When Policy and Science Don’t Match
A new study has shown that the policies regulating the hunting of grey wolves do not match basic scientific data, and potentially undermine conservation efforts.
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Conservation Jobs – Campaigns Manager
The aim of these campaigns is largely to engage people with nature, wildlife and wild places, and help to them to understand the value of nature in their own lives.
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Population Decline of Antarctic Seabird
Since 2005, the population of Giant Petrels has halved from over 5,800 nesting birds to around 2,600 in the South Orkney Islands.
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Conservation Cannot Come At The Expense of Local People
“Conservation cannot come at the expense of local people; local people must be made both partners and beneficiaries in conservation, and not enemies of it“
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Extinction of Large Animals may Worsen Climate Change
The removal of these animals from the ecosystem upsets the natural balance and leads to a loss of heavy-wooded large trees.
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Population Decline of the Northern Spotted Owl
A combination of climate change and habitat loss caused a range wide decline of nearly 4% per year between 1985 and 2013.
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Amazon’s Trees Facing Extinction
Overall, an area the size of around 4,500 football pitches is still being lost every day.
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Do Wildlife TV Shows Help Conservation?
“wildlife TV shows are the reason many of us fight for wildlife in the first place”.
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Piping Plovers Losing Nesting Habitat
Findings suggest that if drainage continues, there will be a continued decline in the breeding habitat for piping plovers at wetlands in the Great Plains.
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Petition Launched to Outlaw Lead Ammunition
The notion of banning lead ammunition has sparked widespread condemnation from the sporting industry and an opposing petition launched to support the use of lead has now reached 17,000 signatures.