Earlier he'd been photographing a brightly-colored fungus beetle for project called Meet Your Neighbors that's dedicated to reconnecting people with the wildlife on their own doorsteps
and wildlife campaigners would raise awareness within China of the dramatic scale of elephant poaching the New york times reported:
n Samper president and chief executive of the Wildlife Conservation Society said in a statement that the society congratulated the Chinese government for showing the world that elephant poaching
Patrick Bergin chief executive of the African Wildlife Foundation described the event as a courageous and critical first step by China to elevate the important issue of wildlife trafficking
Both provide crucial habitat for wildlife including endangered species and commercially valuable fish and shellfish.
and environmental conservation involving water quality wildlife habitat and biodiversity#he explained. Agricultural researchers are also studying methane reduction through improved animal genetics
and Cameroon were identified as having more optimal combinations of high carbon stocking potential high co-benefits for wildlife conservation and humans and high feasibility.
and doesn't endanger the health of the rest of the Island has been a major challenge for wildlife biologists.
and Wildlife Medicine reports that the Conservancy's contraception program proved effective in managing the herd's numbers.
and wildlife management and a co-author of the contraception study. We launched the contraceptive program
In cooperation with the Oregon Zoo and local wildlife agencies Varner has helped begin a citizen science program in the Columbia river Gorge so local hikers can help monitor the pikas.
#Saving Fijis coral reefs linked to forest conservation upstreamthe health of coral reefs offshore depend on the protection of forests near the sea according to a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society that outlines the importance of terrestrial protected areas
Stacy Jupiter of the Wildlife Conservation Society; and Matthew Watts and Hugh Possingham of the University of Queensland.
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and other wildlife unearthed near Quanhucan the research team demonstrated how a breed of once-wild cats carved a niche for themselves in a society that thrived on the widespread cultivation of the grain millet.
Quality and quantity of alpine grasses and herbs ultimately affect the vitality of The swiss wildlife icon.
and resulted from a strictly regulated hunting program of the Department of Wildlife and Fishery Service in Chur.
and document its hunting explains wildlife biologist Lucie Greuter of the Wildlife and Fishery Department in Chur.
Kurt Bollmann wildlife biologist at WSL and co-author of the study remarks: Until now we have not found any conceivable indication that hunting may influence horn growth.
#Environmental history key to future of Englands wildlifeprotecting and enhancing our wildlife for future generations will need radical new policies informed by history as much as science according to an academic at the University of East Anglia.
In his new book An Environmental History of Wildlife in England 1650--1950 Prof Williamson examines how the number
and enhance our wildlife for future generations will involve some hard thinking and the formulation of radical new policies.
For this we may need an historical perspective on England's wildlife almost as much as a scientific one.
and in terms of wildlife conservation More heaths downs and wetlands are required certainly simply to ensure healthy populations of birds like the stone curlew as well as to sustain a wide range of endangered plants.
however we are of course effectively farming wildlife as we now so often do on nature reserves
and in other contexts rather than watching wildlife adapt--as it has done always in the past--to changes wrought to the environment primarily for our own practical and economic benefit.
berry funguswe know more about wildlife this week thanks to research by two Canadian teens.
which does not bode well for local berry pickers or wildlife. This year there is tons of rust on the plants
without computer access his questions came from the wildlife around him. Both teen scientists recommend teens should try doing a science fair project on a problem that matters to them.
and wildlife. The results of this new study show that seemingly imperceptible changes to the land add up in ways that can significantly enhance
and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim has studied villages at various distances from Serengeti National park in Tanzania to see how people interact with the wildlife
and protect the wildlife in the area and are given also the sense that this is important to themselves as well says Mwakatobe.
The conflicts arise over attacks on wildlife raids on crops disease and use of bushmeat.
Health authorities wildlife managers and cattle owners must work together to stop zoonotic tuberculosis in Namwala and the bordering areas in Kafue.
