and ranchers to be paid for providing benefits healthy food clean air and water and wildlife habitat to all of society.
#Preventing an Elephant Eden from Becoming Paradise Lost (Op-Ed) Richard Carroll is vice president for Africa at World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Washington D c. He contributed this article to Livescience's Expert Voices:
Central african republic's neighbors Cameroon and Republic of congo can also help to ensure the integrity of their shared forests and wildlife.
The U s. government has achieved much in the past year including elevating wildlife poaching and trafficking to the highest levels of the State department.
It needs to go further including a revision of the President's Transnational Organized crime Strategy to include wildlife crime as a priority on par with other major crimes such as arms smuggling.
and Thailand to live up to their obligations under the CITES Convention on International Wildlife Trade in Endangered Species. Central african republic has few tourists
He had helped refill the forest with the majestic wildlife of his youth. I hope for his sake
and wildlife and suspected that something big was hidden below. The diver went down to explore
while still providing the myriad benefits that flow from forests renewable wood and paper products wildlife habitat places for recreation and much more.
#Rare Baby African Monkey Makes Photo Debut A baby kipunji one of the rarest species of African monkey sticks close to its mother in a new photo that was released today (June 5) by wildlife conservationists.
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) headquartered in New york city circulated the photo of the baby kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji) this morning on Twitter.
Dale A. Wade an extension wildlife specialist with the Texas A&m University Research and Extension Center in San Angelo Texas is co-author of Procedures for Evaluating Predation on Livestock and Wildlife (Agrilife Extension Texas A & M System 2010).
In his book Wade points out thatranchers and even livestock experts may not recognize what killed an animal
But that's exactly what Kenyan scientist and conservationist Richard Leakey proposed yesterday (May 14) saying it could be the best solution for humans and wildlife.
because the road would traverse the iconic Serengeti which is home to some of the world s most magnificent wildlife and habitat.
A grand spectacle Speaking yesterday (May 14) at a conference on wildlife crime and poaching here at Rutgers University Leakey son of famed paleontologist and fossil hunters Louis and Mary Leakey
and signal Africa's commitment to wildlife Leakey said during the keynote speech he gave at the meeting.
While leading the Kenya Wildlife Service in 1989 Leakey came up with the idea of torching 12 tons of elephant tusks to bring attention to the widespread poaching of the animals for their tusks
and in Moscow in May attended by representatives of CITES the wildlife trade-monitoring network TRAFFIC USAID and the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS).
Nothing shocks me anymore especially at how far people will go to engage in illegal wildlife trade Crawford Allan director of TRAFFIC North america said in a statement from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF.
and trade in illegal wildlife continues to be a major global problem. Apparently this chocolate disguise is not even that original.
and staff biologist for Aaranyak a nonprofit organization dedicated to wildlife conservation. He also studies turtles and other reptiles.
The network uses those data for research and resource management recommendations related to water wildlife wildfires and working farms and ranches.
The U s. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) had collected the items over the past 25 years through smuggling busts
The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) echoed those arguments in its call for other governments to follow the United states'lead
The AWFÂ and other environmental organizations like the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are also calling for the United states to go even further
The ivory crush was taking place at the Rocky mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City Colo. just outside of Denver with a star-studded list of speakers including Kristin Bauer
and Kristin Davis of Sex and the city. The event comes a day after Secretary of state John Kerry announced that the United states would award up to $1 million for information that leads to the dismantling of an infamous wildlife trafficking ring dubbed the Xaysavang Network.
Profits from wildlife trafficking estimated at $8 0 billion per year fund other illicit activities such as narcotics armsand human trafficking Kerry added.
The crackdown is part of an executive order to fight wildlife trafficking that President Barack Obama signed in July.
The initiative called for the formation of a new task force to address the issue and it allotted $10 million in aid for Africa's efforts to combatâ poachingâ and the illegal wildlife trade.
and wildlife traffickers federal officials had planned to pulverize 6 tons (5. 4 tonnes) of illegal elephant ivory this week
and Wildlife Service (FWS) suspended most of its programs and operations including the ivory crush scheduled for Tuesday (Oct 8) at the Rocky mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City Colo. just north of Denver.
The agency was slated to destroy the United states'government-held stockpile of ivory that it has compiled over the past 25 years.
