So, I dusted off my Wikipedia profile and added the good news: Megachile cypricola is not extinct 🥳 #ConservationOptimism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megachile_cypricola

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

https://www.topkino.at/

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 #Animals #Antelopes #Africa

#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."

#Hawaii #ConservationOptimism #Extinction #Animals

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"

#ConservationOptimism #Extinction #Animals #Birds

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."