La guerra in Ucraina sta sconvolgendo drammaticamente la vita di milioni di persone, ma tra le vittime ci sono anche migliaia di cani e gatti e altri animali. Molti animali sono stati portati via dalle persone in fuga, ma tantissimi sono rimasti in alcune strutture o...
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Mongabay - A team of Mexican scientists are developing a successful experiment that allows for the recovery and maintenance of endemic trees in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve that provide a habitat for monarch butterflies every winter. The team is employing a mix of natural restoration, soil...
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Financial Times - In British Columbia, a hub of biomass production, activists want stricter controls to protect ancient trees. 2 January 2022 Link: https://www.ft.com/content/e308e8d0-4cfc-4720-99d0-68f1d65e9f6e...
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Mongabay -Combating illegal logging in Myanmar’s Rakhine state helps preserve wildlife populations, but is insufficient without addressing unsustainable local hunting pressures, according to new research. Published on 31 December 2021 Link https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/dual-pressures-of-hunting-logging-threaten-wildlife-in-myanmar-study-shows/...
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EURACTIV - The pushback from EU countries against the European Commission’s new forest strategy, which seeks to protect biodiversity and enhance the role of trees in capturing CO2, has been “hyperbolic”, according to the forestry NGO Fern. Data: 28/10/2021 https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/green-campaigners-condemn-pushback-against-eu-forest-strategy/...
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Quanti anni può vivere una quercia? Fino ad oggi, la datazione scientifica era arrivata vicina al mezzo millennio. Un record che, adesso, è stato letteralmente surclassato. Perché Demetra, una quercia rovere del Parco nazionale dell’Aspromonte, di anni ne ha addirittura 934. Data: 14 ottobre 2021 https://www.metropolitano.it/calabria-quercia-piu-antica-del-mondo/...
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Mongabay - Indonesia has banned again the use of destructive seine and trawl nets, locally known as cantrang, to protect the ocean ecosystem. Link a Mongabay: https://news.mongabay.com/2021/07/indonesia-reimposes-ban-on-destructive-seine-and-trawl-nets-in-its-waters/ Data: 28 luglio 2021...
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The Guardian - More than 200 health journals worldwide are publishing an editorial calling on leaders to take emergency action on climate change and to protect health. The British Medical Journal said it is the first time so many publications have come together to make the...
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Mongabay - the new Tropical Forest Vulnerability Index (TFVI) will use satellite data to assess the impact of growing threats such as land clearance and rising temperatures on forests, in order to identify forests most at risk, to be prioritized for conservation efforts. Data: 28 luglio...
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