Bushmeat Hunting Driving Biodiversity Loss
A new study has found that hunting for the bushmeat trade has dramatically reduced wildlife biodiversity in the forests near rural villages in Gabon, Central Africa.
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Ocean Acidification Could Drive Biodiversity Loss
Acidification of the world’s oceans could drive biodiversity loss in some marine habitats.
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10 Words of Advice for Aspiring Conservationists (Part 2)
Following on from last weeks post, this blog will cover the final five “words of advice” I would offer to those seeking a career in the environmental field.
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Jaguar Movements Restricted
A large gene-based survey based on nearly 450 samples in MesoAmerica has identified areas of conservation concern for the region’s jaguars.
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10 Words Of Advice To Aspiring Conservationists
Here James Common offers five tips to would-be conservationists seeking a career in the environmental field.
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Link Between Amphibian Disease and Climate Change
New research has been published that shows that climate change will make the impact of the chytrid fungus disease worse. Already at high altitudes, frogs and toads are being infected at increasingly high rates.
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Our Amphibians are in trouble, and they need you.
You would be forgiven for thinking, that given the somewhat exotic nature of species lost already, that this was, in fact, a tropical problem, though you would be wrong. And Britain’s amphibians too find themselves in hot water.
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Recovery of Yosemite’s Yellow-legged Frog
A study shows that after decades of decline (and despite continual exposures to stresses such as non-native fish, disease and pesticides) the frog’s abundance across Yosemite has increased seven-fold.
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Worst Elephant Losses in 25 Years
Using population estimates from a wide range of sources, including aerial surveys and elephant dung counts, the findings show that estimates for 2015 are 93,000 lower than they were in 2006. The continental total number of elephants is now thought to be about 415,000.
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Chronic Wasting Disease: A New Threat To Eurasia’s Deer?
2016, unfortunately, saw the first verified cases of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) outside of its native range in North America, identified back in March in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.