Biodiversiteit nieuws
Op deze pagina presenteerd NLBIF een selectie van nationaal en internationaal biodiversiteitnieuws afkomstig van verschillende nieuws-sites, de berichten worden gefilterd op basis van relevantie voor biodiversiteit en wetenschap.
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Rusty patched bumble bee proposed for U.S. endangered species status
21 / 09 / 2016, Reuters Environment(Reuters) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday proposed listing the rusty patched bumble bee, a prized but vanishing pollinator once widely found in the upper Midwest and Northeastern...
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Field Notes: Wooing wolverines with high-tech lures
21 / 09 / 2016, Mongabaycom News[caption id="attachment_189548" align="alignnone" width="768"] Wolverines are elusive and difficult to study, but new high-tech equipment is making that task easier. Photo by Jeffrey C. Lewis / ...
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Report: Staff shortages hamper US wildlife refuges
21 / 09 / 2016, Science HeadsPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Hundreds of national wildlife refuges that provide critical habitat for migratory birds and other species are crippled by a staffing shortage that has curtailed...
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Saving Bangladesh’s last rainforest
21 / 09 / 2016, Mongabaycom NewsWhen most people think of Bangladesh's native ecosystems, the Sundarbans — the world's largest mangrove forest — are probably the first thing that come to mind. But the Sundarbans aren't the...
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Species loss: lack of data leaves a gap
21 / 09 / 2016, Nature - Current issuesUnderstanding the pressures that lead to a high risk of species extinction is crucial for stemming biodiversity loss (see S. L.Maxwellet al. Nature536, 143–145;10.1038/536143a2016). Yet the large...