The Fresno Bee reports The project underway could send thousands of Yosemite trees to sawmills. Yosemite National Park has a large logging project underway that a California conservation group is asking a federal judge to stop. The project summary states that trees up to 20 inches in diameter could be cut down in Yosemite across approximately […]
Yosemite sued for logging — Natural History Wanderings
Brazil’s Amazon Suffered Record Rate of Deforestation in April MAY 10, 2022 In Brazil, deforestation in the Amazon rainforest surged to a new record high for the month of April. Last month’s forest loss nearly doubled the amount reported last April which itself set a record. Deforestation has surged under the right-wing presidency of Jair […]
As World Warms, Brazil Destroys Record Rate its Amazon Forrests — Eslkevin’s Blog
The Bird Museum’s April Conservation Seminar Series by The Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology The Emilie Snethlage Expedition: women studying birds in the Amazon Forest! Date and time Fri, April 29, 2022 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PDT The online talk will cover the adventures of eight women, bird specialists, in one of the remotest areas of the […]
Women studying birds in the Amazon Forest 4/29/22 — Natural History Wanderings
Chake Conservancy Rangers with wire snares that they find on patrol. Chake Community Conservancy image and copyright. Equatorial Africa! Do any other two words convey such promise of romantic adventure? Maasai Mara, perhaps. Most people know that Kenya’s Maasai Mara is one of the great wonders of the Natural World, but did you know that […]
Chake Community Conservancy Launches Awareness Tours For Reforestation — Wild Open Eye – Natural Vision, News from Wild Open Eye
Each year people from around the world come together to watch, learn about, count, and celebrate birds. Join us in February! Learn how to participate at Great Backyard Bird Count – Join us February 12-15, 2021. When the world comes together for the love of birds
Great Backyard Bird Count – February 12-15, 2021. — Natural History Wanderings
Save the Redwoods League has purchased the 3,181-acre Lost Coast Redwoods property including five miles of coastline in Mendocino County, thanks to a generous outpouring of support from the public, as well as loans and financing. Read more at Save the Redwoods League | Donate today to protect the Lost Coast Redwoods
Save the Redwoods League Purchases 3,181 acre Lost Coast Redwoods Property — Natural History Wanderings
John R. Platt (Scientific American) writes that “Dozens of frogs, fish, orchids and other species—many unseen for decades—may no longer exist because of humanity’s destructive effects on the planet.” His article lists the many species lost in 2020, including 32 orchid species in Bangladesh, the Smooth handfish from Tasmania, 65 North American plants, 22 frog […]
What We’ve Lost: The Species Declared Extinct in 2020 — Repeating Islands
Wild over the planet is vanishing for an enormous scope, as per another examination that discovered human exercises had changed over a region the size of Mexico from basically unblemished characteristic scenes to intensely adjusted ones in only 13 years. The loss of 1.9m square kilometers (735,000 sq miles) of flawless biological systems would have […]
Wilderness the size of Mexico lost worldwide — KRISHNA KUMAR SINGH
The BBC reports A third of all the lemur species on Earth are “one step from extinction”. This is according to the latest update of the Red List, the comprehensive, continually updated report on the status of species. Human activities, particularly deforestation and hunting, drive the declines in these unique primates. Read more at Extinction: One third […]
One third of all Lemurs on the Brink of Extinction — Natural History Wanderings
Fires in Brazil’s Amazon Surge to Highest Rate in 13 Years JUL 02, 2020 In Brazil, new government data show fires in the Amazon region jumped by 20% in June to a 13-year high for the month. Campaigners say most of the fires were deliberately set by illegal miners and cattle ranchers, with the encouragement […]
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