Canada, free entry to all its national parks for the whole of 2017
Per festeggiare il 150esimo anniversario del Paese il ministro dell’Ambiente ha annunciato che i 47 parchi del Canada saranno gratuiti per tutto l’anno.
Paradise lost, how we’ve destroyed 7% of the Earth’s pristine forests since 2000
Secondo un nuovo studio pubblicato su Science Advances i paesaggi forestali intatti stanno scomparendo ad un ritmo insostenibile.
Sea Shepherd catches Japanese fleet killing whale in sanctuary in Australia
L’organizzazione conservazionista ha intercettato la flotta baleniera giapponese nel santuario delle balene nell’Oceano Antartico, area in cui è vietata la caccia ai cetacei.
Asiatic cheetahs are desperately racing toward extinction
In Iran sopravvivono appena cento esemplari di ghepardo asiatico, specie minacciata dalla perdita di habitat, dalla riduzione delle prede e dal conflitto con i pastori.
California, the famous giant sequoia Pioneer Cabin Tree has collapsed
It was the icon of the Calaveras Big Trees State Park: the drive-through ancient sequoia, with a tunnel running through it, was felled by the bad weather that hit the region recently.
Barack Obama designates two new protected areas in Utah and Nevada
Il presidente uscente degli Stati Uniti ha annunciato la creazione di due nuove riserve naturali, per proteggere aree considerate sacre dai nativi americani.
China bans its ivory trade
Entro la fine del 2017 in Cina sarà vietata la vendita e la trasformazione di avorio per contrastare il bracconaggio di elefanti.
Ranger dies at 26 to protect gorillas at Virunga National Park
Yet another ranger, Patrick Muhayirwa, 26, has been killed in an ambush of Mai-Mai militia. According to the park’s authorities, the ranger was patrolling the Virunga National Park with the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A second ranger, Jean Claude Muhindo Mastaki, was seriously injured in the attack. He received medical attention and
The best nature photos of 2016 according to National Geographic
Ecco quali sono i migliori scatti naturalistici dell’anno, divisi in quattro categorie, secondo il National Geographic.
Giraffes are facing extinction, latest data show
Bad news comes from the 13rd meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity held in Cancun, Mexico. The Red List of threatened Species, compiled by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), includes 85,604 species, 24,307 of which risk extinction. And giraffes are now among them. “Many species are