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Showing posts with label wildlife. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wildlife. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

The Conversation, 14 April 2020 - Nature’s comeback? No, the coronavirus pandemic threatens the world’s wildlife

Title:
Nature’s comeback? No, the coronavirus pandemic threatens the world’s wildlife

Author:
Charlie Gardner

Published:
The Conversation, 14 April 2020

From the article:
"Most of the world’s biodiversity is found in the low-income countries and emerging economies of the Global South, and in such places the economic impacts of the pandemic are likely to be devastating for the natural world."

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"Exploiting natural resources is often the only option for the destitute."

To read this article:
https://theconversation.com/natures-comeback-no-the-coronavirus-pandemic-threatens-the-worlds-wildlife-136209

Thursday, March 12, 2020

University of Pretoria, South Africa - University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science opens wildlife clinic

Title:
University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science opens wildlife clinic

Published:
University of Pretoria News, 6 March 2020

From the article:
"The University of Pretoria's (UP) Faculty of Veterinary Science opened a dedicated wildlife clinic at its Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH) on Friday, 6 March."

To read this article:
https://www.up.ac.za/news/post_2878509-university-of-pretorias-faculty-of-veterinary-science-opens-wildlife-clinic

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

University of Massachusetts Amherst - The do's and don'ts of monitoring many wildlife species at once

Title:
The do's and don'ts of monitoring many wildlife species at once

Author:
Kadambari Devarajan, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Published:
Phys.org, 25 February 2020

From the article:
"A new analysis of 92 studies from 27 countries conducted by ecologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests that many recent multi-species studies of wildlife communities often incorrectly use the analytical tools and methods available."

To read this article:
https://phys.org/news/2020-02-donts-wildlife-species.html