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One of my favorite things about writing a regular eco-travel and environmental column is getting to read the comments that come in. Sometimes readers are complimentary, sometimes they are critical and sometimes they challenge me. Such is the case with an article I recently wrote on soil and climate change.
Good news about the environment seems to be a rarity these days, which makes this story all the more enjoyable to share.
Only 2.3% of the world’s oceans are protected. That’s why WWF works to create Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). An MPA is an area designated to protect marine ecosystems, processes, habitats and species as well as promote positive social impacts. They include marine reserves, no-take zones, marine parks, and sanctuaries around the world.
For Ben Bressler, Nat Hab’s founder and president, an early interest in nature was cultivated in a rather unlikely place: suburban Maplewood, New Jersey. As a young boy, Ben played for endless hours in a gully a block away from his home, collecting salamanders and building forts.
Gray wolves in the Great Lakes region received some good news last month. In a surprise, unusual ruling on December 19, 2014, United States District Judge Beryl A. Howell ordered that gray wolves in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin be placed back on the federal endangered species list.
2014 was a successful year for conservation and WWF’s work around the world. None of it could have been possible with the support of WWF’s members.
Last week, we featured a story about the financial crisis that the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) is facing and urged our readers to support a fundraising campaign that is being spearheaded by the International Galapagos Tour Operators Association (IGTOA).
Feeding the world’s population in the coming years is going to be a challenge. The United Nations estimates that by 2100, there will be an average of 11 billion people on Earth; that’s 4 billion more than there are today. Several solutions have been suggested, such as farming and eating insects.
Anna and Alex confidently stood in front of a classroom full of rowdy elementary age kids. As newly-minted, pseudo polar bear ambassadors, they presented a homemade movie at their school and spoke to seven different grade levels-from preschool to 6th grade.
A few weeks ago, the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) announced that it was facing a year-end budgetary crisis and that it need to raise $1 million to avoid the possibility of having to close its doors for good. Since then, there has been an outpouring of international support and things are looking up.
If you’ve got a wildlife and nature enthusiast on your holiday shopping list—and I’m sure you do if you’re reading this article—I have the perfect gift idea for you. It isn’t expensive, it’s beautiful, it’s easy to purchase and send, and it quite probably helps conserve your best-loved wild place and/or favorite wildlife species.
Republished with permission from WWF-Canada. To see the original article, please go here. By Steph Morgan, WWF-Canada If you’re looking for a snow leopard, Dr. Rinjan Shrestha can tell you where to go. The question is: are you tough enough to get there?
