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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Japan's landing and sale of sei whale meat violates international law
02 / 10 / 2018, Panda.org02 October 2018, Rosa Khutor, Russian Federation: Parties to the Standing Committee to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered...
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Disappointing start to CITES Standing Committee as countries complicit in illegal ivory trade exit the monitoring mechanism
01 / 10 / 2018, Panda.orgToday's decision allowing countries complicit in the illegal ivory trade to withdraw from the National Ivory Action Plans (NIAPs) process deals a severe blow to international elephant...
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World's largest wildlife conservation agreement - CITES - discusses priority wildlife trade issues
01 / 10 / 2018, Panda.orgGovernments, International Organisations and Civil Society meet in Russia to make key decisions on wildlife trade01 October 2018, Rosa Khutor, Russian Federation...
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Scientists urge world leaders to scale up ambitions to protect global biodiversity
28 / 09 / 2018, Mongabaycom NewsResearch has shown that a sixth mass extinction event is underway and largely driven by human activities. With the global population set to balloon to 10 billion people by 2050, which will more...
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Paleontologists discovered the world’s largest ancient bird, so they named it ‘big bird’
27 / 09 / 2018, Yahoo ScienceThere are only a handful of very large bird species around today, but as intimidating as an ostrich might be when it's staring down at you from eight feet high it's nothing compared to the massive...
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Policy-makers cannot afford to ignore soil sustainability
26 / 09 / 2018, Eureka AlertSoils play a key role in climate regulation, nutritious diets, agricultural livelihoods, and biodiversity. But soils have dropped down the EU policy agenda, despite their importance for society...
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New plants on the block: Taller species are taking over in a warming Arctic
26 / 09 / 2018, Eureka AlertThe Arctic tundra has long been the domain of grasses and dwarf shrubs that grow only a few centimetres high. But taller plant species have been taking over this chilly neighbourhood, report an...
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Dress like a polar bear: learning to love muskoxen at 15 below zero
25 / 09 / 2018, Mongabaycom NewsBiologist Joel Berger gives his polar bear head a toss, a technique practiced when he gets too close to a muskoxen herd in his bear disguise, and an adult male lowers horns and charges. The...
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U.S. judge orders federal protection restored to Yellowstone grizzlies
25 / 09 / 2018, Reuters EnvironmentA federal judge on Monday ordered Endangered Species Act protections restored to grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park, halting plans for the first licensed trophy hunts of the...
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China’s primates could disappear by end of this century, study warns
25 / 09 / 2018, Mongabaycom NewsMost primates in China could be wiped out by the end of this century, a new study warns. China is the second-most primate-rich country in Asia, with 25 known species of non-human primates,...