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Quang Nam moves to conserve grey-shanked douc langurs The central province of Quang Nam has built a plan to conserve the grey-shanked douc langurs in Tam My Tay commune of Nui Thanh district by 2030, with a vision to 2050. Six herds with nearly 70 grey-shanked douc langurs are residing in about 30ha of natural forest on Hon Do, Hon Ong, Duong Bong, and Duong Ban Lau mountains in Tam My Tay commune, a survey found. Under its plan, Quang Nam aims to conserve and sustainably develop the local grey-shanked douc langur population and also help with socio-economic developmen...

Greater Spotted Eagles – Jubail Whilst birding the Jubail area recently I came across two Greater Spotted Eagle with very different underparts colourations. Birds winter at a number of sites in Saudi Arabia with the Jubail area the best for the species in the Eastern province. In winter, birds are almost always near wetland areas with large areas of reeds where they can hunt undisturbed. The Greater Spotted Eagle is suspected to have undergone at least a moderately rapid decline over the last three generations as a result of habitat loss and degradation throughout its breeding and winterin...

Exploring nine Ramsar sites of Vietnam Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công  14/02/2021    08:41 GMT+7 Vietnam became a member of the Convention on Wetlands, known as the Ramsar Convention, in 1989.  So far, nine wetlands in the country have been recognised as Ramsar sites – wetlands of international importance. Tram Chim National Park  The Ramsar Convention, signed in Iran’s Ramsar city in 1971, is an international treaty that provides a...

weekly newspaper. In January and February, the mountainsides of Helskloof usually blaze yellow-orange-red as thousands of Pearson’s Aloes flower. It’s an astonishing display of plant life in the desiccated expanses of the |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park. But nowadays, all is not well. The aloe occupies only about 52km² in the Richtersveld, and just over the Orange River in Namibia. Livestock feeds on it when under pressure; mining and drought are other threats. But some kind of tipping point has struck. In late November 2020, the park’s nursery curator, Pieter van Wyk, mapped ...

On Tuesday, a male sambar strayed into a factory in Pune and was rescued safely. A three-member team of officials accompanied by forest officials reached the spot (Representative Image).   |  Photo Credit: iStock Images Key Highlights The sambar deer is a vulnerable species under the IUCN Red Data List Pune: A male sambar seeking shelter at a factory in Chakan, Pune, on Tuesday was rescued by officials of the forest department on Tuesday. The sambar was rescued from GE India located at Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC).  After spotting the samb...