#wildlifeconservation — Public Fediverse posts

Ugandan communities planted 4,053 trees beside one of Africa’s great rainforests; now the new forest is rebuilding a damaged wildlife buffer |

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Image Credit: Ron Van Oers/Wikipedia Communities living beside Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Par…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #agroforestry #AU #Australia #bwindi #BwindiImpenetrableNationalPark #endangeredmountaingorillas #restorationofforests #Science #uganda #wildlifeconservation
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/886148/

Ugandan communities planted 4,053 trees beside one of Africa’s great rainforests; now the new forest is rebuilding a damaged wildlife buffer |

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Image Credit: Ron Van Oers/Wikipedia Communities living beside Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Par…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #agroforestry #AU #Australia #bwindi #BwindiImpenetrableNationalPark #endangeredmountaingorillas #restorationofforests #Science #uganda #wildlifeconservation
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/886148/

Ugandan communities planted 4,053 trees beside one of Africa’s great rainforests; now the new forest is rebuilding a damaged wildlife buffer |

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Image Credit: Ron Van Oers/Wikipedia Communities living beside Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetr…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #agroforestry #bwindi #BwindiImpenetrableNationalPark #endangeredmountaingorillas #environment #restorationofforests #Science #Uganda #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildlifeconservation
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/765244/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/680624/ Ugandan communities planted 4,053 trees beside one of Africa’s great rainforests; now the new forest is rebuilding a damaged wildlife buffer | #agroforestry #bwindi #BwindiImpenetrableNationalPark #Éire #EndangeredMountainGorillas #Environment #IE #Ireland #RestorationOfForests #Science #Uganda #WildlifeConservation

Three new Griffon Vultures chicks born in Cyprus this year, KNEWS https://www.byteseu.com/2351097/ #BirdProtection #Cyprus #EndangeredSpecies #GriffonVulture #vultures #WildlifeConservation

In 2026, a Florida wildlife centre brought in critically endangered red-ruffed lemurs; the project is now helping restore their disappearing Madagascar rainforest

A wildlife centre in No…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #criticallyendangeredspecies #Floridawildlifecentre #GreenAgainMadagascar #Habitatrestoration #lemurencounterprogramme #Madagascarrainforestrestoration #red-ruffedlemurs #Science #WildlifeConservation
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/841695/

In 2026, a Florida wildlife centre brought in critically endangered red-ruffed lemurs; the project is now helping restore their disappearing Madagascar rainforest

A wildlife centre in No…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #criticallyendangeredspecies #Floridawildlifecentre #GreenAgainMadagascar #Habitatrestoration #lemurencounterprogramme #Madagascarrainforestrestoration #red-ruffedlemurs #Science #WildlifeConservation
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/841695/

https://www.europesays.com/africa/417464/ In 2026, a Florida wildlife centre brought in critically endangered red-ruffed lemurs; the project is now helping restore their disappearing Madagascar rainforest #CriticallyEndangeredSpecies #FloridaWildlifeCentre #GreenAgainMadagascar #HabitatRestoration #LemurEncounterProgramme #Madagascar #MadagascarRainforestRestoration #RedRuffedLemurs #WildlifeConservation

Egg oiling is a targeted way to help protect vulnerable bird species, like the sage-grouse, from raven predation. #wildlifeconservation

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-egg-oiling-raven-predation-vulnerable.html

Egg oiling is a targeted way to help protect vulnerable bird species, like the sage-grouse, from raven predation. #wildlifeconservation

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-egg-oiling-raven-predation-vulnerable.html

Egg oiling is a targeted way to help protect vulnerable bird species, like the sage-grouse, from raven predation. #wildlifeconservation

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-egg-oiling-raven-predation-vulnerable.html

Egg oiling is a targeted way to help protect vulnerable bird species, like the sage-grouse, from raven predation. #wildlifeconservation

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-egg-oiling-raven-predation-vulnerable.html

These Are The Best Bike Paths in National Parks

https://onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026/08/18/these-are-the-best-bike-paths-in-national-parks/

