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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Habitat loss, pigs, disease: U.S. salamanders face a ‘tough situation’
03 / 01 / 2019, Mongabaycom NewsNorth America is the world’s hotspot of salamander diversity. The continent is home to all salamander families but one (Hynobiidae, found only in Asia) and nearly half of all salamander species....
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Deadly tsunami leaves Javan rhinos untouched, but peril persists
28 / 12 / 2018, Mongabaycom NewsJAKARTA — A devastating tsunami that killed more than 400 people in Indonesia has left the last surviving population of Javan rhinos unscathed — but has highlighted once again the dire threats...
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With no oil cleanup in sight, Amazon tribes harvest rain for clean water
27 / 12 / 2018, Mongabaycom NewsLAGO AGRIO, Ecuador — Nemonte Nenquimo covers her face and squeezes her eyes shut as a pungent whiff of petroleum hits. She’s digging with a pole into an unmarked lagoon of sticky crude in the...
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Copper mine destroying forests in Panama’s Mesoamerican Biological Corridor
24 / 12 / 2018, Mongabaycom NewsFrom the air one can observe the destruction wrought by an open-pit mining project in Cerro Petaquilla and on the ground people talk about its environmental consequences. A security checkpoint and...
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Investigation reveals illegal cattle ranching in Paraguay’s vanishing Chaco
22 / 12 / 2018, Mongabaycom NewsSouth America’s Gran Chaco is a hot, semi-arid biome that stretches from eastern Bolivia down through western Paraguay into Argentina, barely touching Brazil on its way. It’s characterized by...
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Social media, e-commerce sites facilitate illegal orchid trade
21 / 12 / 2018, Mongabaycom NewsReports of illegal trafficking in elephant ivory or rhino horn abound, but plants are actually more frequent victims of the illicit trade than wildlife. In fact, roughly 30,000 of the 35,000...
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DNA test helps officials spot dodgy shark shipments
21 / 12 / 2018, Mongabaycom NewsA multi-national research team has developed a rapid DNA identification method to help customs inspectors detect illegally traded wildlife products, beginning with sharks. The DNA testing protocol...
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The female park rangers protecting turtles from traffickers in Nicaragua
21 / 12 / 2018, Mongabaycom NewsThe lights draw uncertain lines under the blanket of stars that joins the sea to the sky at El Ostional Beach in southern Nicaragua, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the border with Costa Rica. The...
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Scarlet macaws stalked by wildlife traffickers in Guatemala
20 / 12 / 2018, Mongabaycom NewsTravel the pathways of what was once the Mayan world, and you’ll see images of the scarlet macaw, appearing at bus stations and on advertisements for hundreds of tour operators. But for this...
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The true story of how 96 endangered sea turtle hatchlings survived a New York City beach
19 / 12 / 2018, Mongabaycom NewsJuly 12 saw highs in the mid-80s in New York City this year — a typically hot, muggy NYC summer day. Perfect beach weather, in other words. It was a Thursday, so there probably wouldn’t have been...