A good news story for World Ocean Day: The Ross Sea region MPA
The Southern Ocean south of the Antarctic Polar Front is managed by an international agreement analogous to the Antarctic Treaty, the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). This area accounts for 10% of the world’s oceans and includes some of the most pristine marine habitats on Earth. CCAMLR allows fishing but aims to balance conservation with rational...
Vote for Bringing Back the Birds in Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve
Click here to visit eocaconservation.org and vote for Bringing Back the Birds
Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve, an important bird area, sits on the Nigerian/Cameroon border among the rolling hills and grassland of the Mambilla Plateau.
It is one of only a few remaining stands of montane forest, and harbours rich and unique biodiversity including species new to science and endangered...
A celebration of spiders
Happy Arachtober, the month of spiders! Dr Fiona Cross, or "Doctor Spider", introduces us to some cute jumping spiders commonly found in New Zealand.
CAREX: a collaborative approach to waterway rehabilitation
Currently,
there is considerable interest around the impacts that agriculture is having on
water quality. Nationwide the focus has been on highlighting the issues but
little attention has been paid to what the solutions might be.
The Canterbury Waterway Rehabilitation Experiment (CAREX)* is a stream restoration project that has focused on finding solutions. CAREX has been running since 2013, designing and trialling...
