Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2814 )

• Thank Ron Nirenberg for Conservation of Free-Tailed Bat Colony

  

  “Target: Ron Nirenberg, San Antonio District 8 City Councilman Goal: Praise Ron Nirenberg’s efforts to save the largest colony of free-tailed bats in the world. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• More International Pressure On Wildlife Crime

  

  GR: Does anyone else feel that the poaching problem is growing worse? [IPS] Quito -A surge in wildlife crime is fueling criminal syndicates, perpetuating... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Developers Attempt to Strip Tasmanian Forest Protection

  

  GR: Australian developers are interested in short-term profit, and they are willing to sacrifice ecosystems, wildlife, and their country’s future to get it.... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Africa: Bringing More International Pressure to Bear On Wildlife Crime

  

  GR: Does anyone else feel that the poaching problem is growing worse? [IPS] Quito -A surge in wildlife crime is fueling criminal syndicates, perpetuating... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Praise Conservation of Free-Tailed Bat Colony

  

  “Target: Ron Nirenberg, San Antonio District 8 City Councilman Goal: Praise Ron Nirenberg’s efforts to save the largest colony of free-tailed bats in the world. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Just 90 Companies Caused Two-thirds of Man-made Global Warming Emissions

  

  Oil, coal and gas companies are contributing to most carbon emissions, causing climate change and some are also funding denial campaigns. Photograph: David... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Developer Coalition Attempts to Strip Tasmanian Forest Protection

  

  GR: Australian developers are interested in short-term profit, and they are willing to sacrifice ecosystems, wildlife, and their country’s future to get it.... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• New Campaign Aims to Make the Fur Industry a Thing of the Past

  

  Emy Will:MAKE FUR HISTORY Originally posted on Life or Lunch?: Forced to live and die in the most unbearable conditions imaginable, today’s large scale fur... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• World Governments Failing Earth’s Ecosystems, Says Top Conservationist

  

  “Julia Marton-Lefèvre, director general of the IUCN, says political leaders have not properly embraced conservation. “In its last update in 2012, the IUCN said... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Great Barrier Reef Australia, Turtle Rehabilitation Program – Oceans2earth.Org

  

  Volunteer At A Rehabilitation Centre Treating Injured Sick Sea Turtles From The Great Barrier Reef Cape York Peninsula In Australia. Click To Know More... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Great Barrier Reef Australia, Turtle Rehabilitation Program

  

  Volunteer At A Rehabilitation Centre Treating Injured Sick Sea Turtles From The Great Barrier Reef Cape York Peninsula In Australia. Click To Know More... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• What If Humans Abandoned Half the Planet to Wildlife?: A Conversation with E.O....

  

  “E.O. Wilson is a scientist and author who’s concerned with everything from insect society to the consciousness of humans. Over the past 60 years, he’s uncovere... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Lam Dong Launches Biodiversity Conservation Action Plan

  

  The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is designing projects to preserve biodiversity and create protection corridors around sensitive ecosystems in need... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• IPCC Final Report: We’ve Blown Two-Thirds of Our Carbon Budget

  

  GR: Another perspective on the IPCC final report. “Given the massive wealth and political power of a fossil fuel industry intent upon preserving its $27 trillio... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Chain-Free Elephant Volunteer Program 2015

  

  GR: Like elephants and want to visit Nepal? This might be just for you. Build Chain-free Corrals in Nepal~Unshackle 32 Elephants A life-changing experience—for... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 38 Federal Agencies Reveal Their Vulnerabilities to Climate Change — and What...

  

  GR: Interesting that NASA worries that climate change might interfere with the agency’s ability to launch. Good. Shut ‘em down and focus on Earth until we... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Birth Control Enters Mainstream Concern

  

  GR: Good. This is long overdue. Reducing the human population by encouraging birth control will take generations. In the short term (like in the next five... Read more

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

• Big Coal Dumps on Wildlife in a Biological Motherlode

  

  GR: Just like my dogs’ manic pursuit of squirrels. The following by Richard Conniff. “When most people think about a biological hotspot, a motherlode of species... Read more

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

• Pesticides-L Mailing List: Creating a Global Conversation on Pesticides Issues

  

  GarryRogers:Pesticide use and safety is the focus of the online forum, Pesticides-L. To subscribe, email ‘[email protected]’. Read more

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

• Harvard Announces New Animal Advocacy Program Endowed by Bradley L. Goldberg

  

  Said Goldberg: “Animals have rights to experience a life of respect, free from unnecessary suffering, and the animal advocacy movement needs and deserves a new... Read more

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