The move was part of an executive order to fight wildlife trafficking that President Barack Obama signed in July.
and allotted $10 million to aid Africa's efforts to combat poaching and the illegal trade of wildlife
when until the Fish and Wildlife Service resumes normal operations. The agency has yet to determine what it will do crushed with the ivory.
and stealing the natural heritage of African nations Carter Roberts president and CEO of World Wildlife Fund said in a statement in September
On Thursday (Nov 14) the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will pulverize nearly 6 tonsâ (5. 4 tonnes) Â of illegal ivory items from whole tusks to tiny trinkets
The ivory crush will take place at the Rocky mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City Colo. just outside of Denver.
This wonderland of wildlife east of Africa is home to all of the world's lemurs a diverse group of primates most
 Increased demand Demand for the products comprising wildlife habitat such as the timber in forests minerals in mountains
and perhaps more protected areas for wildlife Jenkins said. 7 Iconic Animals Humans Are Driving to Extinction The most effective way to fight poaching would be to decrease demand said Kenyan scientist and conservationist Richard Leakey at a conference
on wildlife crime this May at Rutgers University. One way to do that would be to better educate people in China
When Richard Leakey headed the Kenya Wildlife Service in 1989 he came up with the idea to burn 12 tons of elephant tusks to bring public attention to poaching
It is a myth that people in Asia don't care about wildlife Peter Knights with Wildaid told the Post.
while also protecting wildlife for example Joubert said. On several land concessions that Joubert and his wife Beverly co-own
How humans impact wildlife will depend largely on where future development occurs. Not all places are created equal Jenkins said.
and range of wildlife but one extreme example is Ecuador's Yasuni National park. The sprawling reserve contains 150 amphibian
Dereck and Beverly Joubert have made more than 25 films about large wildlife like lions usually with a message about the importance of conservation.
Wildlife Fund (WWF. We're going to have to work to make sure that we have a global food system that takes care of everybody Clay said.
Today the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) called on other governments to follow the United states'lead
The Biggest Beasts On land Right now Africa is hemorrhaging elephants Patrick Bergin CEO of the African Wildlife Foundation said in a statement.
and some new places where they hadn't been said previously wildlife biologist Thomas Hughes of the National Wild Turkey Federation an organization that has reintroduced the animals into the wild.
In some places the growth of wild turkey populations has been so dramatic it has caused minor problems said Kelsey Sullivan a wildlife biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in Bangor.
But when the turkeys show up in the morning often in the same areas that have been damaged they get wrongly blamed said Duane Diefenbach a wildlife researcher at Pennsylvania State university.
#Wildlife Bandits: How Criminology Can Fight Poaching Newark N. J. With no shortage of human-on-human misdeeds criminologists haven't typically concerned themselves with crimes against wildlife and the environment.
But with poaching raging out of control in several areas of the world that may be changing.
what's going on in the environment Todd Clear dean of Rutgers University's School of Criminal Justice said here at a symposium Tuesday (May 14) on wildlife crime.
and crimes against wildlife do follow patterns seen in other areas of criminology knowledge that could be used to prevent these misdeeds.
In 1989 when Leakey headed the Kenya Wildlife Service he came up with the idea to burn 12 tons of elephant tusks to bring public attention to poaching
The lowland Mayan forests of northern Guatemala teem with wildlife toucans macaws howler monkeys and even the fabled jaguar.
and can weigh more than 10 pounds 4. 6 kilograms lead author Jonathan Slaght a wildlife biologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society told Livescience.
#Worst-Ever Right whale Die off Continues to Puzzle Scientists still don't know why hundreds of baby southern right whales are turning up dead around Patagonia a decade after observers first saw signs of the worst die off on record for the species according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS.
and photograph wildlife in December. It was like traveling back in time when rivers were the main highways for both humans
and wildlife said de la Rosa director of the La Selva Biological Station for the Organization for Tropical Field Studies in San pedro Costa rica.
and see how they're reacting said Alex Hartman a USGS wildlife biologist at the Western Ecological Research center in Dixon California who helps oversee the shorebird-monitoring project.