#Feeding by tourists compromises health of already-endangered iguanas, study findsfeeding wildlife is an increasingly common tourist activity
Instead wildlife managers could approach manufacturers of pelleted iguana foods and request specially-formulated food to mitigate the impact of unhealthy food.
We urge serious discussions among wildlife managers and stakeholders to identify tactics that mitigate the impacts of current tourism practices without compromising an important economic activity.
#Catastrophic collapse of Sahara deserts wildlifea new study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and Zoological Society or London warns that the world's largest tropical desert the Sahara has suffered a catastrophic collapse of its wildlife populations.
The study by more than 40 authors representing 28 scientific organizations assessed 14 desert species and found that a shocking half of those are regionally extinct or confined to one percent or less of their historical range.
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The new forest areas would also provide regional economic and environmental benefits by not only improving water quality but also wildlife habitat and recreational opportunities.
The loss of usable habitat is attributed to both forest fragmentation and poaching according to a new study by University of Georgia University of Maryland the Wildlife Conservation Society ICCN (Congolese Wildlife Authority
) African Wildlife Foundation Zoological Society of Milwaukee World Wildlife Fund Max Planck Institute Lukuru Foundation University of Stirling Kyoto University and other groups.
and achieve the desired results said Ashley Vosper of the Wildlife Conservation Society. Bonobos are probably the least understood great ape in Africa so this paper is pivotal in increasing our knowledge and understanding of this beautiful and charismatic animal.
In 2012 the International Union for Conservation and Nature (IUCN) and the Congolese Wildlife Authority (ICCN) published a report titled Bonobo (Pan paniscus:
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In a paper published in Wildlife Society Bulletin entitled Perceived Efficacy of Livestock-Guarding Dogs in South africa:
#U s. Fish and Wildlife Service crushes stockpiled illegal elephant ivorythe Wildlife Conservation Society's President and CEO Cristiã¡
n Samper today issued a statement in connection with a U s. Fish and Wildlife Service event in Denver CO at
Samper one of eight members of the Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking appointed by President Obama
and providing it with ongoing advice and assistance on the issue of wildlife trafficking. WCS recently launched 96 Elephants a public outreach campaign aiming to bolster elephant protection
and Wildlife Service takes the unprecedented step of pulverizing nearly six tons of elephant ivory stored at the National Wildlife Property Repository in Colorado.
I encourage everyone to join the campaign at 96elephants. org to help us enact a moratorium on ivory trade within the U s. Story Source The above story is provided based on materials by Wildlife Conservation Society.
and Cerrado biomes a team of researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society and a local partner NGO Instituto Quinta do discovered Sol ancient cave drawings made by hunter-gatherer societies thousands
Our work with the Wildlife Conservation Society focuses on promoting sustainable land use practices that help protect important wildlife species
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ZSL and Imperial College London conservationists will continue to study the effects of logging on wildlife populations looking more broadly than just the highly charismatic cats towards other mammal species both large and small.
Burmese pythons devastate local wildlife in the Everglades. These are invasive species: nonnative animals and plants carried by people into new locations that take hold disrupting
#King of beasts losing ground in Ugandas paradiseconservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University of St andrews warn that Uganda's African lions--a mainstay of the country's tourism industry
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and wildlife habitat the report said. It is covered by floodway easement held by the state of California making other land uses subservient to flood control Agriculture is a major land use in the bypass with rice the primary crop.
#Camera traps reveal Andean bears hate paparazzia series of camera-trap images released by the Wildlife Conservation Society today shows rare Andean bears acting like angry Hollywood celebrities--at least
and other wildlife in Apolobamba National Natural Area of Integrated Management--a Bolivian protected area that borders Madidi National park and Natural Area of Integrated Management considered one of the world
and wildlife including Andean bears including road construction logging unsustainable natural resource use and agricultural expansion. In addition WCS conserves the Andean bear across its range from Ecuador to Venezuela.
and mitigate a variety of threats to them including human-wildlife conflict and habitat destruction for agriculturewcs's conservation research in Bolivia has been made possible by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation the John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation the blue moon fund the Beneficia
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but it's a particular problem in Africa where wildlife that harbor the virus are thought to pass it on to their domesticated cousins.
