Quick summary (by handpuppets) of what happened at COP16 in Cancun
Quick summary (by handpuppets) of what happened at COP16 in Cancun
Animation: the challenges facing freshwater ecosystems
The European Union-funded BioFresh project has released a four minute animation that outlines the challenges (such as pollution, species invasions and dam building) facing freshwater ecosystems. It illustrates how BioFresh aids the translation of scientific data on these systems into environmental policy through the European Union.
Wildlife crossings can be designed to be safer for humans and animals
The ARC International Wildlife Crossing Infrastructure Design Competition, the first international competition of its kind, says collisions between wildlife and cars in the U.S. have increased by 50 percent in the past 15 years. Not only do these collisions take a huge toll on both wildlife and people, but they also cost the U.S. some $8 billion per year.
Picture: Happy Year of the Rabbit
Weighing about 18 pounds, the Flemish giant is one of the largest breeds of domestic rabbit in the world.
Activism: alternative route would save Serengeti from road
Note: mongabay.com does not endorse the action below, but believes its readers may be interested in taking action or discussing the issue in comments. Wildebeest herd in Tanzania. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. The Tanzanian government is planning a road through the Serengeti despite protests from scientists, conservationists, and tourism companies. Opponents warn that the road bisecting the ecosystem will imperil the Serengeti’s...
Picture: Baby elephant drinking milk
Orphaned elephant drinking milk at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya.
Endangered baby crocodile newt
Anderson’s crocodile newt (Echinotriton andersoni) larvae. Photo by Rhett A. Butler Anderson’s Crocodile Newt is found in a range of tropical and subtropical habitats Japan and Taiwan, but is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List due to habitat loss. This individual is part of a captive-breeding program at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx...
Pictures: Baby kinkajou
Baby kinkajou at Proyecto Asis rehabilitation center in Costa Rica
Cultural survival at stake for the rainforest Penan of Borneo
The Penan tribe in Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of the island of Borneo, are trying to stop logging and palm oil companies destroying their rainforest home. Survival International, the organisation supporting tribal peoples, is campaigning for the Penan’s rights to their land. Survival researcher Miriam Ross traveled to Sarawak to meet some of the tribe. In one nomadic Penan community, Pisang, a Penan hunter, told her his story.
Picture: puma in Belize
Puma in Belize.
Video: Mongabay’s Rhett Butler speaks with the Killen Report on deforestation
Michael Killen asks Rhett A. Butler about his interest in rain forests. Rhett says plans now exist to help save the Brazilian rain forests. He is now focused on increasing awareness of the need to save the Indonesian rain forest.
Pictures: nature in Mendocino, California
Photos taken last weekend in Mendocino, California.
Picture: baby sea turtle
Baby sea turtle heading out to sea in Costa Rica.
Hyena spotted in Armenia
Hyena in Tanzania. Photo by Rhett A. Butler 2007 Remains of a striped hyena have been found in southern Armenia, representing the country’s first confirmed hyena observation in over 60 years. Hyenas discovered in Armenia? Researchers find carcass,...
Photo: U.S. bans shark finning
In early January the U.S. Senate passed the Shark Conservation Act, legislation that bans shark finning in U.S. waters.
Picture: Snow leopard in the snow
Snow leopard in the snow at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Central Park Zoo
Indonesia’s pulp and paper industry: Helping the poor or helping itself?
Giant Dipterocarp tree in Gunung Leuser National Park, North Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler in 2009 Over the past several years, Asia Pulp & Paper has engaged in a marketing campaign to represent its operations in Sumatra as socially and environmentally sustainable. APP and its agents maintain that industrial pulp and paper production — as practiced in Sumatra — does not result in deforestation, is carbon neutral, helps...
Picture: Leaf monkey in Sumatra
Thomas’ Leaf Monkey is a species found in Sumatra, Indonesia. It typically lives in groups from 10-20 individuals and feeds on fruit, young leaves, seeds, and occasionally insects.
The Initiative for Public Policy Analysis is a Nigeria-based palm oil lobby group
The Initiative for Public Policy Analysis (IPPA), which describes itself as a think-tank or public policy group, has launched a campaign targeting the World Bank on its palm oil lending policy.
Picture: a peaceful place in Arizona
Deer Creek, Arizona.