Dominican Republic: Tourism Threatens Natural Treasure

Jaragua National Park, famous for housing the world’s tiniest reptile, will itself be in danger if the green light is given to mega-hotel projects instead of ecotourism and sustainable development initiatives, say Dominican ecologists.

Critical Role Of Evolutionary Processes In Species Coexistence And Diversity Revealed

A team of researchers, addressing long-standing conflicts in ecology and evolutionary science, has provided key directions for the future of community ecology. The team comprehensively synthesized emerging work that applies knowledge of evolutionary relationships among different species-phylogenetics-to understanding species interactions, ecosystems and biodiversity.

New Method For Measuring Biodiversity Makes It Easier To Identify Key Species

German and Sri Lankan researchers have developed a new method for measuring the impacts of species on local biodiversity.

UNESCO Biosphere award for FFI project site

The Great Sandy, Australia, is recognised for its spectacular biodiversity.

Critical Role Of Evolutionary Processes In Species Coexistence And Diversity Revealed

A team of researchers, addressing long-standing conflicts in ecology and evolutionary science, has provided key directions for the future of community ecology. The team comprehensively synthesized emerging work that applies knowledge of evolutionary relationships among different species-phylogenetics-to understanding species interactions, ecosystems and biodiversity.

Species spillover: Broadening benefits of habitat corridors

Animals are born to roam. So when they find themselves living on small patches of land surrounded by housing developments or cornfields, their movement is unnaturally confined. They may never find that other patch a mile down the road that is full of food, nesting grounds, even mates with differing genes (a very good thing for the health of a species.) What’s more, the plant seeds and pollen that naturally hitchhike with them are also stuck.

Biodiversity – Europe: Not Just About a Frog Here or There

Politicians across the European Union are waking up to the fact that biodiversity is fast becoming a crucial environmental issue that needs to be tackled soon.

Preserve Peru’s Biodiversity, Save the World

Peru, second in Latin America for total area of tropical forests, has adopted international laws, instruments and strategies to protect its wealth of flora and fauna. But those tools have not yet had much effect.

ARGENTINA: Trout – Fishers’ Delight – Threaten Biodiversity

Thousands of visitors are drawn every year to Argentina’s southern Patagonia wilderness region to fish in glacial lakes and crystal clear streams and rivers. But the trout and salmon that they have come to find are not native species, and pose a threat to local biodiversity.

Alien Species Eroding Ecosystems and Livelihoods

Continent-hopping alien species are worsening poverty and threaten the agriculture, forestry, fisheries and natural systems that underpin millions of livelihoods in developing countries, warn biodiversity experts.

Boycott illegal trade, protect our wild tigers

“Boycott illegal trade, protect our wild tigers” is the key message of a consumer campaign launched today in China by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network.

Paper Giant Asia Pulp & Paper Set to Destroy Home of Reintroduced Orangutans, Indigenous Tribes

A massive logging operation planned by one of the world’s largest paper companies will destroy the forest home of 100 great apes that are part of the only successful reintroduction program for Sumatran orangutans, conservationists have learned.