After selective logging rainforest retains 76% carbon, >85% biodiversity

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

That is inferior to true conservation, but preferable over all other ‘forest options’.

Publication in new journal Nature Conservation – ‘Genealogy of nature conservation: a political perspective’

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Science News Releases

EU’s Natura 2000 nearing completion – world’s largest network of protected areas

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Science News Releases

Distribution of Natura 2000 sites across the 27 EU member states. The world's largest network of protected areas is nearing completion.

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In marine reserves reef sharks do well

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

After some good news about blue whales perhaps now there is also something hopeful to say about sharks. That however would still depend on whether we will be able to create and maintain protected areas in tropical reef systems along … Continue reading →

Mediterranean biodiversity versus a globalising planet: from Suez Canal to your tuna pizza

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

“In reserves off Spain and Italy, we found the largest fish biomass in the Mediterranean. Unfortunately, around Turkey and Greece, the waters were bare” – Enric Sala, National Geographic Society.

Photo of the day: Jaguar with cubs, Christmas card from Bolivia

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Amphibians in more trouble than previously thought

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Jorn van Dooren

Climate change, land-use change and the fungal disease chytridiomycosis. Those are the main causes why more than 30 per cent of all amphibian species have appeared on the Red List of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). … Continue reading →

Quick recovery of coral reefs possible

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Jorn van Dooren

Good news for coral reefs around the world. New research on the state of Hawaiian coral reefs and their relation to human activity over a 700 year time span shows that even strongly degraded reefs can recover, with the right … Continue reading →

Nagoya results: nature gets 17 percent

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

After two weeks of negotiations, yesterday, on the final day of the big UN biodiversity conference in Nagoya, Japan, countries agreed on a new treaty for the protection of species and ecosystems. The percentage of Earth’s land surface under official … Continue reading →

Conservation efforts are effective but lacking

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Jorn van Dooren

It paints a sad picture, the latest assessment of the world’s vertebrates by the IUCN. Of the almost 26,000 vertebrates on the IUCN Red List as much as a fifth face a serious risk of extinction. With an average of … Continue reading →

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