Number of tigers in India plummets from 5,000 to 1,300 in seven years

 Independent.ie
Tigers driven to edge of extinction by poachers and loss of habitat
The disastrous impact of poaching and the destruction of the natural habitat of one of the planet’s most threatened animals will be made clear tomorrow when the Indian government is told that its remaining tiger population could be as low as 1,300.
The Prime Minister, [...]

The importance of mangrove conservation in tsunami prone regions

Environment News Network  
Agricultural expansion rather than shrimp farming is the major factor responsible for the destruction of tropical mangrove forests in the tsunami-impacted regions of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka, according to a new study published in the Journal of Biogeography.
Giri and other researchers used more than 750 Landsat satellite [...]

Native species extinction more likely than tsunamis: scientists

 Austrlian Broadcasting Corporation – Jane Cowan
Scientists gathering in Melbourne to discuss the risk of extreme natural events have found that tsunamis are far more likely to affect neighbouring countries than Australia.
On the downside though, scientists warn that climate change is threatening the extinction of Australian plants and animals.
The Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 brought havoc [...]

Malaria moves in behind the loggers

Guardian – Andrés Schipani in Mazán and John Vidal
Tuesday October 30, 2007
Deforestation and climate change are returning the mosquito-borne disease to parts of Peru after 40 years
Map: Where malaria occurs in South America (pdf)
The afternoon is hot and sticky on the banks of the Napo river, an arm of the Amazon, but Claudio, a logger, [...]

 Mother Jones – Julia Whitty
So what happens to species already on the brink when fires, fueled by our changing climate, visit like never before? Nature reports that the San Diego Zoo suffered damage to one of its California condor breeding facilities—though the birds, thankfully, were safely evacuated ahead of the flames. The zoo also lost [...]

Pair of endangered wolves to be removed from wild

Associated Press.
SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) – Two endangered Mexican gray wolves are targeted for removal from the Gila National Forest in southwestern New Mexico.
The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service authorized the trapping of the wolves because the Aspen pack has killed a horse and five cows since January.
Officials are hoping that by removing the [...]

Mobile phones and vanishing bees

 ISIS
The recent boom in third generation mobile phones may be the main culprit for colony collapse disorder in honeybees. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho
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Environmentalists urge protection of rainforests

Taipei Times
Indonesian environmental groups yesterday performed a skit depicting disappearing rainforests and Sumatran tigers, and urged Taiwanese to do their bit to protect the rainforests and help save endangered species from extinction.
Sumatra environmental activist Bhiksu Nyanaprathama told a press conference at the Tien Cultural Foundation in Taipei that, “rainforests host the world’s most extensive planetary [...]

Terrapins Threatened With Extinction

Bernama.com – Noor Shamsiah Mohamed

SETIU, Oct 26 (Bernama) — Terrapins are listed as among the world’s 25 species being threatened by extinction, yet there are those who could not be bothered by this frightening fact.
Similar to what is happening to its cousin, the turtle, the river terrapin is not safe from man-made dangers like the [...]

Environmental failures ‘put humanity at risk’

Guardian – Martin Hodgson
The future of humanity has been put at risk by a failure to address environmental problems including climate change, species extinction and a growing human population, according to a new UN report.
In a sweeping audit of the world’s environmental wellbeing, the study by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warns that governments are [...]