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#1752COP 10
2010-10-26
Vanishing Tiger - Will the iconic species and Asian Biodiversity survive the Asia century?
This side event will explore the relationship between the strengthening position of Asian countries and the survival of its rich biodiversity, including the Tiger. The 21st Century is commonly regarded as the Asia Century. The Asian Development Bank estimates that about $750 billion per year wil ...
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#1319282021-11-25
Vaquitas Could Soon Be Extinct. Mexico Will Largely Determine Their Fate.
Amid a worldwide biodiversity disaster, with an estimated million species threatened with extinction, the story of the vaquita reveals how even apparent options — on this case, placing a cease to unlawful fishing — require political will, enforcement and deep engagement with native communities t ...
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#1319552021-11-26
Vaquitas: What are the ‘smiling pandas’ of the sea and why are they going extinct?
Vaquitas are the world’s rarest marine mammal, and there’s a sad probability they’ll disappear in our lifetime, according to conservation groups.
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#1255602020-11-05
Video: Vets hail ‘victory’ as jaguar burned in Pantanal fires returns to wild
Ousado the jaguar could hardly walk. Fires had blown through his territory in the Pantanal region of Brazil, scorching the very ground the animal was running upon as he tried to escape. When a team of volunteer veterinarians eventually captured him in Encontro das Águas State Park, all four of h ...
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#1248712020-03-25
Virus which causes COVID-19 threatens great ape conservation
Both great ape research and tourism have allowed people to learn about chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans, and to observe them from a close proximity. Great ape tourism also serves as an important source of revenue for governments and communities, and a significant proportion of this ...
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#1187192018-10-30
WWF report: Mass wildlife loss caused by human consumption
"Exploding human consumption" has caused a massive drop in the global wildlife population in recent decades, the WWF conservation group says. In a report, the charity says losses in vertebrate species - mammals, fish, birds, amphibians and reptiles - averaged 60% between 1970 and 2014. "Earth is ...
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#1194162019-01-16
Watch an endangered eagle take its first flight in rare video
With only an estimated 400 left in the wild, the race is on to save the Philippine eagle—one of the biggest and strongest raptors in the world.
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#1322012021-12-16
Waterbirds in eastern Australia declining despite breeding boost from wet years, survey finds
Latest edition of one of world’s largest and longest nature surveys counts 95,306 birds, third lowest tally in almost four decades of tracking
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#1198812019-02-11
We Are Eating The Planet's Last 'Megafauna' to Extinction
Humans are in the process of herding the world's largest animals right over the brink of extinction, and the main driving force is our insatiable appetite for meat.It's a dire warning, and it comes from the first analysis to look at how humans have impacted the world's "megafauna".
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#1319922021-11-30
We reconstructed birdsong soundscapes from over 200,000 places: and they’re getting quieter
Imagine going to hear your favourite orchestral piece played in a world-class venue – and only the woodwind and brass sections turning up.
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#1222522019-09-18
We're losing species at shocking rates – so why is conservation failing?
The number of mammals, insects, amphibians, fish and birds is in steep decline, the world’s forests are on fire and the abundance of life is diminishing at rates unprecedented in human history. The TV screens are full of images of gorgeous wildlife but one million plant and animal species are th ...
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#1216242019-07-18
We're pushing 28,000 species closer to extinction
Seven primate species, two families of rays and thousands more animals, plants and fungi have moved closer to extinction, according to a global analysis
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#2429News Headlines
#1191772018-12-21
We’re losing monarchs fast—here’s why
The epic 3,000-mile monarch butterfly migration may become a thing of the past. Each fall, monarchs travel from their summer homes in the northern U.S. and Canada to winter habitats in California and Mexico. But the 2018 Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count found that the number of west-coast mona ...
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#1238762020-01-22
What Makes An Endangered Species?
In this day and age, it is quite common to hear the term "endangered species". Why not? In the advent of human-caused climate change, there will always be news about animals that, if not completely driven to extinction, are reduced to a limited population.
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#1279122021-04-06
What can we learn from vanishing wildlife species: The case of the Pyrenean Ibex
Likely the first extinction event of the 2000s in Europe, the sad history of the Pyrenean Ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) is a powerful example of the ever-increasing species loss worldwide due to causes related to human activity.
