Scientific American

JANUARY 27, 2023

A pair of studies raise concerns that the Amazon rainforest may be approaching a point of no return

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Some 3,000 baby river turtles native to the Amazon rainforest were released into a Peruvian river on Thursday after hatching from eggs kept on artificial beaches as part of a conservation effort. Read the full story from Reuters.

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Inhabitant

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The Amazon rainforest also produces rich sounds that can be used to learn more about its biodiversity and even aid in conservation efforts. For example, when teeming with marine life, a healthy coral reef system produces a variety of sounds such as whoop, click, clack and pop.

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Frontiers

APRIL 19, 2023

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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Scientific American

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he’ll stop illegal destruction of rainforests allowed under former president Jair Bolsonaro. Will Brazilians support him?

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Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2022

I’ll talk about some more mundane considerations next, but the fundamental issue is really whether there’s enough commonality among people like energy economists, conservation biologists, and civil/environmental engineers to make it useful to put them and their students under one roof. Intellectual Coherence. Sending a Message.

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HumanNature

MARCH 16, 2021

Candidate in the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Are you still able to do your research right now? As a conservation biologist and PhD candidate working on an international research project, I have been asked this question countless times in the last year.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 1, 2021

An Indigenous patrol force protects Guyana’s Amazon Rainforest. The SRDC plays a large role in protecting the Amazon River and the rainforest that surrounds it in Guyana. The SRDC plays a large role in protecting the Amazon River and the rainforest that surrounds it in Guyana. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. In Case You Missed It: .

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Legal Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

Directed at Jeff Bezos, the founder and former CEO of Amazon, the video is narrated in the voice of the Amazon rainforest and contrasts the activities and value of the mega corporation with that of the world’s largest tropical forest region and its 38 million people. “If

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2023

The irrevocable conservation plan, created in collaboration with the property’s owners, will ensure the bucolic farm vista, rolling terrain, steep slopes, waterway, and woodlands all remain intact forever. Much like coral reefs and rainforests, wetlands teem with diverse plants, insects, and wildlife.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 7, 2021

An Ecuadorian court rules against a mining operation in a protected rainforest. Ecuador’s Constitutional Court ruled last week that mining in a protected region of the Los Cedros rainforest violates the rights of nature. The rights of nature, like all the rights established in the Constitution Ecuadorian law, have full normative force.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 19, 2024

Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Other stressors like pollution also trigger coral bleaching and cause further deterioration of these rainforests of the sea. The post Meet the Surgeonfish appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 4, 2022

For decades, timber harvesting in the Tongass rainforest has caused deep divides between environmental organizations, industry groups, and Indigenous communities, often villainizing native communities that were strapped by limited economic opportunities. . “ © Bethany Sonsini Goodrich. © Bethany Sonsini Goodrich.

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PBS Nature

JUNE 12, 2023

Decades of war and unsustainable agriculture have stripped almost half the trees from the rainforest atop Mozambique’s Mount Gorongosa. The devastation threatens the watershed that sustains life in nearby communities and in Gorongosa National Park.

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PBS Nature

JUNE 12, 2023

Decades of war and unsustainable agriculture have stripped almost half the trees from the rainforest atop Mozambique’s Mount Gorongosa. The devastation threatens the watershed that sustains life in nearby communities and in Gorongosa National Park.

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Washington Nature

JUNE 3, 2021

I am connected to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) through Ailene Ettinger, quantitative ecologist and Hille Ris Lambers lab alumna, because I am interested in doing science that can be useful and usable in conservation and I am curious about what being a scientist at a conservation organization is like.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 18, 2023

Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. In the Sargasso Sea, Sargassum provides a rich environment for wildlife that has been called a floating rainforest. appeared first on Ocean Conservancy. What is seaweed? Let’s start with a basic question.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 10, 2019

by world leaders regarding the Bolsonaro administration’s inaction to prevent or stop the burning of the Amazon rainforest—. These criticisms arose over a concern for conserving the Amazon’s carbon sequestration potential and its abundant biodiversity. Recently, Brazil was heavily criticized. the highest surge in fires since 2010.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 16, 2024

The general manager of Tacoma’s KBTC Public Television, and TNC in Washington trustee, on the power of storytelling to engage people in conservation and create a better future for the next generation. She brings this focus to her role as a member of the Board of Trustees at The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Washington.

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Washington Nature

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The Nature Conservancy plans to restore old-growth forest characteristics at Ellsworth Creek Preserve through restoration thinning of trees, which should decrease tree density found in second-growth forests and promote a more complex forest structure where the vegetation is diverse and includes trees of different sizes, heights, and ages.

