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When I talk of being a conservationist, one of the most common assumptions is that I am also somewhat of an ecological hippy.
Articles & Blogs - Page 30
Bringing you the latest articles, opinion and analysis in the conservation world
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South African Birds Feel the Heat
A study of the physiology of birds in the Western Cape in South Africa suggests that birds’ population decline in response to warming temperatures is more complex, and more serious, than previously thought.
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Marijuana Farms Harm Fishers
Fishers in Northern California were five times more likely to die from poisoning than predation compared to fishers in the southern Sierra Nevada.
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Saiga Saga
By 2010 there were around 81,000 left, but this year marked the start of the saiga die-offs.
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Driven Grouse Shooting – Implications for Upland Birds
The subject of driven grouse shooting is a controversial one. In current times the shooting fraternity finds itself besieged with calls for an all out ban on driven grouse shooting and barely a day passes with the topic not broached on social media.
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Vanishing Vultures
The six species have now been updated to either ‘endangered’ or ‘critically endangered’ status on the Red List.
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Islay Goose Cull to Commence Amid Strong Opposition
Though welcomed by farmers, the decision to implement such large scale lethal control on Islay has proven controversial and has been met with scorn by conservation bodies, recently prompting both the WWT and RSPB to take the issue to the European Commission in the hope of halting the plans.
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Climate Change and Sea Turtles
The warming of the planet due to climate change is causing reproduction patterns to change.
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Rewilding: Lynx and Livestock in the UK.
Attacks by lynx on sheep, particularly lambs, are known from across Europe and it seems inevitable that lynx would kill sheep here in Scotland. It is important however to put this in perspective.
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Can Ecotourism Put Wildlife at Risk?
Protected areas throughout the world receive 8 billion visitors every year, so it is clear the ecotourism business is booming.