Elusive Wildlife Caught in Photos Turner and her colleagues faced several challenges along the way including inquisitive animals knocking down cameras fires raging across the sites a run-in with a pride of lions on foot long hikes to sites in sweltering heat
This research has important implications for our understanding of anthrax in grazing wildlife and livestock Turner said.
and wildlife Flessa told Livescience. Research teams from agencies universities and environmental groups from both the United states and Mexico will monitor the effects of this pulse analyzing the area before the flood immediately following it and into the future.
Asiatic lions tend to be much bigger according to the World Wildlife Federation (WWF. They weigh 300 to 500 lbs.
This park is a wildlife sanctuary on 877.37 square miles (1412 square km) of land. The land includes a deciduous forest grasslands scrub jungle and rocky hills.
while the Integrated Taxonomic Information system (ITIS) maintained by the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service lists six other subspecies.
confiscated ivory along with other illegal wildlife products in a public ceremony on Jan 6. The announcement released by the Wildlife Conservation Society
which works with governments to curtail ivory trafficking did not say exactly how much ivory and other material was to be destroyed
(and hugging) trees will change their range with the hotter and drier weather brought by climate change Bill Ellis a wildlife researcher at the University of Queensland in Australia who was involved not in the study wrote in an email to Live Science.
#The Wilderness Act Turns 50 John Weaver senior conservation scientist for the Wildlife Conservation Society has conducted field research in many wild areas across western North america over the past 45 years.
Protecting these wild places will help secure habitat for vulnerable wildlife safeguard their genetic integrity enhance connectivity
Most live on wildlife refuges to protect them from poachers. Tigers are fantastic swimmers. They can forge rivers
In Dewitt County Texas most people are convinced this is the elusive chupacabra said a reporter with KAVU News an ABC affiliate based in Victoria Texas though a wildlife biologist suggested it might be a dog or coyote.
Wildlife experts often see wild animals suffering from various stages of sarcoptic mange a skin disease that causes animals'hair to fall out
#Build a Better Drone, for Wildlife Conservation (Op-Ed) David Wilkie is director of conservation support
and sustainability and is part of the series The War for Wildlife: Dispatches from the Wildlife Conservation Society.
The authors contributed this article to Livescience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Poachers are escalating the global war on wildlife through advanced technologies and techniques.
In Asia they are hacking into the signals from tigers'satellite collars to find and kill them.
To combat this sophisticated and expanding traffic in wildlife conservationists must themselves turn to new technologies
now these devices show great promise in strengthening wildlife law enforcement. Already authorities are using fixed-wing conservation UAVS to successfully keep track of hard-to-see rhinos in Nepal
while at the same time enhancing the effectiveness of wildlife law-enforcement and reducing risks to our courageous rangers.
and destroyed 6 tons of ivory (including tusks and various carvings) by burning according to news reports and a release from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
Elephant populations have been in decline across much of Africa with some 96 killed each day on average mostly for their ivory according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Today the flock has about 95 birds that spend their spring and summer in wetlands at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge and elsewhere in central Wisconsin.
See Photos of the World's Cutest Baby Wild Animals I don't know that they actually think of us as whooping cranes said Glenn Olsen a veterinarian at the U s. Geological Survey's (USGS) Patuxent Wildlife Research center in Maryland who said he spends much of May through July
Big Sky Shrinking Glaciers Fading Wildlife. This article was adapted from'Better'Burgers Worse for Your Health No Better for the Climate
The brown bat can eat up to 1000 small insects in an hour according to the Defenders of Wildlife organization.
The order which went into affect on June 20 cites noise harassment of wildlife and visitor safety as a few of the reasons for prohibiting these flying robots over federally administered lands and waters.
In March the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service placed one of these species the lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) on its list of threatened wildlife.
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s flow during drought a portion that can seriously impact fish and wildlife American Rivers reports.
They grow to around 4. 5 to 5. 5 feet long (137.16 to 167.64 cm) and weight 50 to 80 pounds (23 to 36 kg) according to the Defenders of Wildlife organization.
The Eastern wolf also known as Great lakes wolf Eastern timber wolf Algonquin wolf or deer wolf has been deemed a distinct species from their western cousins according to a review by U s. Fish and Wildlife Service scientists.
