Gabon takes grassroots approach in anti-poaching drive
A whistle blows. The car stops, and the driver is politely asked to turn off the engine and get out.
Ecology
May 30, 2022
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News tagged with national forest
Park rangers use butterflies to take planet's pulse in a biodiversity hotspot
In 2017, a group of scientists raised alarm bells by showing that flying insects had declined in Germany by more than 70% in the three preceding decades. Studies before and since then have shown similar patterns in insects ...
Plants & Animals
May 2, 2022
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Protected tropical forest sees major bird declines over 40 years
Deep in a Panamanian rain forest, bird populations have been quietly declining for 44 years. A new University of Illinois-led study shows a whopping 70% of understory bird species declined in the forest between 1977 and 2020. ...
Ecology
Apr 4, 2022
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Biodiversity conservation requires large and strictly protected areas
Size matters when it comes to preserving biodiversity in natural areas. Larger and strictly protected areas are clearly more effective, according to biologists from Utrecht University and international colleagues. Examining ...
Ecology
Mar 24, 2022
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Forest fire rages across Kenya national park
Forest rangers and volunteers battled flames and strong winds on Sunday to stop a fierce fire raging across Kenya's Aberdare national park for nearly 24 hours.
Environment
Feb 7, 2022
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Wildfires torched up to a fifth of all giant sequoia trees
Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, leading to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth's largest trees, officials said Friday.
Environment
Nov 19, 2021
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Brazil's Amazon records least September fires in 20 years
The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon during September dropped to the lowest for the month in two decades, according to data from the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research.
Environment
Oct 2, 2021
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US firefighters optimistic over world's biggest tree
Firefighters battling to protect the world's biggest tree from wildfires ravaging the parched United States said Friday they are optimistic it can be saved.
Ecology
Sep 18, 2021
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California wildfires burn into groves of giant sequoia trees
California wildfires have burned into at least four groves of gigantic ancient sequoias in national parks and forests, though cooler weather on Friday helped crews trying to keep the flames away from a famous cluster containing ...
Environment
Sep 18, 2021
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Sequoia National Park's giant trees at risk as fires grow
More firefighting resources were being brought in Thursday to battle two forest fires that have shut down California's Sequoia National Park and threaten its ancient trees.
Environment
Sep 16, 2021
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