Wildlife Trusts' Guide To Gardening And Climate Change
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/actions/climate-friendly-gardening

#SolarPunkSunday #WildLifeTrusts #WildLifeTrust #WildLife #Nature #WildLifeConservation #BioDiversity #Gardening #WildFlowers #Conservation #Climate

Surrey Wildlife Trust Guide To Helping Wildlife In Hot Weather
https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/actions/help-wildlife-hot-weather

#SolarPunkSunday #WildLifeTrusts #SurreyWildLifeTrust #WildLife #Nature #WildLifeConservation #BioDiversity #Birds #WildFlowers #Conservation

📰 Canopy Bridges Enable 15,000+ Wildlife Crossings with Zero Roadkill

🌉 Amazon Brazil: Wildlife canopy bridges, secure rope structures, have reportedly facilitated more than 15,000 crossings while preventing any recorded roadkill on the camera-trap monitored structures.

🐒 Local organizations and business owners supported the work to conserve the unique biodiversity of their town and promote ecotourism. By reconnecting forest habitat fragmented by roads, the bridges allow arboreal animals to move safely between areas that would otherwise be separated by dangerous traffic corridors.

🌳 Award-winning biologist Fernanda Abra is expanding her Project Reconecta in the Amazon and beyond, preserving biodiversity and safety.

🔗 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/zero-roadkill-as-amazon-canopy-bridges-secure-15000-crossings/

#WildlifeWednesday #WildlifeConservation #Amazon #WildlifeCrossings #Biodiversity #Conservation

#SouthAmerica’s First Continental #WildlifeCorridor

By: Tompkins Conservation, October 9, 2025

"The #JaguarRiversInitiative is the first multi-country effort to create a massive wildlife corridor in the heart of South America. Uniting successful grassroots nonprofits in #Argentina, #Bolivia, #Brazil, and #Paraguay, the initiative will restore #ecosystems, bring back #KeySpecies, and develop #NatureBasedEconomies in a new cross-border model that addresses the mass #ExtinctionCrisis and climate instability on a global scale.

"In a groundbreaking announcement during #ClimateWeek in September [2025], an alliance of grassroots South American nonprofits launched South America’s largest continental-scale rewilding endeavor. The Jaguar Rivers Initiative plans to reconnect #FragmentedEcosystems across the vast #ParanáBasin using #RiverCorridors as the connective tissue. 'We all know the urgency of the #biodiversity and climate crises,' said Kristine Tompkins of Tompkins Conservation. 'This bold initiative underlines the need for coordinated, large-scale action before it’s too late. I’d call it a lifeline to our planet.'

"South America is in the midst of an unparalleled ecological crisis. #Wildlife populations across the region have declined by 94 percent since 1970—the steepest drop in the world. The drivers of this collapse—#deforestation, river degradation, #fragmentation, fire, and #overexploitation—are intensifying in the face of #ClimateChange.

"The Jaguar Rivers Initiative will restore, protect, and connect #ecosystems throughout the heart of South America, covering nearly one million square miles, an area almost twice the size of Alaska. According to Deli Saavedra, the director of the initiative, 'We’re undertaking a very strategic act to safeguard one of the largest river systems in the world. By restoring its ecological integrity, diverse species and communities currently under threat in four countries have the opportunity to thrive, using a model of nature restoration combined with regenerative economies that has been tested and proven successful in places like the #BrazilianPantanal and the #IberáWetlands of #Argentina.'

The initiative will be centered around four pillars:

• Arks: Large intact ecosystems with keystone species, restored and rewilded to become sources of wildlife dispersal.

• #BufferAreas: Surrounding zones where restorative economies promote coexistence and extend protection.

• Stepping Stones: Smaller wildlife refuges along corridors, often private reserves, that enable safe dispersal and reduce human-wildlife conflicts.

• #Rivers and #Floodplains: Vital corridors for connectivity, requiring healthy ecological flows; safeguarded through citizen guardianship, monitoring, and strong policies."

