Leonardo DiCaprio Kicks Off Animal Action Week for the IFAW
October 7, 2008
Leonardo DiCaprio and IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) today announced the start of Animal Action Week, one of the world’s largest environmental education programs. This year’s Animal Action Week theme, “Beneath the Waves,” highlights the challenges the world faces to protect the ocean and marine wildlife from the impact of human activities. Read more
400 Penguins Fly South to Pelotas, in Southern Brazil
October 7, 2008
Close to 400 rescued penguins took to the skies on a C-130 Hercules military aircraft bound for Pelotas, in southern Brazil where they were released back to their ocean home. Read more
Leading Conservationists Warn That Africa’s Species are Facing a Quickening Extinction
October 7, 2008
Leading conservationists have warned here that Africa’s species are speedily facing extinction, with a quarter of the world’s mammals at risk of extinction. The global analysis of threatened species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) established here Tuesday that: “At least 1,141 of the 5,487 mammals on earth are under threat, largely as a result of hunting and the destruction of their habitat by humans”. Read more
New Project in Madagascar to Measure Carbon Savings From Forest Conservation
October 6, 2008
Up to 500,000 hectares of moist and spiny forests in Madagascar are to be protected or restored in a pioneering project which will include testing ways to measure climate impacts. The research could potentially provide precious information to many other forest-carbon projects around the world. Read more
More Mammals Move Closer to Extinction
October 6, 2008
Marine mammals, such as the Narwhal and Irawaddy dolphin, and land mammals, such as tree kangaroos were confirmed to be closer to extinction by IUCN’s updated Red List of Threatened Species. The Red List ranks species according to their population status and threat levels. Read more
Nations More Adept At Protecting Land Than Sea
October 3, 2008
With just over a year to go for countries to meet internationally agreed biodiversity protection targets, the world’s nations are showing themselves much more adept at protecting land areas than territorial seas. Read more
