important question. Most of the publicity promoting conservation of red squirrels focuses heavily on the threat from grey squirrels. There is little focus on the ecological importance of red squirrels.
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The Struggle of the African Wild Dog
They have all the hallmarks of an iconic predator; yet, wild dogs are a struggling species in Africa.
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Deer Altering Natural Forests by Disrupting the Soil’s Seed Banks.
Large deer populations are forever altering natural forests by disrupting the soil’s seed banks. Deer are not only slowing down forest succession, in some cases they are preventing forests from establishing in the first place.
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Turtle Nesting Jeopardised by Microplastics
Tiny pieces of microplastic that persist in the natural environment are accumulating along beaches surrounding the Gulf of Mexico, jeopardising the survival of loggerhead turtles.
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Alien Invaders; The Threat of Invasive Species
The EEA reported that invasive species are “a growing pressure on the natural world which are extremely difficult to reverse.” Especially since ecosystems are already weakened by other man-made threats, such as pollution and climate change.
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