The great koala - glider national park - logging an environmentally significant area

"The Minns Labor government promised to create a koala national park before the state election more than two years ago, but has not taken a decision on the boundaries and has allowed logging to continue. Between April and July 2024, the surveys detected greater gliders at 82 sites. The government’s analysis estimated the planned park has between 29,693 and 44,211 gliders, with a mean estimate of 36,483."

“...Logging should cease in all state forest areas identified as containing greater gliders.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/17/endangered-greater-gliders-recorded-in-proposed-great-koala-national-park-in-nsw-as-logging-continues
#BiodiversityCrisis #conservation #harm #destruction #NativeForests #koalas #gliders #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #BellingenLogging #NSWLogging #LoggingImpacts #FCNSW #ExtinctionCrisis #governance

New episode!

What happens when five #conservators visit five local little #museums? An adorable #travel episode, of course!

Phedra goes to the Museum of Greek Refugees
Solange visits Derwent Pencil Museum
Liz visits the Our Lord in the Attic Museum
Kloe goes to Shibden Hall
Jenny visits the Dylan Thomas Boathouse

What's your favourite little museum? Have you been to any of the above?

Listen here: https://thecword.show/2025/04/16/s16e03-local-little-museums/

"SkyTruth has revealed spills in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean and helped expose pollution from shadowy Russian ships." www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/... #ocean #science #maritime #conservation tool

From oil spills to new species...

The coast of Demak district, the site of the first Islamic sultanate on the island of Java, has been inundated by the sea over decades owing to groundwater extraction and development.

The erosion of human settlements is likely introducing new risks for women: “Our conclusion is that women and children, as well as poor families, including the elderly and disabled, are the most vulnerable,” a local legal aid nonprofit told Mongabay.

By Irfan Maulana
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/in-an-ancient-javanese-sultanate-coastal-women-battle-climate-fallout/

15-Apr-2025
How proactive #salmon #conservation in the #NorthPacific can deliver global benefits
A new study examines the “stronghold strategy”—an ambitious plan to protect food security, #biodiversity, and #climateResilience through salmon rivers

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1080474 #science #ecology #ClimateCatastrophe

Mark your calendar #science #NSF #NIH #NOAA #NASA #CDC #EPA #FDA #USDA #ocean #air #water #farm #ag #health #biodiversity #earth #habitat #wildlife #conservation

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mpoxsaax7r5rs2tgeh56nqhn/post/3lmwkebxnps23

16-Apr-2025
For a while, #crocodile
The ancestors of today’s #crocodylians survived two #massExtinction events. A new study uncovered a secret to their longevity, which could help conservationists better protect our planet’s most vulnerable species

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1080222 #science #ecology #evolution #conservation

ICYMI: Instead of another dystopian future, this TED-Ed #animation shows an optimistic vision of 2125. It imagines cities where public transit and urban farms replace highways, mangroves protect restored coastlines, and mushrooms clean polluted soil.

Based on the "solarpunk" movement, it demonstrates how existing technologies in #LosAngeles, #Lagos, and #SãoPaulo could create sustainable urban environments where #nature, #technology, and humans thrive together.

Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/earth-2125-what-if-the-future-was-awesome

There once was a country named Romania,
Where brown bears caused quite a dilemma,
With their population on the rise,
New laws they devise,
To manage the bears with a dilemma.

#GuardianLimerick #Romania #Wildlife #Animals #Environment #Slovakia #Europe #Mammals #Conservation

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/16/romania-promises-laws-to-deal-with-brown-bears-as-population-estimate-doubles

#Naturebook challenge. A book per day, in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best nature, environment and conservation books. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #conservation #Permaculture #Organicgardening #naturebookchallenge #bookMastodon

Adventurous or aggressive? Fairy-wren song reveals bird's personality
By Peter de Kruijff

The complex songs of the tiny social bird could advertise whether it's a risk-taking explorer or a stay-at-home defender, and influence how it chooses a mate.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-04-16/superb-fairy-wren-song-personality-bird-behaviour-complexity/105175252

Instead of another dystopian future, this TED-Ed #animation shows an optimistic vision of 2125. It imagines cities where public transit and urban farms replace highways, mangroves protect restored coastlines, and mushrooms clean polluted soil.

Based on the "solarpunk" movement, it demonstrates how existing technologies in #LosAngeles, #Lagos, and #SãoPaulo could create sustainable urban environments where #nature, #technology, and humans thrive together.

Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/earth-2125-what-if-the-future-was-awesome

Nigerian authorities seize nearly 4 tons of pangolin scales, arrest five suspects

https://slrpnk.net/post/20863772

"The report comes at an important time for Africa’s vultures; six of the 11 species found on the continent are listed as endangered or critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which says vultures are highly threatened in many parts of the world. In Africa, some species have declined by nearly 90%, Matsvimbo said."

#Science #Africa #Species #Birds #Environment #Conservation #Ecology

https://apnews.com/article/vulture-conservation-environment-wildlife-africa-d4d01206834873a198c6883bc92936f4

The Asian elephant population in Cambodia is more robust than previously thought, a study finds

#Animal #Science #Conservation #Asia
#Biology
https://apnews.com/article/cambodia-asian-elephant-study-endangered-genetics-dna-6f9064c8e5945f3e7a4b57c016034ddf

A new conservation plan aims to halt the decline of langur monkeys in Southeast Asia, where habitat loss and poaching have severely reduced their numbers.

The 10-year Asian Langurs Conservation Action Plan focuses on the six countries in the Sundaland biodiversity hotspot, a region known for its astonishing range of habitats and species.

By Carolyn Cowan
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/action-plan-aims-to-save-asias-leaf-eating-monkeys-amid-alarming-declines/

Four judges and two lawyers in Indonesia have been charged with transacting bribes to issue a favorable ruling for palm oil giants Permata Hijau, Wilmar and Musim Mas in a high-profile corruption case.

Prosecutors allege that the companies funneled up to 60 billion rupiah ($3.57 million) to the judges through intermediaries, avoiding potential fines totaling more than $1 billion.

By Hans Nicholas Jong
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/judges-charged-in-indonesian-bribery-scandal-after-clearing-palm-oil-giants-of-corruption/

#Naturebook challenge. A book per day, in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best nature, environment and conservation books. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #conservation #Permaculture #Organicgardening #naturebookchallenge #bookMastodon