So, I dusted off my Wikipedia profile and added the good news: Megachile cypricola is not extinct 🥳 #ConservationOptimism
So, I dusted off my Wikipedia profile and added the good news: Megachile cypricola is not extinct 🥳 #ConservationOptimism
Great evening at the Top Cinema #Vienna watching #JaneGoodall's "Reasons for Hope"
Thank you #BritishEmbassy and #UNVienna for organising
#Biodiversity #ClimateChange #Inspiration #Conservation #ConservationOptimism
Comeback on the cards for Asian #antelope declared extinct in Bangladesh https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/comeback-on-the-cards-for-asian-antelope-declared-extinct-in-bangladesh/
"#Nilgais, the largest antelope species in Asia, are reappearing in northwestern #Bangladesh, a country that was part of their historical range but where they were declared locally extinct in the 1930s due to habitat loss and hunting."
#Conservation #ConservationOptimism #Animals #Extinction #Antelopes
Branch’s Rain #Frog Rediscovered After 15 Years https://www.goodthingsguy.com/environment/branchs-rain-frog-rediscovered-after-15-years/
"The Branch’s #RainFrog has been rediscovered after 15 years; the elusive frog was found alongside another, reigniting hope to #conservationists... This species has only been seen once before – in 2008 – when a single specimen was found north of #PortNolloth in the #NorthernCape."
#ConservationOptimism #Conservation #Frogs #Animals #Amphibians
Helping Bison Find Their Way Home
https://therevelator.org/bison-home/
"#BisonReintroduction programs have gained traction on #TribalLands in the United States and Canada in recent years... In September the U.S. Department of the Interior reaffirmed its commitment to herd #reintroduction, allotting $5 million to the restoration of #bison and #grassland ecosystems in Tribal communities."
#Conservation #ConservationOptimism #Rewilding #Animals #Indigenous #FirstNations #USpol #Biden #Climate
Antelope species no longer extinct in wild after #conservation efforts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/67689675
"#ScimitarHornedOryx which had become #extinct in the wild, has now been downgraded to #Endangered, as a result of a successful breeding programme... The #antelope are now thriving within #Chad's #OuadiRimé, at the #OuadiAchim Faunal Reserve. The programme has seen 510 scimitar-horned #oryx young born in the wild."
#ConservationOptimism: Rare #plant on Santa Cruz Island saved by conservation efforts https://www.kcbx.org/environment-and-energy/2023-11-20/rare-plant-from-santa-cruz-island-saved-by-conservation-efforts
"A rare plant that grows only on #SantaCruzIsland, off the coast of #SantaBarbara, was on the endangered species list – but not any more. #Conservation efforts were a success... #Dudleya nesiotica is restricted only to Santa Cruz Island. That’s the only place on earth it occurs."
Nēnē: The Recovery of the Hawaiian Goose
https://blog.nature.org/2023/12/05/nene-the-recovery-of-the-hawaiian-goose/
"Today, there are some 3,200 #nēnē in the wild. By almost any measure, it’s a stunning #conservation success. The threats of habitat fragmentation and invasive predators are omnipresent, so the birds need constant attention from #conservationists and #wildlife managers. Most of the #birds you will see will be banded."
The road to recovery: #conservation management for the Critically Endangered #BaliMyna shows signs of success https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/road-to-recovery-conservation-management-for-the-critically-endangered-bali-myna-shows-signs-of-success/F804B2368C5BFADFC697D48194001458
"over the past decade, population increases, expansion into new areas of the National Park and beyond, and successful breeding in both artificial and natural nest sites have occurred"
U.S. moves to protect #wolverines as climate change melts their mountain refuges https://www.wglt.org/2023-11-29/u-s-moves-to-protect-wolverines-as-climate-change-melts-their-mountain-refuges
"The North American #wolverine will receive long-delayed threatened species protections under a #Biden administration proposal released Wednesday in response to #scientists warning that #ClimateChange will likely melt away the rare species' snowy mountain refuges and push them toward #extinction."
