Indigenous Peoples’ lands key for wildlife protection
Indigenous lands cover more than one-quarter of Earth’s land surface, overlapping with 37% of all terrestrial protected areas and 40%
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Author: Lia Schlippe
Brazilian Amazon deforestation hits the highest annual level in a decade
The Amazon rainforest, commonly known as the lungs of our planet, encompass the single largest remaining tropical rainforest in the
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Despite an increase in policies to support biodiversity, indicators show that biodiversity loss has increased between 2011 and 2020. At
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Mass amphibian extinction crisis
We have all heard about how many big mammal species such as the polar bear, the black rhino or the
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Wisconsin’s wolves threatened by new hunting quota
Last week, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Boards approved the new quota for the November hunt of grey wolves, allowing the
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Forestry contributes to warming of forests during extreme summers
In Central Europe, the weather extremes of the past years, in combination with insect outbreaks, have already reduced tree vitality
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Urbanisation: Opportunities and challenges for human-wildlife interactions
Urbanisation, the shift in residence of the human population from rural to urban areas in search of jobs and prosperity,
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Overfishing in Costa Rica is driving sharks to extinction
Earlier this year, Costa Rica’s President Carlos Alvarado signed a decree that gutted vital protections for sharks, even those officially
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Idaho starts the eradication of 90% of Northern Rockies wolves
On July 1, the state of Idaho began an eradication campaign to slash the state’s wolf population from the landscape, with the
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Court victory for wolves in Norway!
Despite being one of the countries with the lowest human densities of Europe, Norway only allows and protects wolves in
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Bee or Fly? Can you really distinguish them?
We all know that the looks are not all that matters. But when it comes to the question to eat
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New EU Agricultural Policy continues funding harmful intensive farming
Last week, on 25 June 2021, representatives from European governments, the European Parliament and the European Commission struck a deal
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What we eat matters: Comparing environmental impact of different diets
In the last years, increasing attention has been paid to the impacts our food choices cause on the environment. Certainly,
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Burning Namibia bushes for ‘green’ fuel?
In 2013, the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) started funding a project in Namibia to help limit ‘bush
Continue reading Great news! Panama doubles the size of its protected marine areas
On June 8, World Oceans Day, Panamanian President, Laurentino Cortizo, and the Minister of Environment, Milciades Concepción announced the expansion
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BEECH POWER in the Slovenian Forest Week
In the Kočevsko region of southern Slovenia, untouched nature remains in the form of virgin forests. One of these rare remains
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Help restoring ecosystems this World Environment Day
Every year on 5th of June, we celebrate World Environment Day to highlight the major issues the environment is facing
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Empty forests: Overhunting is causing defaunation in tropical forests
We have already lost over half of the tropical forests worldwide due to industrial logging, agriculture, livestock and urbanization. Of
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The oceans full of marine roads?
Road impacts are threatening wildlife not only on land, but in the oceans! Marine roads such as heavily used shipping
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Captive-breeding reduces reintroduction survival in carnivores
Reintroductions are increasingly being proposed as a valuable conservation measure with the potential to save many species from extinction. However, some people
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