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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These are the animals that went extinct in 2018
28 / 12 / 2018, Yahoo ScienceWith the end of 2018 comes the near-certain reality that some critters, after millions of years of existence on Earth, are gone for good. There's little question that humanity's continued...
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Six men arrested in Vietnam for killing, eating endangered monkey
28 / 12 / 2018, Channel News AsiaHANOI: Six men were arrested in central Vietnam for killing and eating an endangered monkey while livestreaming it on a social media site, police said on Friday (Dec 28).
The trafficking...
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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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Tech firm Sigfox develops tiny tracker to help fight rhino poaching
27 / 12 / 2018, Reuters EnvironmentFrench tech company Sigfox has developed a bite-size tracker that can be inserted into the horns of rhinos to help conservationists monitor and protect the endangered species.
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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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More talk than action on increasing caribou protection: federal report
22 / 12 / 2018, CBC TechnologyAn Environment Canada report says that despite much talk on preserving caribou habitat, little progress has been made to close gaps in the protection of the threatened species.
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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...