Category Archives: Ecology (political)
ALTERNATIVES TO ELEPHANT CULLING
March 2007 How can local human populations best deal with elephants? This magazine article from Science looks at the alternatives (subscription needed).
Filed under Conservation, Ecology (political), Mammals
YOU ALL HATE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY BUT – 1
March 2007 It can be used in tracking ivory, to reveal patterns of poaching and illegal trade.
Filed under Conservation, Ecology (political), Genetics, Mammals
FIERCE FOOD
January 2007 Excellent solution to the locust problem. 7 pictures from the BBC.
Filed under Ecology (political), Insects
TRAWLING IS BAD FOR FISH
November 2006 A Zoological Society of London report describes the devastating effect of deep-sea trawling. ZSL summary of the report here; BBC report on the report here.
Filed under Ecology (political), Fish
CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS MOBILE SPECIES
November 2006 Future changes in the global climate could have a catastrophic effect on highly mobile or migratory species, warns a UN report here.
Filed under Climate change, Ecology (political), Extinction
TOO MANY GOATS IN SNOWDONIA?
November 2006 An article from The Guardian about plans to cull wild goats – which have been there for 10,000 years – to save woodland. And to make way for sheep…
Filed under Ecology (political), Ecology (scientific), Mammals
WE NEED ANOTHER PLANET
October 2006 2006 figures from the WWF about how we are using up the world’s resources can be found here.
Filed under Ecology (political)