Learn more:
https://rewilding.org/south-americas-first-continental-wildlife-corridor/

#SolarPunkSunday #RewildingInstitute #LandIsLife #WaterIsLife #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeConservation #HabitatConservation #PreserveNature

Reconnecting the Wild #Midwest

Explore how #TNC is rebuilding connections between habitats to help #MidwestWildlife—and people—thrive in a changing climate

Published March 02, 2026

"Wildlife needs room to roam, and the Midwest is full of amazing habitats—such as forests, prairies, wetlands and rivers—that aren’t connected, leaving wildlife stuck and struggling. That's why TNC is linking forests, prairies, wetlands and rivers across the Midwest so wildlife can move, adapt and thrive.

"What Is a Wildlife Corridor? Why Are They Important?

"#Habitat Crridors can be interconnected land-based environments, such as #forests and #prairies, as well as #rivers and other freshwater passages that allow aquatic species to move freely. These healthy, #biodiverse areas are beneficial for people too, as they can help reduce flood risk to communities and provide more recreational opportunities in nature.

"However, the Midwest region is highly fragmented. #Habitats are subdivided across different landowners, and many are highly degraded.

"To address this, TNC serves as our own type of corridor, coordinating protection and #stewardship efforts across properties owned by many different partners. Through these collaborations, we help secure funding to connect science with #conservation on the ground and in the water.

"Our work includes large-scale #HabitatRestoration projects that create and improve pathways, like our #CoastalRepair efforts in #SanduskyBay, #DamRemoval efforts in Southern #Indiana and our prescribed fire work in Southern #Illinois."

Learn more:
https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/priority-landscapes/midwest/stories-in-the-midwest/wildlife-corridors/

#SolarPunkSunday #ConnectedHabitats
#Wildlife #WildlifeHighways #WildlifeCorridors #MidwesternUS #TheNatureConservancy #Biodiversity #WildlifeConservation

📰 NC NEWS: New Budget Launches Wildlife Crossings

🚗 The state approved $10.2M in recurring funding to build wildlife overpasses and underpasses.

🐾 This builds on the recent $25M federal grant for crossings and fencing along U.S. 64 in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge to protect the critically endangered red wolf.

🌉 After 20+ years of advocacy by the Safe Passage coalition, NC is emerging as a national leader in road ecology and long‑term ecological connectivity.

🔗 https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article316442767.html

@NCConnect

#WildlifeConservation #Wildlife
#WildlifeCrossings #RoadEcology #RedWolfRecovery

Kyrgyzstan’s Snow Leopard EcoFest turns conservation into a public call to protect the country’s most powerful natural symbol https://ow.ly/p3Ia50Zfk6y #SnowLeopard #EcoEducation #WildlifeConservation #EcoFest #Kyrgyzstan #EndangeredSpecies

Kyrgyzstan to Host Snow Leopar...

📰 WILDLIFE WEDNESDAY

🌍 Mozambique: A community-led effort to stop devastating seahorse harvesting has been successful.

💰 The effort had to overcome a high economic motivation to pull and dry the regulated fish illegally for the black market. The rate of extraction was projected to eliminate all seahorses within a decade.

🤿 The solution involved creating an alternative: community-led, seahorse-focused ecotourism. Former extractors now take visitors on easy, low-impact snorkeling tours through seagrass.

💪 The community protects the seahorses now as central to their livelihood.

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/seahorse-conservation-mozambique

#WildlifeWednesday #Biodiversity #Sustainability #Wildlife #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #Seahorses

Wildlife Wednesday

🦋Research from University of Plymouth shows that appropriately designed soil-based living wall systems can deliver meaningful urban biodiversity benefits when integrated with strategic plant selection.

🐦‍⬛ In the study locations, 32 bird species were recorded, with three species observed nesting within the living walls.

🐝 Among the hundreds of other creatures observed were 12 different types of bees, hoverflies and other pollinators, as well as 19 types of soil invertebrates and 12 species of spiders.

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-walls-boost-biodiversity-safe-spaces.html

#WildlifeWednesday #NatureRestoration #Pollinators #Environment #Conservation #Biodiversity #WildlifeConservation #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #NativeBees #UrbanBiodiversity

Wildlife Wednesday

🦫 Beaver dams are more dynamic and better at supporting a wide variety of pollinators than artificial ponds.

https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/11/beaver-engineered-habitats-are-outperforming-ours/

#WildlifeWednesday #NatureRestoration #Pollinators #Environment #Beavers #Conservation #Biodiversity #WildlifeConservation

One ant for $220: The new frontier of wildlife trafficking

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4g44zv37qo

#HackerNews #wildlifetrafficking #wildlifeconservation #animalrights #biodiversity #environmentalissues

#Oregon #ecologist on state’s efforts to create safe #WildlifeCorridors over busy #roadways

By Malya Fass (OPB)
Jan. 7, 2026 11:38 a.m.

Image: "This undated artist's rendering from the Oregon Department of Transportation shows the design of an overpass crossing for wildlife spanning above four lanes of traffic on I-5, looking southwest. ODOT is expected to begin construction on the crossing in 2028 in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, less than two miles north of the California border."

"The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife estimates 14.5 million wild vertebrate animals are killed on Oregon’s roadways each year. Data shows it’s difficult to control driver behavior with things like road signs and traffic regulations. A more effective way to mitigate animal fatalities is by redirecting the animals themselves.

"#WildlifeCrossings — human-made structures that allow animals to safely pass through habitats near roadways — have been a successful tool in preventing animal-motor fatalities. States like #Montana, #Colorado and #California have over 100 wildlife crossings, while Oregon has only six.

"Rachel Wheat is a spatial ecologist who serves as the wildlife connectivity coordinator for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. She joins us to discuss her work and tactics for improving transportation infrastructure for wildlife in Oregon."

Learn more:
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/07/wildlife-corridors-oregon/

#SolarPunkSunday #OregonPublicBroadcasting #Nature #WildlifeConservation #NatureCorridors #Roadkill #Highways #GreenSpace

Mosha the 3 Legged Elephant 🐘 #MoshaTheElephant #ElephantRescue #AnimalRescue #WildlifeConservation #ProstheticElephant #Resilience #ClimateAction #Sustainability #CarbonFootprint #EcoFriendly #WildlifeProtection #SaveTheEarth #InnovativeSolutions #Forevergreen #SustainableLiving #ProtectWildlife #CompassionateCare #EcoWarriors #EnvironmentalImpact #ConservationMatters #TakeAction #YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rFdh8yQGqg

✨ Aujourd'hui je vous présente le Chevalier gambette !! Ce nom.... Cette classe...
✨ Ici, je l'ai représenté dans sa parure nuptiale : avec ses gambettes rouges orangées... En plein repas.
✨ Il s'agit là aussi d'une illustration pour mon projet avec la #reservenaturelle de Séné.
✨ Vous pouvez retrouver toutes mes illustrations disponibles ici : https://clairemotzart.etsy.com
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#chevalier #limicoles #birds #oiseaux #birdphotography #bird #birdwatching #birdsofmastodon #ornithology #ornithologie #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #WildlifeConservation #EspècesMenacées #biodiversite #ecology #environnement #pnr #parcnaturel #naturaliste #MastoArt

✨ Bonjour à tous ! 🖖
Aujourd'hui je vous présente le Lézard des murailles. Podarcis muralis. Réalisé à l'aquarelle et au crayon ✏️
✨ Il me reste quelques tirages d'art disponibles par ici :
https://clairemotzart.etsy.com/listing/1697504982
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#herpetology #herpetologue #lezard #podarcismuralis #reptiles #MastoArt #drawing #illustration #stopia #NOIA #aquarelle #art #nature #natureinspired #natureillustration #naturepainting #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #WildlifeConservation #wildlifelovers #reptilephotography #biodiversite #ecologie #environnement

2020.
When 3 Coast Salish Indigenous Chiefs invited me to join their small lead boat crew to meet up with other boats from Campbell River, Comox, Lund, Quadra Island & Discovery Islands to block some restocking of open net fish farms & demand that they get out of BC waters.

#VancouverIsland #FishFarmsOut #DirectAction #WildSalmonAlliance #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #SaveWildSalmon #DemandMPAs #BCpoli #CDNpoli #OceanGuardians #KeystoneSpecies #ecology #CampbellRiver #WildlifeConservation #ProtectEcosystems #environmentalist #AsianMastodon #OceanGuardians #Boating #Protest #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #PNW

Tsahaukuse, George Quocksister Jr. is a #HereditaryChief of the #Laichkwiltach Nation and the son of Elizabeth and George Quocksister. He is a passionate advocate for the protection of #WildSalmon as a crucial part of his culture and the food security of his people, and is working to ban the practice of #SalmonFarming on the west coast. He lives in Campbell River, BC.

This is from our 2020 #DiscoveryIslands flotilla protest & restocking patrol with George & 2 other BC Indigenous Chiefs(Darren Blaney & Bill Wilson) from North Island regions.

The fight to get fish farms out of BC waters started in the late 80s & continues.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/video-appears-to-show-disfigured-farmed-salmon-1.4261637

#VancouverIsland #BCIndigenousChiefs #NativeChiefs #IndigenousLeaders #BCFirstNations #NativeBC #IndigenousBC #NativeLeaders #FishFarmsOut #DirectAction #WildSalmonAlliance #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #SaveWildSalmon #DemandMPAs #BCpoli #CDNpoli #OceanGuardians #SalmonPeople #KeystoneSpecies #ecology #WildlifeConservation #ProtectEcosystems #environmental

The #CowichanRiver #estuary is one of the largest & most important in #BritishColumbia. The #watershed drains 90,000 hectares & provides #CriticalHabitat to dozens of #fish species, including #steelhead, #Chinook, #chum, #coho & #PinkSalmon, as well as brown, #cutthroat & #RainbowTrout. But the #Cowichan’s troubles are by no means unique; they are a #CaseStudy for a much larger problem.

#TimberCompanies store #LogBooms all along the #BCcoast, says Jamieson Atkinson, a fish #biologist & program manager for the #Aquatic #Research & #Restoration Centre at #BritishColumbiaConservationFoundation. “It’s shocking.” While #estuaries make up less than 3% of British Columbia’s coast, they provide rich #habitat for 80% of the province’s coastal #wildlife. The #FraserRiver estuary, near #Vancouver on the mainland, supports more than 300 species of #birds & 80 species of fish & #shellfish for at least part of their life cycles.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/07/05/Estuary-Marine-Life-Smothered-Timber-Industrial-Log-Booms

@thetyee

#BCpoli #environmental #WildFirst #ProtectNature #ProtectWildlife #Ecological #ecosystems #Conservation #VancouverIsland #WildSalmonAlliance #ProtectWatersheds #StopEcocide #NatureFirst #VanIsle #Nature #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #PacificNorthwest #WildlifeConservation #HabitatRestoration #ProtectNature #DefendNature #PNW #IndustrialPollution #BanCorporateLobbyists

The #CowichanRiver #estuary is one of the largest & most important in #BritishColumbia. The #watershed drains 90,000 hectares & provides #CriticalHabitat to dozens of #fish species, including #steelhead, #Chinook, #chum, #coho & #PinkSalmon, as well as brown, #cutthroat & #RainbowTrout. But the #Cowichan’s troubles are by no means unique; they are a #CaseStudy for a much larger problem.

