Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2814 )

• 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 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

• 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

• 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’

  

  Scientists warn that removal from ecosystem of large carnivores like the dingo could be as detrimental as climate change Dingoes keep kangaroo and fox numbers... Read more

  Posted on 19 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

• Why Buffalo Should Be Protected by the Endangered Species Act

  

  By Stephany Seay We’ve been given no other choice but to seek Endangered Species Act protection for the Yellowstone buffalo. This important action has been take... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• UN Sends Team to Clean up Sunderbans Oil Spill in Bangladesh

  

  Thick tar clogging 350 sq km of delicate mangrove forest and river delta, home to endangered Bengal tigers and rare dolphins The United Nations said on... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Even in Restored Forests, Extreme Weather Strongly Influences Wildfire’s Impacts

  

  The 2013 Rim Fire, the largest wildland fire ever recorded in the Sierra Nevada region, is still fresh in the minds of Californians, as is the urgent need to... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Protections Blocked, but Sage Grouse Work Goes on

  

  (AP)—U.S. wildlife officials will decide next year whether a wide-ranging Western bird species needs protections even though Congress has blocked such... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Squirrels and Beavers Contributing to Global Warming More Than Previously Thought

  

  Arctic ground squirrels churn up and warm soil in the Tundra, releasing carbon dioxide, while beavers contributes 200 times more methane than they did 100... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT