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The #CITESCOP20 meeting in Uzbekistan has drawn to a close and we are grateful for a series of landmark decisions that will strengthen trade regulations for threatened species—including many heavily targeted by the global pet trade. Here are a few. 🌏
December 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The #CITESCOP20 meeting in Uzbekistan has drawn to a close and we are grateful for a series of landmark decisions that will strengthen trade regulations for threatened species—including many heavily targeted by the global pet trade. Here are a few. 🌏
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Good news on okapi from #CITESCOP20: the Parties have elected to put it on Appendix I, the highest level of international protection, which will prohibit all international commercial trade in okapi or their parts as well as sub-products. bit.ly/4rxdDb6 🌍
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Good news on okapi from #CITESCOP20: the Parties have elected to put it on Appendix I, the highest level of international protection, which will prohibit all international commercial trade in okapi or their parts as well as sub-products. bit.ly/4rxdDb6 🌍
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Sweeping trade protections adopted for sharks and rays at #CITESCOP20.
“It’s taken 20 to 30 years to get recognition that sharks and rays — keystone predators in marine ecosystems globally — need that protection,” says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
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“It’s taken 20 to 30 years to get recognition that sharks and rays — keystone predators in marine ecosystems globally — need that protection,” says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
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What new protections will mean for these widely hunted sharks
The sharks and rays are widely hunted, their parts used in commercial products like makeup and moisturizers and in culinary delicacies.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Sweeping trade protections adopted for sharks and rays at #CITESCOP20.
“It’s taken 20 to 30 years to get recognition that sharks and rays — keystone predators in marine ecosystems globally — need that protection,” says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
🌏 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
“It’s taken 20 to 30 years to get recognition that sharks and rays — keystone predators in marine ecosystems globally — need that protection,” says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
🌏 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
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“This is one of the greatest days in the history of shark and ray conservation.”
Historic trade protections were adopted at #CITESCOP20 today. The next step is strong implementation on the ground, says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social. 🌏
Historic trade protections were adopted at #CITESCOP20 today. The next step is strong implementation on the ground, says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social. 🌏
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“This is one of the greatest days in the history of shark and ray conservation.”
Historic trade protections were adopted at #CITESCOP20 today. The next step is strong implementation on the ground, says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social. 🌏
Historic trade protections were adopted at #CITESCOP20 today. The next step is strong implementation on the ground, says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social. 🌏
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Did you know 25% of plant and animal species are threatened with extinction, driven in part by illegal trade and over-exploitation?
This week, countries meet to decide which species to add to the CITES Appendices & how their trade should be regulated.
Follow #CITESCoP20: https://ow.ly/XqTx50XyC9o
This week, countries meet to decide which species to add to the CITES Appendices & how their trade should be regulated.
Follow #CITESCoP20: https://ow.ly/XqTx50XyC9o
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Did you know 25% of plant and animal species are threatened with extinction, driven in part by illegal trade and over-exploitation?
This week, countries meet to decide which species to add to the CITES Appendices & how their trade should be regulated.
Follow #CITESCoP20: https://ow.ly/XqTx50XyC9o
This week, countries meet to decide which species to add to the CITES Appendices & how their trade should be regulated.
Follow #CITESCoP20: https://ow.ly/XqTx50XyC9o
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Historic victory for sharks: #CITESCoP20 Parties voted to list oceanic whitetip sharks on Appendix I, the highest level of protection offered by CITES.
“Today’s decision is a watershed moment for all sharks and rays,” said WCS’s Luke Warwick.
🌏 Read more: bit.ly/4olha9w
“Today’s decision is a watershed moment for all sharks and rays,” said WCS’s Luke Warwick.
🌏 Read more: bit.ly/4olha9w
Historic Victory for Sharks as Oceanic Whitetips Upgraded to Appendix I at CITES Banning International Trade
Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Nov. 27, 2025 – CITES CoP20 Parties voted to list oceanic whitetip sharks on Appendix I, the highest level of protection offered by CITES. The vote marks a major victory for one...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Historic victory for sharks: #CITESCoP20 Parties voted to list oceanic whitetip sharks on Appendix I, the highest level of protection offered by CITES.
“Today’s decision is a watershed moment for all sharks and rays,” said WCS’s Luke Warwick.
🌏 Read more: bit.ly/4olha9w
“Today’s decision is a watershed moment for all sharks and rays,” said WCS’s Luke Warwick.
🌏 Read more: bit.ly/4olha9w
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NEWS: Latest assessment of Critically Endangered forest elephants sheds new light on their numbers and provides optimism for their future. However, we must not be complacent.
