Logging versus the Wells Gray Provincial Park and its iconic herd of southern mountain caribou in British Columbia, Canada
Wells Gray Provincial Park is located in central-eastern British Columbia and is part of the southern mountain caribou’s habitat…
Caribou, Logging, Wolves and Corporate Donors in British Columbia, Canada
Caribou populations in British Columbia are declining and facing endangerment due to habitat alteration caused by logging operations and other human activities. Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) exist primarily in British Columbia as woodland caribou…
Canada’s Species At Risk Act (SARA) and the woodland caribou
The Species at Risk Act (SARA) is a federal legislation passed in 2002 and was enacted in 2004. Its main objectives are to “prevent endangered or threatened species from becoming extinct…
The situation of the Penan and Kenyah Indigenous Peoples vs the construction of the Murum Dam in Northern Sarawak, Malaysia
The Murum Dam is located in Sarawak, Malaysia. The dam is 141 meters tall and 473 meters long…
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure seed bank built on the Arctic Svalbard Archipelago in Norway, the furthermost north location habitable and reachable by commercial airplanes. It was built in 1984 in a repurposed abandoned coal mine…
Drivers and consequences of industrial-scale sand mining in Dubai
Dubai is known for being one of the fastest growing cities in the world, with a tremendously increasing construction sector. In order to attract tourists, more business and provide more houses on the waterfront…
Don’t forget my name – The Northern White Rhino
The northern white rhino is one of the subspecies to the white rhino. The northern white rhino is currently listed as critically endangered on the IUCN’s (International Union for Conservation of Nature) red list over threatened species
Wildlife crimes in World Heritage sites
Today, there are five distinct species of rhinos whose ranges’ span central and southern Africa and central and southern Asia. All species are, or have been, declared as…
Recovery of bird populations in Great Britain
Over the past centuries, predators have on average declined significantly, and sometimes drastically, with negative effects on the biosphere. However, that isn’t to say that the field of predator conservation lacks success stories.
The story of the recovery of the Arabian oryx
Often called the unicorn of the desert, the majestic Arabian Oryx ranged the interior of the Arabian peninsula for thousands of years before over-hunting in the 20th century lead to its decline and ultimate eradication in the wild by 1972