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Travelling in #Sabah, it's struck me how many #conservation initiatives are funded by #palmoil companies, who have been a major source of #deforestation in the state. I had also noticed many conservationists working with palm oil plantations, in part because they need to access them to better study the #wildlife that are increasingly found to be roaming there. This threw up questions that led to my latest published story: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/6/28/can-plantations-value-more-than-profit-some-in-malaysia-think-so
Can plantations value more than profit? Some in Malaysia think so
Plantation owners in the Borneo state of Sabah are setting aside land for conservation but some remain sceptical.Emily Ding (Al Jazeera)
Could use some more opinions on this from folks familiar with Southern US #gardening, climate, and #wildlife: https://www.reddit.com/r/plantclinic/comments/14et4y1/help_my_baby_please/
Current off-reddit hypothesis is that caterpillars went to town on it and that it'll probably recover now that their busy season is over. The city balcony it's on is on the 3rd floor, but near some trees.
Meet the biggest and most bizarre skink ever found in Australia. It became extinct 47,000 years ago
Researchers have found an armoured fossil skink 1,000 times heavier than the ones in your garden. Its closest living relative is the shingleback lizard.The Conversation
Incoming!
A male beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) landing on his perch.
#photography #photo #nature #naturephotography #mft #microfourthirds #darktable #macrophotography #macro #nature #naturephotography #animals #wildlife #insects #odonata #calopterygidae #calopteryx #calopteryxvirgo #libellen #blauflügelprachtlibelle
I have too many photos of sloths and all are too cute to sort out and delete. Also, I can't remember which sloth (2-toed or 3-toed) has long hair vs short hair, brown vs grey, smiley face vs piggy face). I heard the explanation so many times but it simply wouldn't stick, I'll just have to google it.
Arenal volcano, Costa Rica.
#Sloths #Travel #TravelPhotography #Portraits #Photography #CostaRica #Nature #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography
#Nature #Wildlife #Scotland #Bees #Environment #Grasslands #Meadows #Flowers
https://community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/scotland/posts/saving-scotlands-species--great-yellow-bumblebees
Saving Scotland's Species - Great Yellow Bumblebees - Scottish Nature Notes - Our work - The RSPB Community
Share your passion for birds, wildlife & all things nature with the RSPB Community. Show off your images, experiences and read the RSPB’s blogs! Join the community herecommunity.rspb.org.uk
The louder the dawn chorus and the cacophony of #wildlife, the better the locale and, by extension, life for the creatures that dwell there.
Soundscapes can provide a valuable insight into the health of a habitat. A #RaspberryPi can help conservationists listen in.
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/bugg-xyz-acoustic-monitoring-for-conservationists/
Bugg.xyz acoustic monitoring for conservationists - Raspberry Pi
Soundscapes can provide a valuable insight into the health of a habitat. A Raspberry Pi can help conservationists listen in.Rosie Hattersley (Raspberry Pi)
How do scientists do disease surveillance and study biodiversity through the lens of genomics? Citizen scientist Blacki Migliozzi joined a group of jungle field researchers to find out.
Through anecdotes and stunning photography he will walk us through what it's like to work with big cats, primates, birds, bats, frogs, snakes and many other kinds of organisms. He'll also provide first-hand observations of the habitat loss endangering these ecosystems as well as the dangers scientists put themselves in when doing this important work.
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Biotech Without Borders is a member-led, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, community biolab founded in 2017 to serve the New York City community. See our website for more details!
A Broken Record on Repeat – Animal Extinction Likely if Palm Oil Expands in North East India
As with the forest kingdoms of Borneo and the Amazon rainforest, the Indian forest kingdom of the Golden Langurs and Pygmy Hogs is under siege by palm oil in the north east of India. The region is …Palm Oil Detectives
A Broken Record on Repeat – Animal Extinction Likely if Palm Oil Expands in North East India
As with the forest kingdoms of Borneo and the Amazon rainforest, the Indian forest kingdom of the Golden Langurs and Pygmy Hogs is under siege by palm oil in the north east of India. The region is …Palm Oil Detectives
“If we want to save the forest, we need the government to officially recognize that this is our land.”
#IndigenousPeoples #LandRights #ClimateAction #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Rainforest #Forest #IndigenousRights #FoodSovereignty
https://e360.yale.edu/features/brazil-atlantic-forest-indigenous-land-bees
How Indigenous People Are Restoring Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
The Guarani Mbya people are working to restore the once-vast Atlantic Forest, which has been largely lost to development.Yale E360
A few more photos here: https://www.mrussellphotography.com/blog/barred-owl-fledglings-owlets/
#SuperbOwl #SuperbOwlSunday #WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #owls
These stocky little marsupials sort of look like a cross between a baby brown bear, koala & pig. They have a pouch like other marsupials, but it’s backwards which prevents dirt from entering as they burrow.
At just over 3 ft long, they’re absolutely charming. But millions of years ago, herds of giant wombats as large as rhinoceros roamed southern #Australia. #wildlife #photography #SharedPlanet
Video of fox emerging during the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmxDvRZfE3Y
And at night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGO5_ku6T4w
Now Ian knows why there is a hole under the fence.
in all seriousness this is a really important paper that everyone should read especially considering #Wisconsin is currently developing its new wolf management plan
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0259604
#OpenScience #Conservation #Wildlife #MathematicalModeling
Uncertainty and precaution in hunting wolves twice in a year
When humanity confronts the risk of extinction of species, many people invoke precautions, especially in the face of uncertainty.journals.plos.org
