biodiversity loss

World’s Biggest Iceberg on Collision Course With Antarctic Penguin Refuge

“If they have to do a big detour, it means they’re not going to get back to their young in time to prevent them starving to death in the interim.” World’s Biggest Iceberg on Collision Course With Antarctic Penguin Refuge Countdown to oblivion: Penguins are among the species under threat by a massive iceberg heading …

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UN report: Countries have failed to meet a single target to protect wildlife in the last decade

“At the global level none of the 20 targets have been fully achieved, though six targets have been partially achieved.” UN report: Countries have failed to meet a single target to protect wildlife in the last decade The Hill by BY TAL AXELROD – 09/15/20 07:03 PM EDT © Getty Images The United Nations said the international community …

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Laguna Beach City Council Votes 5-0 To Prohibit Deadly Rodenticides!

Step up wine industry and stop this practice.   “Norm Grossman, President of Laguna Greenbelt, Inc. wrote, “Laguna Beach’s open space, while an impressive conservation achievement, is an island surrounded by human development and divided by roadways. Its wildlife inhabitants experience multiple stressors and threats to their survival, including drought, fires, and hazardous roadway crossings. …

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With Nation Distracted by Public Health and Economic Crises, Trump Moves to Allow GMO Crops in Wildlife Refuges

“The new proposal comes two years after President Donald Trump reversed the Obama administration’s 2014 order to phase out the use of genetically engineered crops in wildlife preserves. If approved, the decision could result in the escalation of pesticide use in up to 131 refuges in 10 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, …

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