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Dear visitor I’ve had a few technical issues, so please bear with. Meantime, do visit + my other Learn From Nature blog + my Learn From Nature on twitter + my Learn From Nature on facebook Regards, Henricus
Attenborough: Butterflies face worst year ever
The Big Butterfly Count, taking place in the worst year on record for the insects, will alert conservationists to species most at risk. Read the full article at Environmentaleducation blog
Poaching in the Serengeti linked to poverty, high legal hunting prices
In the effort to protect the Serengeti—arguably Africa’s most famous ecosystem—one of the major problems is the bushmeat trade. ENN http://www.enn.com/ via http://www.mongabay.com/ reports. Population growth, little available protein, poverty, and a long-standing history of hunting has led many communities to poach wildlife within Serengeti National Park. Interviewing over a thousand community members in the western Serengeti, scientists [...]
Time running out for badgers in the culling fields of England…?
When we blame a beautiful, unusual creature that is the badger - the minding-its-own-business protected animal, oft-quoted in literature and held up as a symbol of England – for a farming issue that is complex, but are willing for the slaughter to go ahead…. Then we do, I believe, need to consider where we stand regarding our relationship with [...]
Badger cull ‘not legal or scientific’, high court will hear…
Badger Trust to make high court challenge to planned cull, and argue that NFU had ‘undue influence’ on government’s decision. The Guardian reports Read the full story at Environmentaleducationblog . Comments for and against to Henricus Peters’ LearnFromNature on facebook
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