How lockdown has helped the world s endangered species bounce back
With tourists absent, everything from coral reefs to rhinos has benefited
The Uganda Wildlife Authority announced a baby boom for mountain gorillas
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Did 2020 have a silver lining? Sarah Marshall tells the story of wildlife recovery in numbers.
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Eastern black rhino calf born in Grumeti Game Reserve, Tanzania, following the translocation of nine animals last year – a conservation triumph. The country’s population has plummeted by 99 per cent since the 1970s to around 100 rhinos.
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Wild red-and-green macaw chicks fledged in Argentina’s Ibera National Park for the first time in more than 100 years. These vital seed dispersers are part of a bigger reintroduction programme masterminded by Rewilding Argentina Foundation, a partner of Tompkins Conservation, to save the native Paraná forest.
Rachel and Andrew, luckily prepared with three pumps, immediately started pumping water out of their house.
Rachel said: “We had flooded twice in August at the back of the house in the garden, but it had never come into the house before.
“Thank goodness we had the water pumps there, it was really frightening seeing all the water coming in.
“We were pumping 500 litres of water every minute out of the house and we even had to get a bigger petrol pump to help as well.
“We started pumping water out onto the main road, as it couldn’t really go anywhere else.
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