Court Saves Woodland Caribou

Court cases play an important role in wildlife conservation. When people disregard the needs of wildlife, such as Canada’s Environment Minister deciding to not recommend emergency protection for woodland caribou, court cases can right the wrong. Thus Ecojustice and CPAWS were recently happy when the Federal Court overturned...

20 Years of Research

The Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research (IWWR) has been developing and sustaining a premier program of research for Ducks Unlimited’s conservatio...

Alaskan Forests and Roads

The Alaska Congressional delegation recently introduced legislation to exempt the Tongass and Chugach National Forests in Alaska from the Roadless Area Co...

Keeping Woodland Caribou

A new report has just been released by the International Boreal Conservation Science Panel called “Keeping woodland caribou in the boreal forest: Big challenge, immense...

Species at Risk Task Force Report

Conservation groups are campaigning to get the BC government to introduce a law to protect 1,900 at-risk species. BC and Alberta are the only provinces in...

Protecting Canadian Wilderness

In celebration of the International Year of Forests, Global Forest Watch Canada released a report which looked at protected terrestrial and freshwater areas in Canada and analyzed their effectiveness in achieving conservation goals. According to the...

Conservationists Working Together

Government officials, national and international NGOs, and academic researchers have banded together in an effort to save the endangered Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee. According to Conversation International, this International Union for Conservation of Nature(TM)-backed conservation plan is the first endorsed by the governments from these nations. “Both our governments recogni...

10 Things About Durrell

The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in the UK has a pdf document on their website that tells you 10 things you might not have known about Durrell. Some of the information, such as that they have an on-site veterinary centre and laboratory, seems gues...

Protecting Canada’s Marine Areas

As part of International Oceans Day, Keith Ashfield, Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, publicly released the Pacific Region Cold-water Coral and Sponge Strategy. This conservation initiative was first started in 2006 by the Canadian Parks...

Two Animals Saved from Extinction

Amidst all the stories of biodiversity loss are some conservation success stories of animals that have been saved. The animal that might have inspired the unicorn stories, the Arabian Oryx, is once again gracing the Arabian Peninsular, according to the IUCN. A-grain-of-hope-in-the-desert ...

UK Butterflies Arriving Early

Due to unusually warm April weather, many butterflies across the UK are showing up earlier this Spring than usual, according to Butterfly Conservation. Butterflies have been spotted from a week to a month earlier than usual, and one rare butterfly (the Lulworth Skipper) showed up s...

Natural Capital

Some leading conservation groups are aligning conservation with the economy in what they call natural capital. Nature provides valuable services including purifying our water, regulating our climate, reducing flood risk, and pollinating our crops. It...

Dakota Grassland Conservation Area

A recent visit from U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to South Dakota helped to bring some much needed attention to the plight of the disappearing prairie grasslands. Salazar met with state officials and conservation groups to discuss the Da...

Tortoise VHS and GPS

If you travel to Las Vegas anytime soon, know that you will be in the neighborhood of 36 special tortoises. The San Diego Global Action Team recently released the tortoises into the Mojave Desert from a conservation center near Las Vegas. Desert tortoises are considered t...

Conservation Leadership Award Winners

The Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) has announced this year’s 30 award winners in 19 different countries, worth a total of $492,000, reports Fauna & Flora International. The Programme is a partnership of four conservation organizations – BirdLife Internatio...