Few wildlife species face more potential conflicts with humankind than tigers which require large areas for hunting
and Jhamak Karki of Nepal's Department of National parks and Wildlife Conservation. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by University of Maryland.
In both cases the key is to understand how the people who live near the valued wildlife are faring as well.
Field margins play an important role in creating areas of habitat to support wildlife and wild plants species. But the increasing demand for agricultural land to provide enough crops to feed
As popular support for wildlife continues to grow gardeners are increasingly looking for ways to help bees
As part of this effort the research team led by wildlife technical assistant Samantha Carpenter and wildlife veterinary epidemiologist Nohra Mateus-Pinilla both with the natural history survey and U. of
and wildlife are being exposed to in different watersheds. More research is needed to understand the factors that contribute to the river otters'exposure to these chemicals Mateus-Pinilla said.
what humans and wildlife are exposed to in eastern or western North america. The research team also included Illinois pathobiology professor Kuldeep Singh Robert Bluett of the Illinois Department of Natural resources and Damian Satterthwaite-Phillips and Nelda Rivera both of the natural history survey.
I. The U s. Fish & Wildlife Service Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Project W-146-R and the natural history survey provided funding for this research.
In the United states the well-established toxicity of Se to wildlife and humans has resulted in this element being regulated by the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Clean Water Act.
#Wildlife face Armageddon as forests shrinkspecies living in rainforest fragments could be far more likely to disappear than was thought previously says an international team of scientists.
It's vital that we understand what happens to species in forest fragments said Antony Lynam of the Wildlife Conservation Society.
If they persist for many decades this gives conservationists a window of time to create wildlife corridors
and invading species can be fatal for native wildlife said Lynam. And that's frightening because invaders are increasing in disturbed and fragmented habitats around the world.
and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today that 705588 carbon credits are certified for sale from the Makira Forest REDD+Project.
Along with its benefits to wildlife the sale will directly benefit local communities living around the protected area by allocating 50 percent of the net revenues of carbon sales to improve local infrastructure provide health
it helps wildlife local people and fights climate change said Todd Stevens Vice president of the Makira Carbon Company a nonprofit subsidiary of WCS.
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The research which monitored bats as an indicator for environmental change on Borneo is the first of its kind to have wildlife in forests logged more than two times.
and wildlife in logged rainforests.''says Dr Struebig.''For biodiversity simple measures such as setting artificial nest boxes for bats and birds may
The work was supported by the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service Asian Elephant Conservation Fund and the Rufford Small Grants Foundation.
Wildlife biologists are forced sometimes to move animals from one population to another. In places where breeding and migratory patterns have been disrupted
In Northwest Montana for example the Montana Department of transportation built 41 fish and wildlife crossing structures 16 miles of wildlife fencing 39 jump outs
and many wildlife-crossing guards to mitigate the expansion of U s. 93 and prevent habitat isolation.
PSW Research Wildlife Biologist Dr. Hartwell Welsh and Garth Hodgson examined two species of woodland salamanders across four stages of tree development at Mill Creek--a disturbed
If restored it can provide migration corridors for rare absent and native wildlife. Report: http://www. fs. fed. us/psw/publications/welsh/psw 2013 welsh 001. pdfstory Source:
In an article published recently in the American Ornithologist Union's publication The Auk research wildlife biologist Scott Stoleson of the U s. Forest Service's Northern Research Station suggests that forest regrowth in clearcuts
A new study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society says that the American alligator and a dozen other crocodile species enjoy an occasional taste of fruit along with their normal meat-heavy diets of mammals birds and fish.
Steven Platt of the Wildlife Conservation Society; Ruth M. Elsey of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries;
Hong Liu of Florida International University and the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden; Thomas R. Rainwater of the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service;
James C. Nifong of the University of Florida; Adam E. Rosenblatt and Michael R. Heithaus of Florida International University;
Although underreported fruit eating appears widespread among crocodilians said the study's lead author Steven Platt of the Wildlife Conservation Society.
