News tagged with protected areas
Scientists predict where seabirds forage
Researchers have used information about seabird colonies and food availability to create a mathematical model which predicts where they forage for food during the breeding season.
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Leave isolated Amazon natives alone, Peru says
Peruvian officials on Tuesday urged outsiders to stay away from isolated Amazon basin rainforest natives after pictures of "uncontacted" tribe members were published online.
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Researchers in the Amazon clear up doubts as to the benefits of ecotourism
Ecological tourism has no effect on the presence of large mammals in the Amazon, according to a study that for the first time compares the biological diversity of ecotourism zones with that of protected areas. ...
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Catching camels in the Gobi
In Oct. 2011 Professor Chris Walzer and Dr. Gabrielle Stalder, veterinary scientists at the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology at the Veterinary Science University, Vienna, successfully attached GPS satellite collars ...
Nov 11, 2011 |
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Ongoing global biodiversity loss unstoppable with protected areas alone
Continued reliance on a strategy of setting aside land and marine territories as "protected areas" is insufficient to stem global biodiversity loss, according to a comprehensive assessment published today ...
Jul 28, 2011 |
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Experts urge protected areas to save Canada caribou
Canada needs to create large protected areas of woodlands to help save caribou from the threat of extinction, scientists and environmentalists said Wednesday.
Jul 13, 2011 |
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More marine protected areas needed to protect Mediterranean biodiversity
The setting up of a network of Marine Protected Areas, developed since the 1960s in the Mediterranean, has proved to be an effective way of protecting some species such as fish. However, despite the efforts ...
Jul 12, 2011 |
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Data revealing migrations of larval reef fish vital for designing networks of marine protected areas
Networks of biologically-connected marine protected areas need to be carefully planned, taking into account the open ocean migrations of marine fish larvae that take them from one home to another sometimes hundreds of kilometers ...
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Utah suing federal government over wilderness plan
(AP) -- The state of Utah filed a lawsuit Friday against the federal government over an Obama administration plan to make millions of acres of undeveloped land in the West eligible for federal wilderness protection.
Apr 30, 2011 |
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Cocaine production increases destruction of Colombia's rainforests
Cultivating coca bushes, the source of cocaine, is speeding up destruction of rainforests in Colombia and threatening the region's "hotspots" of plant and animal diversity, scientists are reporting in a new study. The findings, ...
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Cross-border conservation vital to protect birds in a climate-change world
Countries need to increase co-operation over conservation to protect birds and other wildlife in an era of climate change, according to a new continental-scale study.
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Australia’s threatened species need more protection, study shows
A new article in the international scientific journal Conservation Biology shows that Australia's most endangered species are extremely poorly represented in the nation's protected area system.
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Very large protected areas preserve wilderness but ignore rare species
Protected areas are generally seen as a triumph for the preservation of nature, yet the reality on the ground is more complex.
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Using buildings for flood protection
Buildings, car parks and roads could, alongside their "regular" functions, have a role to play in protecting the rest of the city from flooding. According to researcher Bianca Stalenberg, this concept could be very useful ...
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Photo album tells story of wildlife decline
With a simple click of the camera, scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and Zoological Society of London have developed a new way to accurately monitor long-term trends in rare and vanishing species ...
Aug 31, 2010 |
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