(Source: Center for Biological Diversity) For Immediate Release, March 24, 2014 Contacts: Brett Hartl, Center for Biological Diversity, (202) 817-8121 Abigail Seiler, Center for Food Safety, (443) 854-4368 Jason Rylander, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 682-9400 Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Species From Dangerous New Pesticide WASHINGTON- Conservation and food-safety groups filed a formal of intent […]
(Source: LCV – League of Conservation Voters) LCV Launches Web Ads Encouraging 18 Members of Congress to Vote Against the Preventing New Parks Bill FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jeff Gohringer, (202) 454-4573 or jeff_gohringer@lcv.org 24Mar2014|Hannah Blatt Targets constituents across 12 states ahead of vote this week WASHINGTON, DC – The League of Conservation Voters launched […]
Over the past 25 years, West Africa’s primates have been put at risk due to an escalating bushmeat trade compounded with forest loss from expanding human populations. In fact, many endemic primates in the Upper Guinea forests of Liberia and Ivory Coast have been pushed to the verge of extinction. To better understand what’s happening, […]
According to the World Resources Institute (WRI) many, if not most of the world’s rivers are stressed. Determining a systems water stress is based upon measuring the ratio of total water withdrawals to the available renewable supplies within the catchment area. Rivers are an indispensible resource for our communities and ecosystems and we are hugely […]
Latest research shows that the chemical citrate – a by-product of natural cell metabolism – is mixed with water to create a viscous fluid that is trapped between the nano-scale crystals that form our bones. This fluid allows enough movement, or ‘slip’, between these crystals so that bones are flexible, and don’t shatter under pressure. […]
The turkey-sized, noisy, fruit-feasting guans are arguably one of the strangest wildlife sightings in the tropical forests of Central and South America. Ancient animals, these birds are members of the Cracidae family—which also include equally-odd currasows and chachalacas—and are actually distantly related to megapode, or mound-building, birds of Australiasia. A new study in mongabay.com’s open-access […]
(Source: Wildlife Conservation Society) Aligning Efforts to Address the Crime; and Considering Destruction of Stockpile of Rhino Horn, Elephant Ivory and Tiger Bone Hanoi, 24th March 2014 – The Vietnam CITES Management Authority of the Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development today hosted a roundtable meeting that marks the nation’s first step toward synergy to […]
In December 2007, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched Indonesia’s Strategy and Action Plan for National Conservation of Orangutans. Quoting the president from his speech, ‘this will serve as a blueprint for our efforts to save some of our most exotic but endangered wildlife.’ Furthermore, the president said that ‘the Orangutan action plan formally endorses Indonesia’s […]
(Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) Beach-nesting shorebirds need peace and quiet to survive News Release Monday, March 24, 2014 Media contact: Carli Segelson, 772-215-9459; Diane Hirth, 850-251-2130 During spring and summer on Florida beaches, shorebirds build nests out of sand and shells and hatch chicks that can barely be seen. So well-camouflaged are […]
It’s not just people, animals and trees that suffer from radiation at Chernobyl, writes Rachel Nuwer, but also decomposer fungi and microbes. And with the buildup of dead wood comes the risk of catastrophic fire – which could spread radiation far and wide. Nearly 30 years have passed since the Chernobyl plant exploded and caused […]
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