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#1228312019-11-01
What does the future hold for SA's endangered species?
A massive 12% percent of South Africa's species are under threat.Those are the worrying findings of a national biodiversity assessment carried out by the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries.
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#1190522018-12-14
What happened next? Was the punk turtle that breathes through its genitals saved from extinction?
Australia’s Mary River turtle went viral after it was named on an endangered species list – and Cate Blanchett even voiced a puppet of it. But was that enough to save it?
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#1252002020-04-21
What the lemurs taught me about enduring a pandemic
It is oddly fitting that I am launching my first book during a global pandemic. “Chasing Lemurs: My Journey into the Heart of Madagascar” is about a country at risk. It is about the delicate relationship between humans and animals. It is about resilience and perseverance.
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#1286492021-05-14
What we’re getting wrong about the threat to bees
Think honey bees are disappearing? Or that the more hives we have the better? This DW Planet A video challenges us to think again.
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#1259992020-12-03
What’s Killing Killer Whales? Pathology Reports on More Than 50 Killer Whales in the Northeast Pacific and Hawaii
Pathology reports on more than 50 killer whales stranded over nearly a decade in the northeast Pacific and Hawaii show that orcas face a variety of mortal threats — many stemming from human interactions.
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#1323592022-01-07
When endangered species recover, humans may need to make room for them – and it’s not always easy
Imagine discovering a sea lion in the middle of the woods, more than a mile inland from the beach. Or coming face to face with one of these curious creatures in a local swimming pool or on your front porch.
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#1255712020-11-05
Why Endangered Species Are Important
According to the World Wildlife Fund, more than 96,500 species in the world today are considered endangered in some way. This is a staggering number by any measure, and even more alarming when one considers how much is already being done to try and bring these amazing plants and animals away fro ...
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#1258942020-11-27
Why Mauritius is culling an endangered fruit bat that exists nowhere else
The endangered Mauritius fruit bat is once again the centre of a controversial cull at the hands of its government, much to the alarm of wildlife conservation organisations. Under pressure from both farmers and the public, the government of the Indian Ocean island recently announced a plan to cu ...
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#1263972020-12-21
Why Monarch Butterflies Aren’t Getting Endangered Species Status
Monarch butterflies will not be added to the federal endangered species list this year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Tuesday. The agency found that the butterfly qualifies for the status but, for now, the species is precluded from protections and will be reconsidered annually ...
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#1219762019-08-21
Why Spain has become a nightmare for the endangered turtledove
Thirteen autonomous regions are ignoring Brussels and allowing this symbol of eternal love to be hunted, despite the country’s implication in the species’ dwindling numbers
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#1230662019-11-19
Why We Must Save the Elephants... or Else
Everyone loves elephants.” We hear it a lot, but do we love them enough to want to ensure their survival on this planet? Not as zoo inmates or residents of elephant sanctuaries, but as free-roaming keystone species in savannas and forests living in family groups?
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#1198442019-02-07
Why We Should Care About Parasites — and Their Extinction
Parasite. To most people, the very word is cause for fear or disgust—which is a shame, because most parasites don't actually harm their hosts. In fact their very existence is a sign of a healthy ecosystem, as I discussed on a recent segment of the Green Divas podcast. We also talked about the va ...
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#1244172020-02-27
Why coronavirus could help save China's endangered species
The novel coronavirus outbreak in China may end up saving one of the world's most trafficked animals after Beijing announced a total ban on the sale and consumption of the pangolin.
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#1202542019-03-07
Why extinct species seem to be returning from the dead
Like something out of a zombie movie, species that were once thought extinct seem to be rising from the dead. Between February 21 and March 4 2019, three notable rediscoveries were announced – the Fernandina Island Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis phantasticus), which was last seen in 1906; Walla ...
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#1279272021-04-06
Why has the African elephant been split into two species? – podcast
Recently, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assessed the African elephant as two separate species – the forest elephant and savannah elephant. The move has increased these animals’ ‘red list’ categorisation to endangered for savannah elephants and critically endangere ...