#Conservation #ConservationOptimism #JoeBiden #Democrats #ClimateCrisis
#ConservationOptimism: Amazon rainforest destruction slows sharply https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2023/11/29/resources/amazon-rainforest-destruction-slows/ @thejapantimes
"Destruction across the #AmazonRainforest so far this year has slowed dramatically, down 55.8% from the same period a year ago in a major turnaround for the region vital to curbing #ClimateChange... The drop coincides with a shift to pro-#conservation governments under #leftist presidents in #Brazil, #Colombia. Analysts credit most of the decline to stronger environmental law enforcement"
#Dominica creates world’s first marine protected area for sperm whales
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/13/caribbean-dominica-whale-reserve
Nearly 300 sq miles of water on west of #Caribbean island to be designated as a reserve for endangered animals.
#Conservation #ConservationOptimism #OceanOptimism #Whales #SpermWhales
#EU 🇪🇺 strikes landmark deal on law to restore and protect nature https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/10/eu-strikes-landmark-deal-nature-restoration-law
"Legislation will set targets to restore 20% of EU land and seas by 2030, and 90% of degraded habitats by 2050."
#NatureRestoration #ConservationOptimism #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #EuropeanUnion
#Oman revives CO2-busting #mangroves as #climate threat lurks https://phys.org/news/2023-10-oman-revives-co2-busting-mangroves-climate.html
"There was not a single tree here two decades ago. Now, it is a forest that stretches more than four kilometers with 88 hectares of #mangrove cover"
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Conservation #ConservationOptimism #NatureRestoration #trees
North Atlantic right #whale population has steadied https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/north-atlantic-right-whale-population-steadies-1.7003594
"The population of critically endangered #NorthAtlanticRightWhales appears to have levelled off after a decade of steep decline... While the results are positive, the #whales are still imperilled by ship strikes and fishing gear entanglement"
#Conservation #ConservationOptimism #OceanOptimism #Extinction #RightWhales
What Does It Take To Photograph A #Bat Cave? https://blog.nature.org/2023/08/27/what-does-it-take-to-photograph-a-bat-cave/ #ConservationOptimism #Conservation #Fungi #Extinction #Caves
"Longtime cave #photographer Stephen Alvarez goes #underground to document an #endangered bat species on the rebound. Over a decade ago the #bats seemed doomed by #WhiteNoseSyndrome. But, when Alvarez heard in 2022 that #scientists expected the next local census to be quite a bit more promising, he knew he had to photograph it."
#OceanOptimism: #Maine's #puffin colonies recovering in the face of #ClimateChange https://phys.org/news/2023-08-maine-puffin-colonies-recovering-climate.html #ClimateCrisis #ConservationOptimism
"#Atlantic #puffins—clownish #seabirds with colorful bills and waddling gaits—had their second consecutive rebound year after suffering a catastrophic 2021... #Warming waters jeopardize the #birds because that reduces the kind of #fish they need. One fish, though—the #SandLance—has remained in abundance this year, allowing puffins to thrive"
#OceanOptimism: Australia's #humpback populations rebound
https://abcnews.go.com/International/marine-scientists-australia-humpback-population-rebounds/story?id=100610377 #Whales #ConservationOptimism #Conservation
"A #CitizenScience census recorded 5,116 #humpbacks, a 57% annual increase. It's an incredible recovery for #Australia's humpbacks, whose populations crashed in 1961... Starting in 1948, the #USSR ignored restrictions implemented by the International #Whaling Commission and conducted a 30-year campaign of illegal whaling in the rich feeding grounds of the #Antarctic."
#Biden Designates Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the #GrandCanyon #NationalMonument https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/biden-designates-baaj-nwaavjo-itah-kukveni-ancestral-footprints-of-the-grand-canyon-national-monument-2023-08-08/ #ConservationOptimism #Conservation
"It harbors sacred sites, like #RedButte, and its diverse ecology includes federally protected species like California #condors and many #plants found nowhere else on Earth."
#ConservationOptimism: Sightings of critically endangered regent #honeyeater in #NSW give #conservationists hope https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-01/conservationists-sight-critically-endangered-regent-honeyeaters/102529996
"One of #Australia's rarest species of #bird, the critically endangered #RegentHoneyeater, has been making an appearance in several locations along the #NewSouthWales east coast. Conservationists say it's heartening news, as last breeding season they were unable to find any regent honeyeater nests."