Conservationists are hailing the breeding success of hen harriers on Orkney as the population has reached a 20-year high of 100 breeding females producing over 100 chicks – a remarkable recovery for the species which is facing tough challenges in other parts of the UK. The resurgence of the hen harrier on Orkney, a red […]
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New Conservation Area in Peru Protects Rare Cat, Birds, and Disappearing Cloud Forests
A new conservation area established in central Peru will help protect the area’s shrinking cloud forest, as well as a rich biodiversity of wildlife that includes numerous endemic bird species and the endangered Andean cat. The new, 1,977-acre Monte Potrero Municipal Conservation Area is located in the department of Huánuco, in the municipality of Umari […]
Advisers warned government on badger cull
UK badger culling plans could kill tens of thousands of the animals, worsen the cattle tuberculosis problem, and put the country in breach of a European wildlife treaty, advisers have warned. The government is to allow culling in England to curb cattle TB, with a similar move possible in Wales. Read full article, which was […]
Critical New Protected Area Established in Colombia for Endangered Species
American Bird Conservancy (ABC), World Land Trust (WLT), and their Colombian partner Fundación ProAves, have inaugurated a new reserve to protect one of the last strongholds for the endangered Gold-ringed Tanager. Worldwide, the bird is known to inhabit only five locations, all along 150 miles of ridge top on the Pacific slope of the western […]
Return of the Waldrapp Part 1
The Northern Bald Ibis, or Waldrapp, is one of the most endangered birds in the world. Once common in Central Europe, it became extinct here by the end of the 16th Century Revered by the Ancient Egyptians, today there are very few wild birds left in North Africa and the Middle East. In 1997 a […]
New BLM Logging Plan Not What’s Needed for Owl and Murrelet Recovery
A new plan announced by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) threatens to enshrine forest management policies favoring logging, including mature forests needed by the threatened Northern Spotted Owl and Marbled Murrelet – species dependent on an old-growth forest ecosystem that also provides clean air, clean water, and viable fish and wildlife populations. “The Northwest […]
Northern bald ibis return to nest in Syria
The three known adult Northern bald ibis in the Middle East have returned to their nesting site in Syria. The three birds, known as Odeinat, Salama and Zenobia, are safely back from their migration across Saudi Arabia to Ethiopia. This is particularly pleasing since Salama had not transmitted since late last year, but this now […]
New Government Initiative Will Benefit Ten-State Effort to Save Declining Songbird
The new “Working Lands For Wildlife” (WLW) project announced yesterday by the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture will provide substantial benefits to birds and other wildlife, but will be especially beneficial to the imperiled Golden-winged Warbler. The WLW project will provide a huge boost for a Golden-winged Warbler conservation effort in the eastern U.S. […]