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#1319982021-11-30
Why the Saola Is Endangered and What We Can Do
There are no saolas in captivity, and fewer than 100 may remain in the wild.
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#1206132019-04-02
Why the diversity of insects is crucial for maintaining crop yields
Many species of flower-visiting insect are in trouble in Britain, according to a new report from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) near Oxford, which drew on almost 750,000 observations of insects between 1980 and 2013. The study used population records of 353 wild bee and hoverfly spec ...
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#1260722020-12-08
Why the fate of Scotland's salmon depends on its forests
Salmon are in decline around the world, from overfishing, disease and climate change. In Scotland, conservationists believe that forest restoration could be key to their survival.
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#1269462021-02-09
Why the platypus is starting to disappear
The platypus has been listed as endangered in South Australia and there has been a recommendation to list it as threatened in Victoria. Now researchers are pushing for nationwide threatened species status.
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#1237342020-01-15
Why we don't know how many mountain gorillas live in the wild
A new census—carried out by the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (a coalition of governments, non-profits and conservationists) in 2018—shows that the population of mountain gorillas in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is now at 459, up from 400 in 2011. This could br ...
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#1289342021-05-31
Wild Tasmanian devils born on mainland Australia for 1st time in 3,000 years
Tasmanian devil joeys have been born in the wild on mainland Australia for the first time in over 3,000 years, according to Aussie Ark. Conservationists say it is a landmark moment in the effort to reintroduce the marsupials to the mainland.
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#2435Wildlife DNA forensics training course
9 - 15 September 2006, Bangor, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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#1337162022-03-04
Wildlife population shrinking towards extinction
TEHRAN – The entire populations of wildlife species are shrinking and the remaining populations will go extinct in the near future unless humans change their practices.
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#1249572020-03-31
Wildlife rescue centres struggle to treat endangered species in coronavirus outbreak
Last Thursday morning Louisa Baillie drove down the five-kilometre dirt track that connects her jungle home in the Amazon rainforest to the main road. At the junction, she parked, hiking the rest of the way into Mera, a town of about 8,000 people.
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#2519COP 11
2012-10-12
Wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and Welfare as an essential wildlife conservation tool
The value of rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing individual wild animals back into their ecosystem is often undervalued in the conservation debate. At the side event some outstanding examples contributing to the conservation of biodiversity will be presented and participants are invited to di ...
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#1219222019-08-16
Wildlife summit to consider global ban on saiga antelope trade
The US and Mongolia are backing a ban on the trade of a critically endangered antelope that has seen its numbers on the central Asian steppes devastated by hunting and disease.
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#1270822021-02-15
Wildlife trafficking driving 'severe declines' in traded species, finds study
Wildlife populations decline by an average of 62% in areas where species are traded, pushing some closer to extinction, according to a new report.
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#1340512022-04-13
Wildlife trafficking thrives on Facebook despite pledge to fight illegal trade
Facebook remains a thriving marketplace for online wildlife trafficking despite the tech giant’s pledge to help combat the illegal trade, according to a new investigation.
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#1330132022-02-08
Wolves use trails created by humans for convenient hunting and easier access to prey
Zoom in and explore the northern boreal forests of western Canada on Google Earth and you'll see long straight lines making their way through the forest. These lines are cleared trails through the forest to extract resources, creating roads for forestry and seismic lines searching for undergroun ...
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#1225232019-10-04
World Animal Day: Shocking Statistics Show the State of Global Wildlife Trade
Researchers have released shocking statistics which highlight the huge scale of the global wildlife trade in time for World Animal Day—an international day of action to raise awareness for animal rights and welfare.
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#3093World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) - 64th Annual Conference
4 - 8 October 2009, St. Louis, United States of America
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#5971World Bee Day 2020
20 May 2020, New York, United States of America
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#1298662021-08-10
World Lion Day 2021: History and Significance
HOME» NEWS» LIFESTYLE» WORLD LION DAY 2021: HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE 2-MIN READ World Lion Day 2021: History and Significance World Lion Day is celebrated annually on August 10 each year. (Representative image: Shutterstock)World Lion Day is celebrated annually on August 10 each year. (Represent ...
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#6289World Migratory Bird Day
14 May 2023, Bonn, Germany