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Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) and first author of the study. Researchers from theizw the University of Namibia and other Namibian partners found that gemsbok (also called oryx) adjusted its diet according to season.
Because global climate change increases drought periods and enhances desertification in Southern Africa it is crucial to understand how wildlife species respond to the impoverishment of their natural environments and the decline of their food sources.
Furthermore gemsbok and springbok are two of the main protein sources for local communities who would be affected negatively by declining wildlife population sizes.
therefore fundamental to establish sustainable wildlife management plans. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Forschungsverbund Berlin e. V. FVB.
#Huge owls need huge treesa study spearheaded by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University of Minnesota has shown that the world's largest owl
Authors include Jonathan Slaght of the Wildlife Conservation Society R. J. Guti rrez of the University of Minnesota and Sergei Surmach of the Institute of Biology and Soils (Russian Academy of Sciences.
and salmon populations said lead author Jonathan Slaght of the Wildlife Conservation Society. Retention of habitat for fish owls will also maintain habitat for many other species associated with riparian old-growth forests in the Russian Far east.
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and a simplification of their cultural traditions and their relationship with wildlife a team of researchers led by a University of Colorado Boulder geographer has concluded.
This research increases our confidence that this disease-causing fungus is in fact an invasive species Bayless said Its presence among bats in Europe where it does not cause mass mortality could suggest hope for bats suffering from this devastating wildlife disease.
The study is based on a foundation of collaborative research among the U s. Forest Service the USGS National Wildlife Health Center
and the U s. Fish & Wildlife Service and is a continuation of pioneering research initiated by Canadian researchers at the University of Alberta
For this study in particular USGS and Fish & Wildlife Service partners played critical roles collecting the fungi used in these studies.
#Dangers to biological diversity from proliferation of global cashmere garment industrya new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society and Snow leopard Trust reveals a disturbing link between the cashmere trade and the decay
The study finds that as pastoralists expand goat herds to increase profits for the cashmere trade in Western markets wildlife icons from the Tibetan Plateau to Mongolia suffer--including endangered snow leopard wild yak chiru saiga Bactrian camel
Ecological effects of the growth in goat herds include increasing conflicts with pastoralists predation by dogs on wildlife retaliatory killing of snow leopards and displacement of wildlife away from critical food habitats.
The study results from fieldwork in India western China and Mongolia and builds upon economic data including herder profits changes in livestock numbers and the relative abundance of wildlife.
The consequences are dramatic and negative for iconic species that governments have signed legislation to protect yet the wildlife is continually being squeezed into a no-win situation says lead author Joel Berger a biologist for the Wildlife Conservation Society and professor at University of Montana.
The purpose of the study is to raise awareness among western consumers about the origins of cashmere and its growing impact on wildlife.
In the absence of commitment across global and local scales the iconic wildlife of the world's highest mountains and great steppes will cease to persist as they have for millennia.
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and the Wildlife Conservation Society warn that current hunting trends in Central African forests could result in complete ecological collapse.
M. E. Lee of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit and University of Oxford; and Fiona Maisels of the Wildlife Conservation Society and the African Forest Ecology Group.
Humans have lived in the forests of Central africa for thousands of years until recently practicing subsistence hunting for the needs of their communities said Kate Abernethy lead author of the study.
and reports on the region's wildlife declines hunting trends and land-use analyses by humans.
The authors warn that such plantations greatly reduce areas available for seed dispersing wildlife. Another emerging problem for Central africa's forests is the migration of large numbers of people into remote forests around the new plantations
Otherwise the loss of wildlife will result in a disastrous spiral of forest degradation that will reduce the storage of carbon and the resilience of rainforests to climate change.
The people the forests and the wildlife need an emergency effort to bring illegal and unsustainable hunting under control.
Much of the data analyzed for this study was collected with the support of the US Fish & Wildlife Service and USAID's Central africa Regional Program for the Environment.
