Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• California: Waking Up Is Hard to Do

  

  California remains emblematic of the American dream – and of how that has become a nightmare. Read more. Source: truth-out.org GR: Anyone familiar with natural... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• ID Wildlife Lovers Start New Year With Three-Day Mass Slaughter Of Wolves And...

  

  GarryRogers:Yes, we all have Constitutional rights to slaughter the animals, cut the forest, stamp out the grass, and wash away the soil. But I guess the photo... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Citizen Naturalists Volunteer Opportunity in Ecuador | SE7EN

  

  Citizen Naturalists If you want to make a change, we’ve projects to save the biodiversity of the Ecuador, a small country with one of the highest biodiversity... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Collapse of Avian Biodiversity in the Pacific – MAHB

  

  We arrived off Ducie Island at dawn on October 12. The rough seas and the air above the low atoll in the Pitcairn group of the South Pacific were alive with... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Top Five 2014 Posts by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

  

  Year in Review: Top Five EERE Blog Posts of 2014. Source: energy.gov GR: Yes, we do have a federal government department that promotes alternative energy... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Mountain Biking Inroads into Wilderness Legislation

  

  “The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) brought some early Christmas presents to the mountain biking community at the expense of wilderness. Buried in th... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Climate Change 2014: What Do We Do Now?

  

  We must not just reduce carbon emissions; we must also remove pollution already in the atmosphere. Source: www.truth-out.org GR: The Intergovernmental Panel on... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Free and Open-access Satellite Data Are Key to Biodiversity Conservation

  

  “Free and open-access satellite data are key to biodiversity conservation” http://t.co/psw1hVPwih Source: www.sciencedirect.com GR: This is a well-written... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Popular Pesticides Linked to Drops in Bird Populations

  GarryRogers:Neonicotinoid manufacturers should be too ashamed to continue to support use of these poisons. Originally posted on for Biodiversity's sake! Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Bat-hawk – We Own the Night

  

  “Whether you view wildlife as a resource or an elemental responsibility of our very humanity, it is under threat. And nowhere is this threat more evident than... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• We Are All Connected

  

  “We are all connected. As human beings, we need to accept environmental stewardship of our home planet. We must address global warming now. Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Biodiversity in My (back)yard: Towards a Framework for Citizen Engagement

  

  Abstract: “Cultural landscapes generate many ecological values. Much of the cultural landscape exists as private or semi-private domestic gardens. Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Biodiversity in My (back)yard: Towards a Framework for Citizen Engagement in...

  

  Cultural landscapes generate many ecological values. Much of the cultural landscape exists as private or semi-private domestic gardens. Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Amazon Deforestation Obliterates Soil Biodiversity, with Wider Ecological...

  

  Deforestation in the Amazon leads to a substantial loss in microbial biodiversity potentially reducing the ecological resilience of affected areas, report... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Soils-2015 | 2015 International Year of Soils

  

  Soils host 1/4 of biodiversity: a tablespoon of soil has more micro-organisms than the whole pop. on earth http://t.co/BZGX3tsa4j #IYS2015 Source: www.fao. Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Court Rules Captive Orangutan Is ‘Non-Human Person’ And Can Be Freed

  

  By Richard Lough BUENOS AIRES, Dec 21 (Reuters) – An orangutan held in an Argentine zoo can be freed and transferred to a sanctuary after a court recognized... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Influential Conservation Papers of 2014

  

  GarryRogers:Useful information to add to your reading list. Thanks to Professor Bradshaw. Originally posted on ConservationBytes.com: Another year, another... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Last Days for Rhinos and Elephants

  GarryRogers:Purchases of small trinkets support organized crime and wipe elephants from the face of the Earth forever. Originally posted on Fight for Rhinos:... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Deforestation Climate Risk Bigger Than Carbon

  

  Deforestation Peer-reviewed report says that clearing tropical rainforests distorts Earth’s wind and water systems and has impacts far beyond the implications... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Rapid Loss of Top Predators ‘a Major Environmental Threat’

  

  Top Predators and Population Regulation “Scientists warn that removal from ecosystem of large carnivores like the dingo could be as detrimental as climate chang... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT