Thẻ: Loss of diversity

The challenges of campaigning against wildlife trafficking in Vietnam

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by  on 1 August 2019
Part of anti-trafficking campaign in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.
  • “Be Their Bodhisattva,” a striking anti-wildlife trafficking campaign, was organized in Vietnam from Jan. 25 to March 25 this year.
  • The campaign caught the attention of both the public and prominent national media outlets.
  • However, record-breaking seizures of wildlife parts destined for Vietnam in the months since demonstrate the breadth and depth of the problem.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — In late January, WildAid and the Ho Chi Minh City-based Center of Hands-on Actions and Networking for Growth and Environment (CHANGE) launched a graphic anti-wildlife trafficking campaign focused on three animals: pangolins, elephants and rhinos. Tiếp tục đọc “The challenges of campaigning against wildlife trafficking in Vietnam” →

Loss of diversity near melting coastal glaciers

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Loss of diversity near melting coastal glaciers

Sedimentation impacting an entire ecosystem on seafloor

Date:
November 13, 2015
Source:
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Summary:
Melting glaciers are causing a loss of species diversity among benthos in the coastal waters off the Antarctic Peninsula, impacting an entire seafloor ecosystem. This has been verified in the course of repeated research dives, the results of which were recently published by experts from Argentina, Germany and Great Britain.

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