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This page simply lists recent news articles relating to conservation biology.  It is not exhaustive - simply those articles that I come across during my reading of the media.  It started as a section of the web page for EEB 2208 (Introduction to Conservation Biology), but students seemed to find it useful enough for me to keep it going for the time being.  If others in the EEBedia community want to add to the list, please feel free to do so.  I only ask that you keep to the existing format, limit any commentary about articles to brief descriptive statements so as to not clog up space, that you focus on articles in the news media that relate to conservation science (broader environmental science issues should find their own home), and that you don't clog the page up with multiple articles on the same piece of news.  If you have questions, please email me. [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/birdlab/elphick.html Chris Elphick]
 
This page simply lists recent news articles relating to conservation biology.  It is not exhaustive - simply those articles that I come across during my reading of the media.  It started as a section of the web page for EEB 2208 (Introduction to Conservation Biology), but students seemed to find it useful enough for me to keep it going for the time being.  If others in the EEBedia community want to add to the list, please feel free to do so.  I only ask that you keep to the existing format, limit any commentary about articles to brief descriptive statements so as to not clog up space, that you focus on articles in the news media that relate to conservation science (broader environmental science issues should find their own home), and that you don't clog the page up with multiple articles on the same piece of news.  If you have questions, please email me. [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/birdlab/elphick.html Chris Elphick]
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[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/science/earth/20reef.html?_r=1&ref=science 20 Jan. New York Times. Growing Taste for Reef Fish Sends Their Numbers Sinking.] Eating Nemo.
  
 
[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/science/earth/17sea.html?_r=1&ref=science 18 Jan. New York Times. Study Warns of Threat to Coasts From Rising Sea Levels.] Climate change and coastal wetlands.
 
[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/science/earth/17sea.html?_r=1&ref=science 18 Jan. New York Times. Study Warns of Threat to Coasts From Rising Sea Levels.] Climate change and coastal wetlands.

Revision as of 11:50, 20 January 2009

This page simply lists recent news articles relating to conservation biology. It is not exhaustive - simply those articles that I come across during my reading of the media. It started as a section of the web page for EEB 2208 (Introduction to Conservation Biology), but students seemed to find it useful enough for me to keep it going for the time being. If others in the EEBedia community want to add to the list, please feel free to do so. I only ask that you keep to the existing format, limit any commentary about articles to brief descriptive statements so as to not clog up space, that you focus on articles in the news media that relate to conservation science (broader environmental science issues should find their own home), and that you don't clog the page up with multiple articles on the same piece of news. If you have questions, please email me. Chris Elphick

20 Jan. New York Times. Growing Taste for Reef Fish Sends Their Numbers Sinking. Eating Nemo.

18 Jan. New York Times. Study Warns of Threat to Coasts From Rising Sea Levels. Climate change and coastal wetlands.

17 Jan. BBC News. Light pollution forms 'eco-traps'. Adverse effects of polarized light.

17 Jan. New York Times. Wind Farm Off Cape Cod Clears Hurdle. this article doesn't really get into the issues relevant to conservation biology ... but you can read something about them here.

16 Jan. BBC News. Genetic secrets from Tassie tiger. New clues about why thylacines went extinct.

15 Jan. New York Times. Research Ties Human Acts to Harmful Rates of Species Evolution. Conservation of evolution.

15 Jan. The Economist. A sea of troubles. An editorial to go with a special feature (Troubled Waters) that touches on most of the major conservation/environmental issues that affect the oceans (climate, acidification, overfishing, pollution, and more).

6 Jan. BBC News. US vows 'huge' marine protection. Marine reserve planned for tropical Pacific.

5 Jan. New Scientist. More polar bears going hungry.

4 Jan. BBC News. Brazil moves to curb wildlife trafficking.

4 Jan. BBC News. Fence hope for Tasmanian Devils. A new attempt to slow spread of a disease that threatens extinction.

3 Jan. BBC News. Coral reef growth is slowest ever. Concerns about ocean acidification.

2 Jan. New York Times. Move to Increase Logging on Oregon Land. New problems for spotted owls?

2 Jan. The Economist. Gem of the ocean. Oysters as over-exploited ecosystems engineers.

All of the news articles that were posted here during 2008 are listed in this document.