But It's a Welcome One (Op-Ed) Joe Walston is executive director of the Asia Program for the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Should we praise a monumental shift in approach to conservation by the world's biggest consumer of the world's wildlife
Wildlife which can normally flee a fire front can become trapped between the bushfire and the back burn.
Exacerbating impacts on wildlife is the technique known as blacking out#involving setting fire to unburnt areas that escaped combustion by the back burn.
Such unburnt patches can be critical refuges for wildlife and a sort of seed for recovery of adjacent burnt areas.
These include fire-sensitive plants habitat for endangered wildlife and areas recovering from a previous high-severity fire.
The 63-year-old Laysan albatross named Wisdom was spotted taking care of her newborn earlier this month on the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge according to the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service.
which claimed 2000 of her fellow adult albatrosses and about 110000 chicks in the Midway wildlife refuge an island habitat in the middle of the North Pacific.
A team led by researchers with the Wildlife Conservation Society scooped up 85 leopard fecal samples as they scoured footpaths dried-up streams
and the nearest protected area was the Kalsubai Harishchandragad Wildlife Sanctuary 11 miles (18 kilometers) to the west.
of nature reserves in agricultural landscapes study researcher Ullas Karanth the Wildlife Conservation Society's director for Science-Asia said in a statement.
The grim numbers were released at a wildlife trafficking symposium in London this week to update a study published last year in the journal PLOS ONE
or one every 20 minutes day and night study researcher Fiona Maisels a biologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society said in a statement.
The new data was unveiled at the United for Wildlife International Wildlife Trafficking Symposium taking place Feb 11 and 12 at the Zoological Society of London.
#New york's Power to Fight Illegal Ivory (Op-Ed) John Calvelli is executive vice president of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and director of the society's 96 Elephants campaign.
and with recently passed legislation in New jersey help close one of the nation's largest ports to this illegal wildlife trade.
Taking a Page from Eliot Ness to Fight Wildlife Trafficking (Op-Ed The New jersey Senate
Wildlife conservation is also getting a boost thanks to several groups'efforts to use some of these Google tools to track invasive species map populations of endangered species
Video Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees The monitors look for signs of human activity that could endanger wildlife
According to the World Wildlife Fund human activities have led to a 93 percent reduction in tigers'historic range.
Then the Kenyan Wildlife Service can send out a patrol to go out and investigate. We're at a crucial stage now where we can act
For instance Defenders of Wildlife is utilizing Google maps API to help demonstrate the impacts of the BP Deepwater horizon oil spill
. Despite the existence of these laws New york is one of the largest markets for illegal ivory in the United states according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
In 2012 the New york state Department of Environmental Conservation together with the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service seized more than $2 million worth of ivory in New york city.
and the trade of arms and narcotics representatives from the World Wildlife Fund have said. In November 2013 the U s. destroyed six tons of ivory carvings jewelry and other trinkets that had been collected by the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service through smuggling busts and confiscations.
The high-profile ivory crush was staged to send a global message that the material should no longer be used in commercial products.
The agreement asks member states to adopt more uniform penalties for wildlife trafficking including a sentence of up to four years in prison for organized wildlife crime.
Environmental groups applauded the move including the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) which estimates that 35000 elephants were killed by poachers in Africa last year a rate equivalent to 96 elephants killed each day.
and Wildlife Service said of New york's role in the illicit ivory Trade in Images: 100 Most Threatened Species New york is one of the largest markets for illegal ivory in the United states
and Wildlife Service seized more than $2 million worth of ivory from three businesses in New york city's Diamond District.
The bust represented a victory against the illegal commercialization of wildlife in New york but more still needs to be done Florence said.
During his witness testimony Woody called up two investigators from the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service to present several tusks and ivory carvings that had been seized by federal agents to the committee members.
and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) estimates that 96 elephants are killed each day by poachers in Africa.
and other trinkets that had been collected over 25 years by the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service through smuggling busts and confiscations.
when it comes to offsets aimed at avoiding a threat rather than restoring wildlife. For example how threatened is the forest
Trap More Wolves (Op-Ed) Zack Strong is an NRDC wildlife advocate in Bozeman Mont.
and Wildlife Service's (FWS) proposed plan to remove Endangered Species Act protections from gray wolves in most of the lower-48 United states. This was the largest number of comments ever submitted on a federal
because removing federal protections from wolves means handing their management over to state governments and their wildlife agencies.
