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Category: Conservation

New National Forest Initiative Spanning the Length and Breadth of Wales Will Link Fragmented Forests Across the Country
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New National Forest Initiative Spanning the Length and Breadth of Wales Will Link Fragmented Forests Across the Country

March 23, 2020

PICTURED: Ceunant Llennyrch Woodland Trail, near Coed Felinrhyd rainforest, Wales. Photo credit: Barry Hunter. CC 2.0 Reprinted with permission…

Earth May Have Just Produced a New Species of Wolf
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Earth May Have Just Produced a New Species of Wolf

February 25, 2020

PICTERED: A Himalayan wolf triggers one of Geraldine Werhahn’s camera traps As high as 4,000 meters (20,000 feet) above…

2019’s Conservation Success Stories by IUCN
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2019’s Conservation Success Stories by IUCN

December 23, 2019

Monday, December 23rd, 2019. “A year of incredible species action” raves the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.…

Three Examples of Birds Coming Back From the Brink
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Three Examples of Birds Coming Back From the Brink

December 10, 2019

PICTURED: the state bird of Hawaii, the Hawaiian Goose (Branta canadensis). Photo credit Bettina Arrigioni. CC 2.0. December 12th,…

Once Numbering Less Than 400, Majestic Bukhara Deer Return To The Wilds Of Kazakhstan
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Once Numbering Less Than 400, Majestic Bukhara Deer Return To The Wilds Of Kazakhstan

November 27, 2019

PICTURED: A Bukhara deer stag (cervus elaphus bactrianus) at the Cologne Zoo. Photo credit Sarefo. CC 2.0. Kazakhstan, September…

Lost to Science For 30 Years, Team Captures 200 Images of This Tiny Vietnamese Deer
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Lost to Science For 30 Years, Team Captures 200 Images of This Tiny Vietnamese Deer

November 12, 2019December 6, 2023

In the digital age of globalization, Google, and infinite access to information, it might pass someone by that there’s…

Fishermen Working To Achieve IUCN Green List Standards See The Seal Population Recover Off Lima Coast
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Fishermen Working To Achieve IUCN Green List Standards See The Seal Population Recover Off Lima Coast

November 6, 2019

LIMA, Peru. November, 2019. Lima Peru is the site of a remarkable revival of marine wildlife. Off the coast…

Interior Department Directs $100 Million For Public-Private Wetlands/Waterfowl Conservation
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Interior Department Directs $100 Million For Public-Private Wetlands/Waterfowl Conservation

September 30, 2019

PICTURED: The Snake Wild and Scenic River, Idaho. The Upper Snake is one of the largest beneficiaries of this…

Madagascar’s Indigenous Communities Are Taking Initiative To Save Endangered Lemurs And Prevent Deforestation
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Madagascar’s Indigenous Communities Are Taking Initiative To Save Endangered Lemurs And Prevent Deforestation

September 5, 2019

PICTURED: The silky sifaka in Marojejy National Park, Madagascar. Photo credit, Jeff Gibbs, taken from Wikimedia. The South-west of…

Partnering With Indigenous Communities, Conservationists Can Protect Wildlife While Preserving Tribal Tradition
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Partnering With Indigenous Communities, Conservationists Can Protect Wildlife While Preserving Tribal Tradition

August 31, 2019

PICTURED: The Lion Guardians of Ruaha from left to right, Gwagi, Darem, Stephano (coordinator), Ema, Mandela, and Daudi. Photo…

IUCN Red List Passes 100,000 Species Assessed
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IUCN Red List Passes 100,000 Species Assessed

July 23, 2019

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List has broken through the 100,000 species barrier; it…

Cooperation Or Conflict: How To Save Biodiversity In The Tropics
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Cooperation Or Conflict: How To Save Biodiversity In The Tropics

July 17, 2019

Tremendous sacrifices have been made in the quest to feed the people of the world, much of it fronted…

Operation Thunderball Saves More Trafficked Wildlife Than Any To Come Before
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Operation Thunderball Saves More Trafficked Wildlife Than Any To Come Before

July 14, 2019

Operation Thunderball – no it isn’t a convoluted scheme by a villain in a James Bond film, but rather…

American Prairie Reserve: Stitching The Great Plains Back Together Again
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American Prairie Reserve: Stitching The Great Plains Back Together Again

July 3, 2019November 2, 2023

Two Crow Ranch, located 30 miles north of Winnett, Montana, and comprised of 5,002 acres of private land and…

‘Extinct’ Clouded Leopard Sighted In Southeast Taiwan
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‘Extinct’ Clouded Leopard Sighted In Southeast Taiwan

June 22, 2019

Taipei, Taiwan. February 23rd, 2019. In 2013 a research team consisting of experts from the U.S. and Taiwan concluded…

Since 2011, Elephant Poaching Has Fallen Dramatically
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Since 2011, Elephant Poaching Has Fallen Dramatically

June 4, 2019

According to a new paper published in Science, the numbers of elephants killed illegally in Africa dropped from 10%…

How Conservationists Take Advantage Of Public Perception To Save More Than Just Tigers And Pandas
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How Conservationists Take Advantage Of Public Perception To Save More Than Just Tigers And Pandas

June 2, 2019

We live in the Anthropocene, the era of humans. Unsurprisingly, most public dollars go towards the benefit and advancement…

The Fifth Oldest Tree In The World Was Discovered In US, But It’s Not A Sequoia
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The Fifth Oldest Tree In The World Was Discovered In US, But It’s Not A Sequoia

May 16, 2019

Bladen, North Carolina, 2017. In a stand of bald cypress trees on a North Carolina nature conservancy, scientists discovered…

California Condors May Find New Home For Release In Pacific Northwest
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California Condors May Find New Home For Release In Pacific Northwest

April 11, 2019

The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is planning to introduce a small group of California condors into the…

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