Forests

Tamil Nadu govt declares Sirumalai West Forest as reserved forest

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has declared more than 173 hectares of Sirumalai West Forest in Dindigul district as reserved forest in a bid to protect its flora and fauna.

Publication Date: 
11/05/2018
Times Of India (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Dindigul (D), Flora, Fauna, Forests
Science And Technology

Body size downgrading of mammals over the late Quaternary

Since the late Pleistocene, large-bodied mammals have been extirpated from much of Earth. Although all habitable continents once harbored giant mammals, the few remaining species are largely confined to Africa. This decline is coincident with the global expansion of hominins over the late Quaternary. Here, we quantify mammalian extinction selectivity, continental body size distributions, and taxonomic diversity over five time periods spanning the past 125,000 years and stretching approximately 200 years into the future.

Publication Date: 
20/04/2018
Felisa A. Smith, Rosemary E. Elliott Smith, S. Kathleen Lyons & et al
Science
Tags:
Mammals, Fauna, Endangered Species, Extinct Species, Research, Ecosystems
Forests

Treat for green lovers as UT set to open new forest reserve

CHANDIGARH: Giving a gift of tranquil surroundings to city residents, enclosed in a forest reserve once again, the department of forest, UT Administration is all set to inaugurate 'City Forest ‘als

Publication Date: 
26/03/2018
Times of India (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Chandigarh, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Flora, Fauna, Forests
Climate Change

World’s great forests could lose half of all wildlife as planet warms – report

The world’s greatest forests could lose more than half of their plant species by the end of the century unless nations ramp up efforts to tackle climate change, according to a new report on the imp

Publication Date: 
14/03/2018
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Forests, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Wildlife, Amazon, Africa, WWF, Flora, Fauna, Sea Level Rise
Forests

'Global deforestation hotspot': 3m hectares of Australian forest to be lost in 15 years

Australia is in the midst of a full-blown land-clearing crisis.

Publication Date: 
06/03/2018
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Australia, Global, Land, Livestock, Flora, Fauna, Biodiversity
Wildlife

Eastward bound: analysis of CITES listed flora and fauna exports from Africa to East and Southeast Asia

More than 1.3-million live animals and plants, 1.5-million skins and two thousand tonnes of meat from CITES-listed species have been exported from 41 African countries to East and Southeast Asia since 2006, a ground-breaking new TRAFFIC report funded by Arcadia and published reveals.

Publication Date: 
05/03/2018
Willow Outhwaite, Lauren Brown
TRAFFIC
Tags:
Wildlife Trade, Africa, Asia, Wildlife, CITES, Flora, Fauna, Exports, Illegal Trade
Biodiversity

East Africa’s Albertine Rift needs protection now, scientists say

The Albertine Rift in East Africa is home to more than 500 species of plants and animals found nowhere else on the planet.

Publication Date: 
16/02/2018
East African (Kenya)
Tags:
Biodiversity, Flora, Fauna, Ecology, Ecosystems, Biodiversity Conservation, Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Africa
Biodiversity

Scientists call for action to tackle the threat of invasive tree species to a global biodiversity hotspot

An invasive Australian tree is now posing a serious threat to a global diversity ‘hotspot’ according to new collaborative research between Landcare Research in New Zealand, the Universities of Camb

Publication Date: 
03/01/2018
Environment News Network
Tags:
Biodiversity, Tress, Forests, Invasive Alien Species, Endangered Species, Flora, Fauna
Wildlife

Ethiopia: IGAD Moves On Regional Wildlife Anti-Trafficking Law Enforcement

The ministers responsible for wildlife conservation of the IGAD member states; namely Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, have agreed to enforce the Regional Biodiver

Publication Date: 
23/11/2017
All Africa
Tags:
Wildlife, Poaching, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Biodiversity, Wildlife Management, Flora, Fauna, Illegal Trade, Africa
Health

First record of Angola’s medicinal animals: A case study on the use of mammals in local medicine in Quiçama National Park

This study is the first record of the use of animal products in traditional medicine in Angola. Data were obtained by performing interviews with the users of these products who use parts derived from wild mammals to treat 12 diseases. It was found that one or more products that were derived from the same species can be used to treat a variety of diseases, showing the versatility of the species. All the taxa used for animal-derived therapies in the study area are also used in other African countries, often for the treatment of the same illnesses.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2017
Franciany Braga-Pereira, Flávia Rosa Santoro, Carmen Van-Duném Santos & et al
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge
16
4
588-592
Tags:
Traditional Knowledge, Fauna, Angola, Africa, Diseases, Mammals

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