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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U.S. seeks changes that could weaken endangered species protection
19 / 07 / 2018, CBC Technology
The Trump administration wants to change how endangered species are protected by the U.S. government. Wildlife advocates say the proposals could speed extinctions in the name of furthering the...

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Asia could run out of fish by 2048, UN reports
23 / 03 / 2018, CBC Technology
In Asia, there will be no fish stocks for commercial fishing by 2048 if trends continue. That's one of the projections made by four new United Nations scientific reports on biodiversity that...

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No right whale calves spotted this season a bad sign for endangered species
16 / 03 / 2018, CBC Technology
There has not been a single North Atlantic right whale calf spotted this year, an unprecedented and alarming sign for this critically endangered species.

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Leading investigator of ivory, rhino-horn trade killed in Kenya
05 / 02 / 2018, CBC Technology
Esmond Bradley Martin, an American conservationist whose dogged investigations of the elephant ivory and rhino horn trades over decades were seen as critical in efforts to protect the threatened...

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'Very dire situation': Disappearance of Alberta's caribou threatens centuries-old way of life
20 / 11 / 2017, CBC Technology
As woodland caribou habitat dwindles, the threatened species' preservation pits the environment against economic interests in rural Alberta.

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Group files notice it will sue Trump administration over walrus protection
13 / 10 / 2017, CBC Technology
A U.S. environmental organization filed notice Thursday that it will sue the Trump administration over its rejection of Pacific walrus as a threatened or endangered species.

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U.S. government will not list Pacific walrus as threatened species
04 / 10 / 2017, CBC Technology
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will not list the Pacific walrus as a threatened species based on diminished Arctic Ocean sea ice, concluding that the marine mammals have adapted...

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Half of Canada's wildlife species are in decline, WWF finds
14 / 09 / 2017, CBC Technology
Despite Canada's vast wilderness, populations of half its vertebrate species are shrinking, a new World Wildlife Fund report finds. And endangered species like woodland caribou and St. Lawrence...

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Atlantic bluefin tuna not listed as an endangered species
03 / 05 / 2017, CBC Technology
Atlantic bluefin tuna will not be listed on the endangered species list, a decision released Wednesday by the federal government.

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UVic prof's DNA test finds invasive species in B.C. lakes, rivers
08 / 11 / 2016, CBC Technology
A University of Victoria scientist's improved DNA test allows researchers to identify the presence of invasive and threatened species in water bodies, without obtaining a physical specimen.

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