#TimberCompanies store #LogBooms all along the #BCcoast, says Jamieson Atkinson, a fish #biologist & program manager for the #Aquatic #Research & #Restoration Centre at #BritishColumbiaConservationFoundation. “It’s shocking.” While #estuaries make up less than 3% of British Columbia’s coast, they provide rich #habitat for 80% of the province’s coastal #wildlife. The #FraserRiver estuary, near #Vancouver on the mainland, supports more than 300 species of #birds & 80 species of fish & #shellfish for at least part of their life cycles.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/07/05/Estuary-Marine-Life-Smothered-Timber-Industrial-Log-Booms

@thetyee

#BCpoli #environmental #WildFirst #ProtectNature #ProtectWildlife #Ecological #ecosystems #Conservation #VancouverIsland #WildSalmonAlliance #ProtectWatersheds #StopEcocide #NatureFirst #VanIsle #Nature #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #PacificNorthwest #WildlifeConservation #HabitatRestoration #ProtectNature #DefendNature #PNW #IndustrialPollution #BanCorporateLobbyists

The #CowichanRiver #estuary is one of the largest & most important in #BritishColumbia. The #watershed drains 90,000 hectares & provides #CriticalHabitat to dozens of #fish species, including #steelhead, #Chinook, #chum, #coho & #PinkSalmon, as well as brown, #cutthroat & #RainbowTrout. But the #Cowichan’s troubles are by no means unique; they are a #CaseStudy for a much larger problem.

#TimberCompanies store #LogBooms all along the #BCcoast, says Jamieson Atkinson, a fish #biologist & program manager for the #Aquatic #Research & #Restoration Centre at #BritishColumbiaConservationFoundation. “It’s shocking.” While #estuaries make up less than 3% of British Columbia’s coast, they provide rich #habitat for 80% of the province’s coastal #wildlife. The #FraserRiver estuary, near #Vancouver on the mainland, supports more than 300 species of #birds & 80 species of fish & #shellfish for at least part of their life cycles.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/07/05/Estuary-Marine-Life-Smothered-Timber-Industrial-Log-Booms

@thetyee

#BCpoli #environmental #WildFirst #ProtectNature #ProtectWildlife #Ecological #ecosystems #Conservation #VancouverIsland #WildSalmonAlliance #ProtectWatersheds #StopEcocide #NatureFirst #VanIsle #Nature #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #PacificNorthwest #WildlifeConservation #HabitatRestoration #ProtectNature #DefendNature #PNW #IndustrialPollution #BanCorporateLobbyists

The #CowichanRiver #estuary is one of the largest & most important in #BritishColumbia. The #watershed drains 90,000 hectares & provides #CriticalHabitat to dozens of #fish species, including #steelhead, #Chinook, #chum, #coho & #PinkSalmon, as well as brown, #cutthroat & #RainbowTrout. But the #Cowichan’s troubles are by no means unique; they are a #CaseStudy for a much larger problem.

#TimberCompanies store #LogBooms all along the #BCcoast, says Jamieson Atkinson, a fish #biologist & program manager for the #Aquatic #Research & #Restoration Centre at #BritishColumbiaConservationFoundation. “It’s shocking.” While #estuaries make up less than 3% of British Columbia’s coast, they provide rich #habitat for 80% of the province’s coastal #wildlife. The #FraserRiver estuary, near #Vancouver on the mainland, supports more than 300 species of #birds & 80 species of fish & #shellfish for at least part of their life cycles.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/07/05/Estuary-Marine-Life-Smothered-Timber-Industrial-Log-Booms

@thetyee

#BCpoli #environmental #WildFirst #ProtectNature #ProtectWildlife #Ecological #ecosystems #Conservation #VancouverIsland #WildSalmonAlliance #ProtectWatersheds #StopEcocide #NatureFirst #VanIsle #Nature #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #PacificNorthwest #WildlifeConservation #HabitatRestoration #ProtectNature #DefendNature #PNW #IndustrialPollution #BanCorporateLobbyists

The #CowichanRiver #estuary is one of the largest & most important in #BritishColumbia. The #watershed drains 90,000 hectares & provides #CriticalHabitat to dozens of #fish species, including #steelhead, #Chinook, #chum, #coho & #PinkSalmon, as well as brown, #cutthroat & #RainbowTrout. But the #Cowichan’s troubles are by no means unique; they are a #CaseStudy for a much larger problem.

