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Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces College Scholarship Recipients

PA Environment Daily

The Wildlife For Everyone Foundation has selected five Pennsylvania students as recipients of their 2023 annual scholarship. These students were chosen based on demonstration of exemplary academic achievement and commitment to furthering the conservation of wildlife and natural resources in Pennsylvania.

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If You Do Something You Love, You are Bound to Succeed

Frontiers

Dr. Vidya Athreya is an ecologist who works for the Wildlife Conservation Society and Centre for Wildlife Studies in India and focuses mainly on human-wildlife interaction. We discussed how India’s patriarchal society has influenced her career, as well as the trials and tribulations of being a mother and a scientist.

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Thomas E. Lovejoy, III (1941-2021)

Academy of Natural Sciences

After leaving the Academy, he went to work with the World Wildlife Fund, of which he became Executive Vice President, and then to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, working closely with the Smithsonian’s Secretary, S. Dillon Ripley, who also had strong ties to the Academy. Read more about Tom Lovejoy.

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Dr Krithi K. Karanth – Finding your Passion and Having an Impact #WomeninScience

Frontiers

Karanth, the Chief Conservation Scientist and Chief Executive at the Centre for Wildlife Studies in Bangalore, India. We discuss the inspiring programmes she has built in India to manage human-wildlife conflict, motherhood, and how her team is contributing to Covid-relief in rural India. Could you explain your current role? “I

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Restoring Asia’s Roar: Our plan to see tigers flourish again in historic locations

Frontiers

By Dr Thomas Gray, WWF Tigers Alive Initiative Image: Shutterstock.com Dr Thomas Gray is a conservation biologist and Tiger Recovery Lead at the WWF Tigers Alive Initiative. His current research focuses on the active recovery of threatened Asian species and sustainable financing for landscape-scale conservation.

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Can lions coexist with cattle in Africa?

Frontiers

As part of our Frontiers Scientist series, Frank, who also is the director of Living With Lions , a conservation research group working in nonprotected areas of Kenya to save the remaining wild lions and other predators outside National Parks, caught up with Frontiers to tell us about his career and research.

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DEP To Host Sept. 13 Virtual Roundtable To Celebrate The 60th Anniversary Of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring Publication

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection to host a virtual roundtable event with environmentalists and people familiar with the late biologist, environmentalist, and writer Rachel Carson’s work to honor her legacy and seminal environmental literary work, “ Silent Spring ,” on Tuesday, September 13 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.