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Amphibian Barriers Erected in Krkonoše Mountains for Spring Migration
Environmentirozhlas1d ago

Amphibian Barriers Erected in Krkonoše Mountains for Spring Migration

Workers in the Krkonoše National Park and nature conservationists are installing barriers along roads near ponds and wetlands to ensure the safe migration of amphibians, which are awakening and moving due to higher temperatures and the rapid arrival of spring. These barriers will remain in place until May.

Cape leopard's return sparks hope
EnvironmentFrance 247d ago

Cape leopard's return sparks hope

In South Africa's Western Cape mountains, the return of a top predator is giving conservationists hope after 170 years. But with fewer than a thousand Cape leopards left in the wild, the species remains dangerously vulnerable.

Australia’s environment minister wants to ban fishers and drillers from more ocean – and avoid a culture war
EnvironmentThe Guardian2d ago

Australia’s environment minister wants to ban fishers and drillers from more ocean – and avoid a culture war

Conservationists hope Murray Watt’s review of national marine parks will ‘right the wrongs’ of previous downgrade of protection Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The federal environment minister, Murray Watt, has pledged to put an extra half a million square kilometres of Australia’s ocean out of reach of fishers and drillers in a step conservationists hope will “right the wrongs” of an Abbott-era downgrade of marine protection. Watt con...

Sale of rat poisons could be restricted to protect Australian wildlife
EnvironmentThe Guardian8d ago

Sale of rat poisons could be restricted to protect Australian wildlife

Regulator recommends rodenticides be removed from Bunnings and supermarkets shelves and sold only to licensed professionals Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Widely available rat poisons could be removed from shelves at Australian supermarkets and other retailers after a federal regulator recommended they be declared a restricted product. It is a win for conservationists and scientists who for years have calle...

Endangered banksia ecosystem in Perth faces destruction with no adequate offset, expert says
EnvironmentThe Guardian29d ago

Endangered banksia ecosystem in Perth faces destruction with no adequate offset, expert says

Proposal to replant inside a different type of protected woodland would not replicate diversity of cleared sites used by threatened cockatoo species, conservationists say Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Property developers in Perth plan to bulldoze an endangered banksia ecosystem used by threatened black cockatoo species, and conservationists have warned the damage cannot be mitigated by proposed offsets. The developers want to replant the banksia ecosystem within a different type of protected woodland – a proposal that a leading botanist said was doomed to fail. Continue reading...

‘Butanding’ season begins in Donsol Bay
Cultureinquirer12d ago

‘Butanding’ season begins in Donsol Bay

LEGAZPI CITY—Whale sharks, locally known as “butanding,” have started surfacing in Donsol Bay in Donsol town, Sorsogon, as the annual interaction season begins, prompting conservationists to remind…

No trees, no food, shot for fun … yet Serbia’s imperial eagles are making an improbable return
EnvironmentThe Guardian29d ago

No trees, no food, shot for fun … yet Serbia’s imperial eagles are making an improbable return

Less than a decade ago, the Balkan country had just one breeding pair of the eastern imperial species of raptor left. Now things are changing, thanks to the dogged work of conservationists At the start of every spring, before the trees in northern Serbia begin to leaf out, ornithologists drive across the plains of Vojvodina. They check old nesting sites of eastern imperial eagles, scan solitary trees along field margins, and search for signs of new nests. For years, the work of the Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia (BPSSS) has been getting more demanding – and more rewarding. In 2017, Serbia was down to a single breeding pair. Last year, BPSSS recorded 19 breeding pairs, 10 of which successfully raised young. Continue reading...