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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Wildlife catastrophe at Amazon dam a warning for future Tapajós dams
28 / 12 / 2015, Mongabaycom News[caption id="attachment_171468" align="alignleft" width="768"] Aerial photograph of the Balbina archipelago, showing some of the thousands of islands created by the dam that isolated wildlife,...
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Christmas gift to the planet: massive rainforest reserve created in Borneo
23 / 12 / 2015, Mongabaycom NewsChristmas has come early for some of the planet's most endangered animals: the Malaysian state of Sabah has established a 68,000-hectare rainforest reserve that houses orangutans, elephants, and...
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U.S. adds lions to endangered species list, makes it harder to import lion trophies
23 / 12 / 2015, Mongabaycom NewsOn Monday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced that two subspecies of lions -- Panthera leo leo and Panthera leo melanochaita -- would be protected under the Endangered Species Act...
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Guatemala’s Christmas season isn’t nice to the native pinabete tree
22 / 12 / 2015, Mongabaycom NewsThe pinabete pine tree from Guatemala has been cut down for decades, and there are few left that grow as tall as they used to be, 45 meters high. This 40 year-old specimen is at a farm in...
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Rare sea snakes feared extinct discovered off the coast of Western Australia
22 / 12 / 2015, Mongabaycom NewsBetween 1998 and 2002, two critically endangered species of sea snakes -- the leaf-scaled sea snake (Aipysurus foliosquama) and the short-nosed sea snake (Aipysurus apraefrontalis) -- disappeared...
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New research sheds light on how to help birds in the vanishing Atlantic Forest
18 / 12 / 2015, Mongabaycom NewsSouth America's Atlantic Forest is one of the most imperiled biomes on the planet. At its southern periphery in northeastern Argentina's Misiones province, the country’s first ecological corridor...
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Researchers just proved that attacks on the Endangered Species Act are not based on reality
17 / 12 / 2015, Mongabaycom NewsThough it would reportedly end the United States’ decades-old oil export ban, an omnibus funding bill passed by the US Congress today also contains some victories for environmental conservation....
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How to manage a watershed in the tropics as the global population booms
15 / 12 / 2015, Mongabaycom NewsDecisions about land use will become increasingly crucial — and contentious, most likely — as the global population climbs from 7.2 billion to a projected 9.6 billion by 2050. Global hunger,...
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Damming the Amazon: new hydropower projects put river dolphins at risk
15 / 12 / 2015, Mongabaycom News[caption id="attachment_169127" align="alignleft" width="768"] The rare sight of an Amazon River Dolphin leaping out of the water. The dolphins are playful and curious, and threatened by...
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Wild birds in Brazilian state of Amazonas being illegally traded for food and pet trade, study finds
14 / 12 / 2015, Mongabaycom NewsWild birds in the state of Amazonas in Brazil are being trafficked for food and pet trade, according to a new study published today in Mongabay’s open-access journal, Tropical Conservation Science...
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