Conservation biology in the news

From EEBedia
Revision as of 13:34, 22 January 2010 by ChrisElphick (Talk | contribs)

Jump to: navigation, search

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

For a great web site providing information on recent conservation-related research, check out the Conservation Maven web site.

22 Jan. BBC News. Governments 'must tackle' roots of nature crisis. Preparations for this year's UN biodiversity summit begin.

22 Jan. New York Times. Ban Sought on Trade in Pythons and Kin. Keeping big snakes away.

21 Jan. New York Times. Carp DNA Is Found in Lake Michigan. Genetic detection of invasive species.

21 Jan. BBC News. Bee decline linked to falling biodiversity. Diversification is not just good for your stock portfolio ...

21 Jan. The Economist. Price fixing. Why it is important to put a price on nature. The value of ecosystem services - to be covered towards the end of the course.

21 Jan. BBC News. Biodiversity nears 'point of no return'. Opinion, not news, but insightful nonetheless (and written by a politician!).

21 Dec. BBC News. Czech zoo sends rare Northern White rhinos to Kenya.

19 Dec. New York Times. Hope for the Everglades. Major progress for anyone who cares about wetland restoration.

14 Dec. New York Times. Onetime Nevada Brothel Could Become Conservationists’ Oasis. When worlds collide.

3 Dec. Washington Post. As emissions increase, carbon 'sinks' get clogged. Why we need ecosystem services.

1 Dec. BBC News. 'Global surge' in rhino poaching.

1 Dec. BBC News. Major sea level rise likely as Antarctic ice melts. Changes down south.

1 Dec. BBC News. Save 'special' carnivores plea. Phylogeny and conservation.

25 Nov. BBC News. Acid oceans leave fish at more risk from predators.

21 Nov. The Economist. Socked. Bad news for Canada's salmon ...

21 Nov. The Economist. Changing tides. ... and Atlantic salmon.

21 Nov. The Economist. In wolf's clothing. Who's really to blame?

24 Oct. BBC News. Secrets of frog killer laid bare.

24 Oct. BBC News. Tiger skin trade in China exposed.

24 Oct. New York Times. Polar Bear Habitat Proposed for Alaska.

31 Jul. BBC News. Fresh hope for world's fisheries.

29 Jul. New York Times. New Panda Preserves Suggested.

4 Jul. BBC News. World 'still losing biodiversity'.

4 Jul. BBC News. Amur tigers on 'genetic brink'.

4 Jul. BBC News. Brazil's huge wetland under threat.

4 Jul. BBC News. No safe haven for rarest antelope.

30 Jun. New York Times. When a Hybrid Takes Hold, the Outcome Can Be Bad.

30 Jun. BBC News. Wood harvest puts pandas at risk.

30 Jun. New York Times. Wolves to Return to Endangered List.

18 Jun. BBC News. Dingoes 'could help rare species'. When is an introduced species a good idea?

18 Jun. BBC News. Mekong dolphins 'almost extinct'.

16 Jun. BBC News. Blue butterfly colonies thriving.

16 Jun. New York Times. An Unsightly Algae Extends Its Grip to a Crucial New York Stream.

10 Jun. New York Times. Return of the Once-Rare Beaver? Not in My Yard.

5 Jun. BBC News. Rainforest is worth more standing. A study from Indonesia.

4 Jun. New Yorker. The Sixth Extinction? (Requires registration.)

19 Apr. New Yorker. Swamp things. Podcast on pythons (and other exotics) in Florida. Written article (requires registration) is here.

17 Apr. BBC News. Pet trade puts orangutans at risk. Yes, some people keep them as pets ...

17 Apr. BBC News. African lark soon to be extinct. Extinction in progress.

15 Apr. BBC News. Big brood of rotund rare parrots. A small population success that combines in-situ and ex-situ activities.

15 Apr. BBC News. New rare orangutan find in Borneo.

15 Apr. New York Times. Coral Transplant Surgery Prescribed for Japan. Restoring coral reef habitat.

11 Apr. The Economist. Prairie in the city. Urban conservation of grasslands.

3 Apr. BBC News. Evidence for inbreeding in wolves.

1 Apr. New York Times. Everglades Restoration Plan Shrinks.

1 Apr. New York Times. Asian Dolphin Less Rare Than Thought. Some good news.

1 Apr. BBC News. How do you catch a python? Invasive pythons in south Florida (this is not a joke).

27 Mar. New York Times. Advisory Against Visiting Caves. White nose syndrome in bats continues to spread.

24 Mar. New York Times. Chernobyl Taking a Toll on Invertebrates Too.

23 Mar. New York Times. Lessons of the Exxon Valdez. (Editorial) Twenty years after the oil spill.

22 Mar. New York Times. In This Springtime Battle, the Parakeets Appear to Be Winning. The challenges of invasive species in Connecticut.

