In a controversial plan, Norway is set to cull more than two-thirds of its remaining wolves due to apparent harm inflicted on sheep flocks by the predators. The wolf population in Norway is estimated to be around 68 individuals. Plans approved … Continue reading
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The Blob: Chaos In The Pacific
What happens when a warm waters invade the Pacific? Chaos. An expanse of unusually warm water in the northern Pacific Ocean had a profound effect upon marine animals from Mexico to Alaska. Nicknamed ‘the blob’ by Nicholas Bond, a University … Continue reading
Science and Music -Ludovico Einaudi – “Elegy for the Arctic”
Ludovico Einaudi performed a breathtakingly haunting piece, ‘Elegy for the Arctic’ to highlight the destruction of ice on the pole due to climate change. With a grand piano on a floating platform in front of a glacier, Einaudi played an original … Continue reading
New World Heritage Sites Declared
The World Heritage Committee yesterday added, after great deliberation, nine new World Heritage sites to the list of some 1,000 places of “outstanding universal value to humanity.” The new additions include landscapes such as Khangchendzonga National Park in India, a cultural … Continue reading
Land Sharing Or Land Sparing? Reconciling Agriculture and Biodiversity
Agriculture and biodiversity are becoming increasingly hard to reconcile with the growing world population. It has been estimated that food production may need to double by 2050 to feed the global population. A concept that first appeared in 2005 attempts to … Continue reading
World Earth Day
Today we celebrate 46 years of World Earth Day. Today, right now, we celebrate our Earth. As Carl Sagan once said ‘our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark’. This day is to remind us ‘to preserve and … Continue reading
Women in conservation
Today is International Women’s Day and a perfect time to highlight just a few women who have contributed to conservation including, Dian Fossey, Jane Goodall, Wangari Maathai and Rachel Carson. These women have contributed so much to the world of conservation, … Continue reading
The Link Between the Zika Virus and Environmental Destruction
Zika virus is receiving a huge amount of attention currently as it reaches pandemic levels. Zika virus was detected in 1947 in Zika Forest in Uganda. It was subsequently identified in humans in 1952 in Uganda and the United Republic of … Continue reading
The Lost Lions – Lions in Ethopia and Sudan
In 50 years, the Lion population in Africa has rapidly declined from over 200,000 individuals in the 1960’s to fewer than 25,000 today. The rate of decline is further accelerating as the human population of Africa grows and lion habitat … Continue reading
Photo Competition
Thank you to everyone who has voted! I am so grateful for your votes. If you can take a second and vote for my picture – https://opwall.com/contestants/penny-banham/ This summer I went on an expedition with Operation Wallacea to Welgevonden Game … Continue reading