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Mainland Africas most important nation for primatesa five-year study by the Wildlife Conservation Society gives new hope to some of the world's most endangered primates by establishing a roadmap to protect all 27 species
Authors are Tim Davenport of the Wildlife Conservation Society Katarzyna Nowak of the Udzungwa Elephant Project and Andrew Perkin of the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group.
's primate species. The authors say that the Priority Primate Areas could be applied in other nations rich in wildlife
For a developing nation of such global conservation importance like Tanzania priority setting is an essential tool in managing wildlife.
and the needs of wildlife said James Deutsch WCS Executive director for Africa Programs. Science-based priority setting tools like this one are the best chance for developing nations to minimize biodiversity loss.
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This study was conducted by the Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit in collaboration with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Wildlife Plus Consulting Grasslans Charitable Foundation the Kansas Cooperative Fish
and Wildlife Research Unit the Great plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative and the Nature Conservancy. Story Source:
and wildlife managers should be aware of complex indirect effects of climate change in addition to the more obvious influences of higher temperatures and irregular weather patterns.
With the arrival of wind energy projects in Kansas and throughout the Plains Sandercock and his team were part of a consortium of stakeholders--including conservationists wildlife agencies
Collaborators on the wind development project include Samantha Wisely associate professor of wildlife ecology and conservation at the University of Florida;
Lance Mcnew 2010 doctoral graduate in biology and research wildlife biologist with the U s. Geological Survey at the Alaska Science Center;
the Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism; the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; and The Nature Conservancy.
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hipposuniversity of Utah researchers developed a new weapon to fight poachers who kill elephants hippos rhinos and other wildlife.
Not only can the method help wildlife forensics to combat poaching but we've shown that you can use the signature in animal tissues left over from nuclear weapons testing in the atmosphere to study modern ecology
and Samuel Andanje Patrick Omondi and Moses Litoroh all of the Kenya Wildlife Service. Ivory Trade Drives Elephant Slaughterinternational agreements banned most trade of raw ivory from Asian elephants after 1975 and African elephants after 1989.
While the exposure of wildlife to rodenticides and insecticides near agricultural fields is not uncommon the amount
According to co-author PSW wildlife biologist Dr. Kathryn Purcell exposure of wildlife to pesticides has been documented widely
By increasing the number of animals that die from supposedly natural causes these pesticides may be tipping the balance of recovery for fishers says Dr. Craig Thompson a PSW wildlife ecologist and the study's lead author.
While the exposure of wildlife to rodenticides and insecticides near agricultural fields is not uncommon the amount
According to co-author PSW wildlife biologist Dr. Kathryn Purcell exposure of wildlife to pesticides has been documented widely
By increasing the number of animals that die from supposedly natural causes these pesticides may be tipping the balance of recovery for fishers says Dr. Craig Thompson a PSW wildlife ecologist and the study's lead author.
Virginia Tech and World Wildlife Fund researchers have found that tigers in central Sumatra live at very low densities lower than previously believed according to a study in the April 2013 issue of Oryx--The International Journal of Conservation.
and co-researchers Marcella Kelly an associate professor of wildlife in the College of Natural resources and Environment and Erin Poor of East Lansing Mich. a doctoral student studying wildlife science and geospatial
Sunarto a tiger and elephant specialist with World Wildlife Fund-Indonesia collaborated on the paper with Kelly Professor Emeritus Michael Vaughan
and Sybille Klenzendorf managing director of WWF's Species Conservation Program who earned her master's and doctoral degrees in wildlife science from Virginia Tech.
The mountainous region from Yellowstone to the Yukon is recognized widely as an important wildlife movement corridor now our study maps additional pathways across the Western hemisphere with the potential to shepherd species to safety in a warming future Olden said Climate change
Andr s Viã a assistant professor of fisheries and wildlife; and former CSIS doctoral students Wei Liu now a postdoctoral fellow at IIASA in Laxenburg Austria Mao-Ning Tuanmu now a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
There's trouble ahead for the whitebark pine a mountain tree that's integral to wildlife and water resources in the western United states and Canada.
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