endangered species

Management effectiveness in PNG’s protected areas

IN 2016-2017 our small team (Fiona, Ann and Greg) in conjunction with staff from PNG’s Conservation and Environment Protection Agency conducted an evaluation of all the protected areas in the country. We worked for SPREP (Secretariat of the Pactific Regional Environment Council) and UNDP, with funding from the Global Environment Fund. Whew enough acronyms! Thanks also to all the wonderful people who gave freely of their time to come to workshops. The final report can be downloaded here.PNGPA-final-130318-lo

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Green turtles in north Queensland are mainly all female and scientists are concerned for the species’ future

ABC News Report http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-09/pacific-green-turtles-future-under-threat,-scientists-warn/9311280 Almost the entire green turtle population in parts of the northern Great Barrier Reef is now female, and scientists are concerned about their future. Key points: Warmer temperatures generally produce more female hatchlings In northern areas 99pc of the juvenile and subadult populations were female Scientists found for the past 20 years in some areas there had been no male hatchlings A study published today in the journal Current Biology — led by the National Oceanic…

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Free e-book on Protected Area Governance and Management

Fiona, MArc and some 200 other authors have combined to contribute to an ebook on protected area management. It is free to download – see the ANU website to download Protected Area Governance and Management presents a compendium of original text, case studies and examples from across the world, by drawing on the literature, and on the knowledge and experience of those involved in protected areas. The book synthesises current knowledge and cutting-edge thinking from the diverse branches of practice and…

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Can we save the planet? Article in Science this week

A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets. Tittensor, D.P., Walpole, M., Hill, S.L.L., Boyce, D.G., Britten, G.L et al (51 authors with Fiona Leverington a very minor contributor!) In 2010 the international community, under the auspices of the Convention on Biological Diversity, agreed on 20 biodiversity-related “Aichi Targets” to be achieved within a decade. We provide a comprehensive mid-term assessment of progress toward these global targets using 55 indicator data sets. We projected indicator trends to 2020 using…

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IUCN – Study demands new strategy to save species

02 July 2014 | Article A team of scientists working in partnership with IUCN has revealed that intergovernmental commitments to expand global protected areas could still leave many species in danger of disappearing from our planet. A strategy to expand protected areas from 13% to 17% of the earth’s land surface by 2020 was put in place as part of the 20 Aichi Targets in the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) strategic plan in Nagoya, Japan in 2010. However, the…

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Shocking Study Finds Lions are Nearly Extinct in West Africa | Extinction Countdown, Scientific American Blog Network

A new study published about lions in West Africa. Our associate Lauren Coad is a co-author Shocking Study Finds Lions are Nearly Extinct in West Africa By John R. Platt | January 8, 2014 |  23 Email Print Physically and emotionally demanding. That’s how Philipp Henschel, Lion Program Survey Coordinator for the big-cat conservation organization Panthera, describes the six years he and other researchers spent combing the wilds of 17 nations looking for the elusive and rarely studied West African lion. The…

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