Tahrcountry Musings

A blog dedicated to wildlife conservation

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Here is a paradox - Norway is investing more than 13 billion dollars in dozens of companies linked to deforestation

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Norway is pumping in hundreds of millions of dollars a year to protect rainforests. A great gesture by all means, but here comes the pa...
Friday, March 30, 2012

The importance of frugivorous birds in human-impacted landscapes

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Species richness matters for the quality of ecosystem services: a test using seed dispersal by frugivorous birds Daniel GarcĂ­a and Dani...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Petition to Ban horrific Hare Coursing Cruelty in Ireland

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Live Hare Coursing is a horrific form of animal cruelty. Majority of Irish people want it outlawed. In this sport hares are set up as bai...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

General connectivity improvement and clearly localised connectivity improvement can be efficient compensation measures for area loss

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Trading connectivity improvement for area loss in patch-based biodiversity reserve networks Thomas Dalang and Anna M. Hersperger Bi...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

A video from EIA and Telepak

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This video from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Telepak documents forest depredation in Indonesian Borneo, and its imp...

Sacred natural sites of the world - IUCN WCPA news release

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A new initiative to protect the sacred natural sites of the world 26 March 2012 | Article Sacred Natural Sites are areas of rich an...
Monday, March 26, 2012

Resolving challenges to interdisciplinary research should be context specific

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New Page 1 Challenges to Interdisciplinary Research in Ecosystem-Based Management LEILA SIEVANEN , LISA M. CAMPBELL, HEATHER M...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

What is a sacred natural site?

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"What is a sacred natural site and what does it mean to you?" This video is couple of months old. It was my discussion wi...

Nature conservation - From stakeholders to stakesharers

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Reframing the conception of nature conservation management by transdisciplinary methodology: From stakeholders to stakesharers Gregor Tork...
Saturday, March 24, 2012

China should be stripped of its "approved buyer" status for legal ivory demands EIA

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According to the latest report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), approved legal auctions of ivory by the Convention on Intern...
Friday, March 23, 2012

More street view of Amazon

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New Page 1 Here is a tour of an Amazon Forest Trail

Street view for Amazon - Latest offering from Google

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Google has come out with street view for Amazon. Have a look at Tour of the Rio Negro New Page 1
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Man-made noise affects plants also

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Noise pollution alters ecological services: enhanced pollination and disrupted seed dispersal Clinton D. Francis , Nathan J. Kleist , Ca...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Should the location of newly discovered species be hidden?

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I just read this excellent article titled “Should the location of newly discovered species be hidden ?” in BBC news. It is a thought provo...
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Genetically modified seeds and the decline of Monarch butterfly

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  Decline of monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico: is the migratory phenomenon at risk? LINCOLN P. BROWER, ORLEY R. TAYLORERNES...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Study of hibernation in black bears brings unexpected bonanza

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Scientists studying hibernation by black bears ( Ursus americanus   Pallas, 1780) were surprised to observe that hibernating American bl...
Monday, March 19, 2012

Carbon stock data for the world's tropical forests

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New Page 1 Based on satellite measurements from NASA including LiDAR and MoDIS data plus on-the-ground field measurements,   rese...
Sunday, March 18, 2012

Guest post from Ramesh

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Here is another guest post from Ramesh. Aldo Leopold, the father of wildlife management once wrote “Like winds and sunsets, wild things w...

Nice camera trap video

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I ran into this video recently. It clearly shows the potential of camera traps. I was particularly fascinated by the golden cat shown ...

Book Recommendation

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Birds of the Indian Subcontinent Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp and Tim Inskipp  Softcover | 2012 | Edition: 2 Publisher: Princeton U...
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