Tag: conservation

The Problem with Palm Oil (and what you can do about it)

The Problem with Palm Oil (and what you can do about it) Like me, you may find yourself spending a lot of time in lockdown reflecting on how the Covid-19 pandemic has greatly affected our lives in many ways, including our consumption habits. People being quarantined at home, wondering how they will get their food […]

The Pandemic is Affecting More than just Humans

Poaching during these dark times has already cost the life of a rare silverback mountain gorilla in Bwindi National Park. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to show the fragility of the relationships between humans and wildlife. Countries such as Uganda and Rwanda that are dependent on the ecotourism economy are experiencing economic crises due to pandemic related […]

The Plight of the Grey Wolf

The United States government, under the Trump administration, announced in October that the grey wolf will no longer receive federal protection under the endangered species list. This decision has been met with criticism from conservation groups and researchers including four of the five researchers tasked with the independent review of the proposal. The Department of […]

Why it’s Critical to Save the World’s Last Wild Places

In science, it’s rare that a new idea comes along that stops people in their tracks. For ecologists, this has just happened, in a paper that found that species living in wild places have more genetic diversity than the same species living in areas dominated by people. Wilderness areas have shrunk by a tenth globally […]