#TimberCompanies store #LogBooms all along the #BCcoast, says Jamieson Atkinson, a fish #biologist & program manager for the #Aquatic #Research & #Restoration Centre at #BritishColumbiaConservationFoundation. “It’s shocking.” While #estuaries make up less than 3% of British Columbia’s coast, they provide rich #habitat for 80% of the province’s coastal #wildlife. The #FraserRiver estuary, near #Vancouver on the mainland, supports more than 300 species of #birds & 80 species of fish & #shellfish for at least part of their life cycles.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/07/05/Estuary-Marine-Life-Smothered-Timber-Industrial-Log-Booms

@thetyee

#BCpoli #environmental #WildFirst #ProtectNature #ProtectWildlife #Ecological #ecosystems #Conservation #VancouverIsland #WildSalmonAlliance #ProtectWatersheds #StopEcocide #NatureFirst #VanIsle #Nature #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #PacificNorthwest #WildlifeConservation #HabitatRestoration #ProtectNature #DefendNature #PNW #IndustrialPollution #BanCorporateLobbyists

The world is full of intelligent, beautiful and rare parrots, but they're falling victim to wildlife trafficking. Thankfully, researchers have figured out how to use DNA databases to protect our feathered friends.

So, how does the use of genomic forensics help protect parrots? And what is a DNA database?

To recognise World Parrot Day, we asked Dr George Olah of The Australian National University for the facts; here is 60 Seconds of Science.⁠https://youtu.be/jPuoFvld6_U

Learn more about Dr George Olah's work with parrots… https://ausgeo.co/csiparrots

#ausgeo #australia #seeaustralia #bird #parrots #parrot #birds #wildlife #nature #wildlifetrafficking #birdlife #birder #birders #research #science #conservation #wildlifeconservation #birdconservation #animalrescue #worldparrotday
#environment #globalwarming #academia #research #academicchatter #biodiversity #ecology #rewilding #biology #government #nature #wildlife #science #scientist #technology #technews #tech

163: The EU Review of Wolf Protection Status

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3TIXgTU3Rd1Lcn2moMsz0l

The human-wildlife conflict with wolves has been brewing on the ground in the EU for some time. On the one hand, it has been fueled by a remarkable recovery of wolves across the continent, and on the other, by politicians trying to hijack it for their political gains. In September 2023 the European Commission invited “local communities, scientists and all interested parties” to submit the latest data in order to review the conservation status of wolves and decide whether to downgrade the conservation status of the species. Predictably this has sparked a lot of debate with clear demarcation lines between factions.

https://youtu.be/oITfPp9o3ac

To deal with this topic I decided to change the format of the podcast and in this episode, you will hear from not one but five experts in their fields. I felt the subject is so complex that to present it in the most comprehensive and objective way we need to hear all the relevant voices. By listening to this episode you will hear opinions on this topic from a wildlife biologist, Professor John Linnell, a goat breeder, Bruno Lecomte, a social scientist, ​​Professor Erica von Essen, an environmentalist, the Head of EU Policy at BirdLife International, Ariel Brunner and, last but not least, the Secretary General of the European Federation for Hunting and Conservation, Dr David Scallan. Special thanks to hunting journalist and blogger Denis Plat for his help in ensuring that opinions from rural France were voiced. Cover photo courtesy of Alick Simmons.

While making this episode I recorded many hours of material and understandably not all of it made it into the episode. If you would be interested in listening to the individual interviews with the guests in this podcast, please click here.

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the individual participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organisation. The participants are expressing their personal opinions and perspectives.

Further reading on the subject of this episode:

Wolves in Europe: Commission urges local authorities to make full use of existing derogations and collects data for conservation status review

European Predation Map – courtesy of Bruno Lecomte

Attitudes towards returning wolves

Changes to the protection status of wolves?

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African wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica) is a small wildcat species found throughout Africa, from the Sahara Desert to South Africa.
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😺 Masai Mara | Kenya
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It takes 4 to 11 days for a cheetah cub to open their eyes after birth. Just see how much security and attention a mother cheetah should provide. Amazing planet earth.
🐆 Serengeti | Tanzania
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