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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Kingpin behind bars for trafficking chimps
26 / 08 / 2013, Panda.orgA man who has admitted trafficking over 500 endangered chimpanzees out of the West African country Republic of Guinea has been captured and sentenced to the maximum possible jail term and a fine,...
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The high seas call for more transparency
25 / 08 / 2013, IUCNAt the United Nations Headquarters on Friday, governments agreed to start scoping the content and feasibility of a new international legal agreement to conserve marine biodiversity in the two-...
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Legal reform must shut down Thailand's ivory trade
12 / 08 / 2013, Panda.orgBangkok, Thailand – On World Elephant Day (August 12), WWF and TRAFFIC urge Thailand's Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, to ensure legal reform, including steps outlined in...
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Indian tiger reserve on path to revival with discovery of three additional species
08 / 08 / 2013, Panda.orgValmiki, India: Evidence of three more species has been found in the once-neglected Valmiki Tiger Reserve in north east India during the past two months. A crab-eating mongoose (...
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Research suggests Madagascar no longer an evolutionary hotspot
11 / 07 / 2013, Biologynews.netParoedura ground geckos illustrate species diversity on Madagascar. Madagascar has long been known as a hotspot of biodiversity. Although it represents only one percent of the earth's area, it is...
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BGANZ 2013 Assessment Update
08 / 07 / 2013, BGCIWe are happy to announce great progress in our assessment of threatened species held in collections in New Zealand and Australia! With the help of BGANZ, we have been in touch with curators from...
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Care for the Rare Update
27 / 06 / 2013, BGCIGuess What!
Thanks to the efforts and contributions of both the United States Botanic Garden and Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, we are ecstatic to announce the addition of 28 new...
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Understanding relationships between biodiversity, carbon, forests and people: the key to achieving REDD+ objectives. A global assessment report
21 / 01 / 2013, Eldis BiodiversityThis report seeks to better understand the relationships between biodiversity, carbon, forests and people, so as to support the achievement of REDD+ objectives. It summarises the latest scientific...
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Mainstreaming community-based conservation in a transboundary mountain landscape: lessons from Kangchenjunga
22 / 11 / 2012, Eldis BiodiversityThis paper draws recommendations for transboundary and participatory biodiversity conservation from the Kangchenjunga Conservation Landscape Initiative. This 'biodiversity hotspot' - shared by...
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Resuscitating the Sundarbans: customary use of biodiversity & traditional culture practices in Bangladesh
20 / 03 / 2012, Eldis BiodiversityThe study is participatory work of different research wings, local communities of Sundarban. It explores the crisis already has created in mantaining biodiversity in sundarban due mismanagement...
