News tagged with forest reserve

Spain wilts in driest winter for 70 years

February is barely past but already Spanish farmers are on drought alert as reservoirs shrink, crops wilt and brush fires crackle after the country's driest winter in 70 years.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 107

No place for crocodiles in Philippines: official

Efforts to save the Philippine crocodile, a "critically endangered" reptile, could go in vain as bureaucrats oppose their release into the wild, a top Philippine environment official said Wednesday.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First footage of clouded leopard captured in Borneo

The Sundaland clouded leopard, a newly identified and little understood species of big cat in Borneo, has been filmed for the first time.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Malaysian officials save endangered Malayan tiger

Malaysian wildlife authorities rescued a five-year old Malayan tiger, badly injured in a snare set up by poachers near the country's jungle border with Thailand, officials said Monday.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Reserves found to be 'effective tool' for reducing fires in Brazilian rainforests

Rainforest reserves - even those disturbed by roads - provide an important buffer against fires that are devastating parts of the Brazilian Amazon, according to a new study by a trio of researchers at Duke University published ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0