22 Mar. New York Times. Cat Got Your Fish? Unexpected consequences.

20 Mar. New York Times. One Third of U.S. Bird Species Endangered, Survey Finds. Full report here.

20 Mar. New York Times. Nations Near Arctic Declare Polar Bears Threatened by Climate Change.

20 Mar. New York Times. Rare Reptile Hatchling Found in New Zealand. Remember tuataras? They were mentioned, right back at the start of the class.

17 Mar. BBC News. Fungus devastates 'chicken' frog. More on amphibian declines.

17 Mar. BBC News. Forests 'facing a testing time'. New info on forests from the UN.

17 Mar. New York Times. The Fall and Rise of the Right Whale.

11 Mar BBC News. Poached skins matched to tigers. Conservation forensics: fingerprints for tigers.

11 Mar BBC News. Acidic seas fuel extinction fears. What will happen as the seas get more and more acid due to carbon emissions?

11 Mar. New York Times. Rise in Ocean Acidity May Lead to Thinner Plankton Shells. More on the effects of acidification.

9 Mar BBC News. Maldives moves to protect its sharks. Good news for big fish.

9 Mar. New York Times. Tools That Leave Wildlife Unbothered Widen Research Horizons. Not about conservation per se, but about tools regularly used for conservation studies.

5 Mar. New York Times. Bid to Undo Bush Memo on Threats to Species. The latest on moves to alter implementation of the US Endangered Species Act.

5 Mar. New York Times. In Congo, With Rebels Now at Bay, Calm Erupts. War and gorilla conservation.

5 Mar BBC News. 'No proof' of bee killer theory. Controversy brewing over Colony Collapse Disorder.

5 Mar BBC News. Climate 'hitting Europe's birds'. New projections on expected population changes with climate change.

3 Mar. New York Times. U.S. Zookeepers Wary of Herpes Virus Attacking Asian Elephants. Disease in captive populations relates to the topic of yesterday's (missed) lecture, and will come up again when we talk about captive breeding.

3 Mar. New York Times. Moderate Development Is Tied to Reef Damage. More on reef conservation.

3 Mar. New Scientist. Fish numbers outpace human population. The pros and cons of farming fish.

23 Feb. LA Times. UCLA class project: Find Bin Laden. An unusual application of ecology theory and tools used to find rare species.

23 Feb. BBC News. Lifeline for endangered albatross. This article is directly relevant to today's lecture.

22 Feb. New York Times. Rescue Flight. We'll talk about whooping crane conservation when we cover captive breeding, later in the course.

22 Feb. New York Times. Vacuuming the reef. Invasive species removal from coral reefs in Hawaii.

20 Feb. National Geographic. "Extinct" Bird Seen, Eaten. Good, and bad, news for Worcester's buttonquail.

17 Feb. BBC News. Ivory trade hits Asia's elephants.

17 Feb. New York Times. Debate Rages Over Elk Feeding Program. Sometimes it might be best not to get involved ....

17 Feb. New York Times. The Unintended Consequences of Changing Nature’s Balance. Removing one invasive species, just allows another to take over.

13 Feb. BBC News. Darwin's Galapagos. Examining the trade-offs between conservation and ecotourism. More in New Scientist.

13 Feb. New York Times. Record Number of Peregrine Falcons in New York State. Peregrines now breeding in several Connecticut cities too.

13 Feb. New Scientist. Ocean climate change: a really inconvenient truth. Effects of climate change on the world's fish.

10 Feb. New York Times. Seeing the Risks of Humanity’s Hand in Species Evolution. Harvest advice from Deuteronomy.

10 Feb. New York Times. Protecting Fish Ahead of the ‘Big Melt’. Preemptive action.

30 Jan. New York Times. Rising Acidity Is Threatening Food Web of Oceans, Science Panel Says. This article is directly relevant to Wednesday's lecture, and next week's reading.

29 Jan. BBC News. Ocean climate fix remains afloat. This study is more environmental science than conservation biology, but I've included it as it relates to next week's lecture ... and it identifies "ecological impacts" as one of the next things that requires study.

27 Jan. BBC News. DR Congo gorilla numbers up 12.5%.

26 Jan. BBC News. Slimming odds for emperor penguin.

23 Jan. BBC News. A billion frogs on world's plates. Over-exploitation affects amphibians too.

23 Jan The Economist. Second Life. Debate over extinction rates: will it be terrible, or just very, very bad? More detail at Mongabay.com.

23 Jan. New York Times. Environment Blamed in Western Tree Deaths. Climate change and forest losses.

22 Jan. BBC News. Nile run-off 'boosts fish stocks'. A dilemma: are agricultural fertilizers always bad for marine ecosystems?

22 Jan. BBC News. New evidence on Antarctic warming.

20 Jan. BBC News. Sex smell lures 'vampire' to doom. Controlling invasive fish in the Great Lakes.

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.