🌍 Read more: bit.ly/49CNL73
🌍 Read more: bit.ly/49CNL73
November 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
NEWS: Latest assessment of Critically Endangered forest elephants sheds new light on their numbers and provides optimism for their future. However, we must not be complacent.
🌍 Read more: bit.ly/49CNL73
🌍 Read more: bit.ly/49CNL73
Fantastic job opportunity! Head of Research and Biomonitoring Unit, Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Congo!
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November 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Fantastic job opportunity! Head of Research and Biomonitoring Unit, Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Congo!
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More than 100,000 people marched through Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador, on Sept. 16, demanding that federal authorities revoke an environmental license for a gold mining project that may impact an important freshwater source.
100,000 Ecuadorians protest Canadian mining project threatening key water source
More than 100,000 people marched through Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador, on Sept. 16, demanding that federal authorities revoke an environmental license for a gold mining project that may impact…
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September 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
More than 100,000 people marched through Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador, on Sept. 16, demanding that federal authorities revoke an environmental license for a gold mining project that may impact an important freshwater source.
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New research analyzing more than 3,000 tropical forest sites reveals that areas with fewer seed-dispersing animals store up to four times less carbon than forests with healthy wildlife populations.
The study found that 81% of tropical trees rely on animals to disperse their seeds.
The study found that 81% of tropical trees rely on animals to disperse their seeds.
Animals that spread seeds are critical for climate solutions
When a toucan plucks fruit from a tree in the Amazon Rainforest, it’s doing more than just finding lunch. Moving to a new location and depositing seeds via its droppings could be crucial in…
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September 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
New research analyzing more than 3,000 tropical forest sites reveals that areas with fewer seed-dispersing animals store up to four times less carbon than forests with healthy wildlife populations.
The study found that 81% of tropical trees rely on animals to disperse their seeds.
The study found that 81% of tropical trees rely on animals to disperse their seeds.
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An estimate that as many as 1.3 million wildebeest move across the Serengeti Mara landscape each year has been cut down to size using AI
‘Great Migration’ involves far fewer wildebeest than we had thought
An estimate that as many as 1.3 million wildebeest move across the Serengeti Mara landscape each year has been cut down to size using AI
www.newscientist.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
An estimate that as many as 1.3 million wildebeest move across the Serengeti Mara landscape each year has been cut down to size using AI
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This #WorldElephantDay, help sustain and expand hard-won conservation gains. Make a gift today and double your impact: bit.ly/4mKVweB
August 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This #WorldElephantDay, help sustain and expand hard-won conservation gains. Make a gift today and double your impact: bit.ly/4mKVweB
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Earth at night viewed from space (watch fullscreen).
August 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Earth at night viewed from space (watch fullscreen).
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Thanks to careful protection by DRC’s Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN), WCS, partners and the community, it appears that they are using all available habitat in the reserve. 🌍
August 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Thanks to careful protection by DRC’s Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN), WCS, partners and the community, it appears that they are using all available habitat in the reserve. 🌍
Purple emperor! (Apatura iris)
July 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Purple emperor! (Apatura iris)
Absolute ecological meltdown incoming
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Absolute ecological meltdown incoming
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I love the May in May
May 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I love the May in May
Loch of the Lowes, Hermitage etc
May 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Loch of the Lowes, Hermitage etc
Inverleith and Botanics today
May 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Inverleith and Botanics today
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Late last year, Indonesian investigators arrested four men for allegedly attempting to traffic nearly 1.2 metric tons of scales from critically endangered pangolins.
Prosecutors allege that the mastermind of the scheme was a police officer who removed the pangolin scales from a police warehouse.
Prosecutors allege that the mastermind of the scheme was a police officer who removed the pangolin scales from a police warehouse.
Indonesian pangolin trafficking prosecution reveals police involvement — and impunity
ASAHAN, Indonesia – On Nov. 11, 2024, Alfi Simatupang, a police officer in Asahan district on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, was arrested along with two soldiers and a civilian for allegedly…
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May 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Late last year, Indonesian investigators arrested four men for allegedly attempting to traffic nearly 1.2 metric tons of scales from critically endangered pangolins.
Prosecutors allege that the mastermind of the scheme was a police officer who removed the pangolin scales from a police warehouse.
Prosecutors allege that the mastermind of the scheme was a police officer who removed the pangolin scales from a police warehouse.
In the middle of Edinburgh! Looking down onto Duddingston Loch
May 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
In the middle of Edinburgh! Looking down onto Duddingston Loch