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Credit: Melissa Minter, University of York UK landowners and conservationists welcome wider-spread use of Gene Conservation Units (GCUs) to help protect some of the rarest plants and insects, research at the University of York has shown. In particular the Great Yellow Bumblebee and the Mountain Ringlet Butterfly, which are at risk of further population decline, would benefit from Gene Conservation Units, currently only employed for forest trees and agricultural species or their relatives. Genetic diversity in these species is essential if they are to adapt to new, and often challenging, envi...

A Repórter Brasil está sob censura judicial desde o dia 9 de outubro de 2015. Saiba mais. “Consortia of deception” enable destruction in a conservation unit where deforestation is high By Maurício Hashizume | 10/05/21 The Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area (EPA) is a key territory in the Xingu Socio-Environmental Diversity Corridor located between São Félix do Xingu and Altamira. About 40% of its area has already been converted to other uses, mainly livestock. Actions by “consortia” formed to deceive governance drive devastation and worsen conflicts The Triunfo do ...

Freight train project that railroads Indigenous rights still on track The “Grainway” freight train project cutting through the Brazilian Amazon is expected to receive its first environmental license next month. by Jennifer Ann Thomas on 16 March 2021 | Translated by Maya Johnson A controversial project to build a rail line for transporting soybeans and other commodities through Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon may get its environmental license as soon as April. Prosecutors in the state of Pará, where the line will terminate at the Miritituba river port, have filed a court reques...

Smallholder agriculture cuts into key Sumatran tiger habitat by Rachel Fritts on 26 January 2021 Satellite data show several surges in deforestation in Kerinci Seblat National Park in 2020. Kerinci Seblat provides vital habitat for critically endangered Sumatran tigers, as well as many other species. The primary driver of this deforestation appears to be the expansion of small farms. Initiatives in the area are attempting to reduce smallholder expansion by encouraging the adoption of more sustainable farming practices. Indonesia’s Kerinci Seblat National Park is the largest national park o...

Patches of Amazon untouched by humans still feel impact of climate change Researchers looking at the abundance of insect-eating birds in a pristine patch of forest deep in the Brazilian Amazon have seen populations of dozens of species decline over the past 35 years. The remoteness of the site and the still-intact tree cover rule out direct human activity as a factor for the population declines, with researchers attributing the phenomenon to the warmer and more intense droughts caused by climate change, which in turn puts stress on the birds and their food sources. The finding calls into ques...