wildlife conservation

Can nature parks save biodiversity?
08/20/2012 - 09:41

The 14 years of wildlife studies in and around Madagascar’s Ranomafana National Park by Sarah Karpanty, associate professor of wildlife conservation at Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment, and her students are summarily part of a paper on biodiversity published July 25 by Nature’s Advanced Online Publication and coming out soon in print.

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Conservation Scientists ‘Unanimous’ in Expectations of Serious Loss of Biological Diversity, Study Shows
11/13/2011 - 07:44

The number of species being recognised as endangered is ever increasing and a new study, published in Conservation Biology, reveals the unanimity among conservation scientists of expectations of a major loss of biological diversity. The survey also shows a growing acceptance of controversial strategies such as triage, a decision to prioritise resources and not to intervene to save some highly threatened species.

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Forest Elephants Are Running Out of Space
08/17/2011 - 16:49

The survival of the forest elephants of Central Africa depends on limiting access to rain forests via roads, settlements, and other entry points to otherwise inaccessible habitat, according to a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society and other partners
 

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