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Frontiers

APRIL 20, 2022

Even I, as a geographer, was terrified reading all the headlines that seemed to imply that the last patch of the Amazonian rainforest was on fire, which was not true.”.

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Washington Nature

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For Martinique Grigg, a trustee of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Washington, it all started with a love for the outdoors. Martinique first crossed paths with TNC when she was CEO of The Mountaineers, a volunteer-led alpine club that intersected with her passion for exploring and conserving the outdoors.

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 27, 2023

Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. As the tides ebb and flow, some animals that live in this zone need to be able to adapt to wet and dry conditions (that’s like living in the rainforest in the morning and the desert in the evening.

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Washington Nature

AUGUST 4, 2023

Justin Urresti, Conservation Forester, in the Clearwater Forest Reserve of Washington. Photo by Leah Palmer Justin Urresti, Conservation Forester knows his work must take place in harmony with community members. Balanced watersheds flow through dynamic forests—making forests pivotal places for salmon habitat restoration.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The World Resources Institute reported that the world lost more primary rainforest in 2022 than in 2021. So, to start to see some bright spots like Brazil is incredibly heartening. To me, this shows that governmental action is key to reversing deforestation.

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Frontiers

MARCH 15, 2022

Even I, as a geographer, was terrified reading all the headlines that seemed to imply that the last patch of the Amazonian rainforest was on fire, which was not true.”. The researchers propose to use the map as a tool for forest management, policy and conservation program development, and climate modeling.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

While Christmas Island contains wetland, rainforest and marine ecosystems that host many remarkable creatures, there’s one species that steals the spotlight each year: Gecarcoidea natalis , appropriately nicknamed the Christmas Island red crab. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. See more wonderful ocean animals!

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 27, 2022

Shyla Raghav, Vice President of Climate Change at Conservation International. A federal court in Brazil upheld a previous ruling that suspended a key environmental license for a proposed open-pit gold mine in the Amazon rainforest. Experts say extreme weather events in Africa are wreaking havoc on the continent’s wildlife.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

And as all so-claimed “eco”-friendly things do, it gained significant popularity as a way to experience nature’s wonders while supporting conservation efforts. However, the Indian judiciary displays a proactive commitment to environmental conservation. In Nagarahole Budakattu Hakku Sthapana Samithi v. In Union of India v.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 13, 2023

Panama has conservation reserves that cover 30% of the country already, with plans to expand tree cover. Suriname is 93% rainforest. All three countries have relatively modest emissions and extensive areas of forestry for their size. Bhutan has been prioritising its forests for 50 years. Another factor is low population density.

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Washington Nature

MAY 13, 2022

It runs through the Emerald Edge , the coastal rainforest that runs from Alaska, British Columbia, and Washington, and is the world’s largest producer of sockeye salmon and the largest producer Southern Resident Killer Whales’ preferred prey – Chinook salmon. Photo by The Nature Conservancy Now that’s scaling our impact!

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

The Amazon rainforest. The Amazon rainforest covers an area of 6 million square kilometres in northern South America [1]. Unfortunately for the species that inhabit the rainforest, 75% of Amazonian soils are acidic, infertile, and nutrient-deficient [3]. Transport of Saharan dust to the Amazon rainforest. References.

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ESA

JANUARY 26, 2022

His optimism, generosity, and compassion inspired an amazing spectrum of ecologists, conservation biologists, economists, politicians, celebrities, and students. His early experience in the Amazon began a life-long love of tropical biology and conservation. This recent loss of Tom and his colleague Edward O.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 20, 2023

Across its islands, Indonesia has the third-largest area of primary rainforest in the world. He argues that the government should stop issuing mining licences in protected forests or conservation areas. “It Among the 26 countries investigated, this accounted for 58.2%

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Earthava

JUNE 1, 2021

They grow in the Danum Valley Conservation area, located in the Sabah forests. It is one of the most highly protected areas of rainforest found in all of South-East Asia. Malaysia’s Endangered Titan Forests. The Yellow Meranti trees (Shorea faguentiana) are the tallest tropical trees in the world.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JUNE 7, 2023

These places are a small yet important piece of the larger central African rainforest system. Understanding, appreciating and conserving biodiversity has been at the core of the Academy’s science work since its founding in 1812.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 27, 2023

Optimistic environmentalists hope this is the first step in beginning to heal the Amazon rainforest which scientists have said it nearing irreversible tipping points. But regardless of whether these figures are accurate, the majority of the people of Ecuador have said that protecting the environment must take top priority.

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