Continuing the disturbing pattern of state aggression toward wolves Montana's Fish Wildlife and Parks (FWP) Commission recently proposed several amendments to the state's wolf-management rules that would greatly expand the circumstances under
145 kilograms) according to the African Wildlife Foundation and an ostrich's eyes are 2 inches (5 centimeters) in diameter the largest of any land animal.
Anthropologists David Samson of the University of Nevada Las vegas and Kevin Hunt of Indiana University in Bloomington examined 1844 chimpanzee nests in western Uganda's Toro-Semliki Wildlife Reserve.
but people unfortunately like their ivory tusks said the study's lead researcher George Wittemyer an assistant professor of fish wildlife and conservation biology at Colorado State university.
Theworld Wildlife Federation states that there are only 15000 jaguars left in the wild. Their name comes from the Native American word yajuar.
Big Sky, Shrinking Glaciers, Fading Wildlife (Op-Ed) Elliott Negin is the director of news and commentary at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS.
and Wildlife Service (FWS) to determine in 2011 that the whitebark pine is in imminent risk of extinction due to among other things global warming the first time the federal government identified climate change as a contributing factor in a tree species
or even dictating important aspects of sloth behavior especially their ritualized behavior of descending the tree to defecate wildlife ecologist Jonathan Pauli of the University of Wisconsin-Madison leader of the study published today (Jan 21) in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society
#Taking a Page from Eliot Ness to Fight Wildlife Trafficking (Op-Ed) David Wilkie is director of conservation support at WCS.
It convinced U s. President Barack Obama to issue an Executive Order on Combating Wildlife Trafficking
and establish a highly influential Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking. And most recently it has prodded the European parliament to call for a moratorium on all ivory sales within the EU
and seize illicit flows of ivory and other illegally traded wildlife. Because the criminal gangs that finance the ivory trade work in cash they must move
and seize illicit funds is a potentially powerful additional way to curb wildlife trafficking. If the United states can bottle up the assets of traffickers they will have fewer resources to finance the illegal trade.
and the thousands of other participants in the illegal wildlife trade might become just a little less untouchable.
The Wilkie's most recent Op-Ed was Build a Better Drone for Wildlife Conservation.
According to Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World Volume 5 (Marshall Cavendish Corp. 2001) some gazelles can live their entire lives
This aspect of wildlife forensic science is supported by the United nations Office for Drugs and Crime and has already proved highly successful in tracking seizures and locating their source.
With that knowledge pressure applied saw Zambia s director of wildlife replaced and its courts start to impose harsher sentences for ivory smugglers in order to tackle the problem at source.
The illegal trade in wildlife is highly profitable and well-organised. If nations wish to save the African elephant then action to provide
#Zoos, Aquariums and Their Visitors Are Critical Advocates for Conservation (Op-Ed) John Calvelli is executive vice president for public affairs at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and director of the 96 Elephants campaign.
Taking a Page from Eliot Ness to Fight Wildlife Trafficking (Op-Ed) Our presence at the AZA's Winter Meeting gave more institutions an opportunity to hear our message
Chances are pretty good that you will be learning about the latest crisis befalling our wildlife partners on this planet
On May 21 the Brazilian government World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and partners announced the creation of a $215 million fund to ensure long-term protection of the world's largest network of protected areas 150
Rhino Horn and Tiger Bone Vietnam could be the latest country to destroy its stockpiles of illegal wildlife products.
and tiger bone the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced. In recent years the international community has recognized that Vietnamese citizens have emerged as key players in global illegal wildlife trade as traders transporters traffickers
and end-consumers for wildlife Susan Lieberman WCS executive director of conservation policy said in a statement applauding the move.
If this decision is turned into action it will set a high standard for other governments and reinforce Vietnam s commitment to treating wildlife crime as serious crime Lieberman said.
Vietnam would join other countries that have destroyed recently their stockpiles of confiscated illegal wildlife items often used in traditional Asian medicines luxury goods and souvenirs.
In February France pulverized more than 15000 pieces of ivory mostly trinkets seized at airports over a 20-year span.
Despite international bans wildlife products like ivory and rhino horn remain in high demand fueling poaching
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