#wildlifeconservation

Africa: Wildlife Populations Have Declined 73% Since 1970 - but Many of the World's Animals Still Aren't Being Counted: [The Conversation Africa] Wildlife populations around the world have declined by an average of 73% since 1970. That's according to the WWF's new 2026 Living Planet Index - a major estimate, updated every two years, of the changing state of nature. This does not mean… https://allafrica.com/stories/202610120139.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #WildlifeConservation #EndangeredSpecies #SaveTheOceans #Biodiversity #NatureProtection

📰 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 🌎 Uganda: Community‑led tree planting along the edges of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is giving residents access to medicinal, timber, and firewood species outside the gorillas’ habitat. 🦍 Less pressure on the forest means safer space for roughly 450 gorillas — nearly half the world’s remaining population, and still growing. 🤝 Batwa Indigenous leadership guides which species to plant, restoring degraded land while supporting biodiversity and local livelihoods. 🌿 Such community conservation increases tourism revenue, craft sales, and sustainable resource access. It also helps ensure people and gorillas “do not inconvenience each other,” as one craftswoman put it. 🔗 Details: https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/ugandans-plant-trees-near-national-park-to-keep-people-out-of-gorillas-habitat/ #WildlifeWednesday #Gorillas #Uganda #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #Agroforestry #Biodiversity #HabitatProtection

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📰 Biodiversity Corridor Payments Benefit Nature and Communities 🌏 Vietnam: In the Annamite Mountains, biodiversity corridor programs are boosting household incomes while helping maintain habitat connections for wildlife. 🌳 "...households living inside conservation areas often face stark financial tradeoffs associated with lost access to resources, sometimes making new designations controversial." 🤝 Incentive-based approaches (payments) can reduce pressure on ecosystems while creating lasting support for habitat protection. 🔗 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/biodiversity-corridor-payments-boost-household-incomes-in-vietnams-annamite-mountains/ #WildlifeWednesday #Biodiversity #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #Wildlife #WildlifeCorridor #Environment

📰 Protection for the “Butterfly Forest” 🌍 Mozambique: Increased protection for Mount Mabu, often called the “butterfly forest,” is helping secure habitat for rare species and one of Africa’s most remarkable biodiversity hotspots. 🦋 Forest protection preserves not only wildlife but also watershed functions, carbon storage, and ecosystem resilience. 🤝 Safeguarding intact habitats is frequently the most cost-effective conservation strategy because it avoids the need for expensive future restoration. 🔗 https://mongabay.org/programs/reporting-desks/wildlife-desk/ #WildlifeWednesday #Biodiversity #Conservation #ForestConservation #WildlifeConservation #Environment

Brake for snakes: Strathcona County hopes to prevent garter snake deaths on rural road Strathcona County is implementing new measures to protect plains garter snakes from vehicle traffic. The move comes after more than 1,000 snake deaths were reported in recent years along a seven-kilometre stretch of Range Road 210, between Township Road 530 and Wye Road heading south.

Move over, Moo Deng: Pygmy hippo calf born at Toronto Zoo Toronto just got its very own Moo Deng. The Toronto Zoo says a female pygmy hippo calf was born Sunday morning to 20-year-old mother Kindia.

RSPB Guide To Helping Birds In Hot Weather https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/news/how-to-help-birds-beat-the-heat?mac=WEBSCM0014 #SolarPunkSunday #RSPB #WildLife #Nature #WildLifeConservation #BioDiversity #Birds #WildFlowers #Conservation

📰 Canopy Bridges Enable 15,000+ Wildlife Crossings with Zero Roadkill 🌉 Amazon Brazil: Wildlife canopy bridges, secure rope structures, have reportedly facilitated more than 15,000 crossings while preventing any recorded roadkill on the camera-trap monitored structures. 🐒 Local organizations and business owners supported the work to conserve the unique biodiversity of their town and promote ecotourism. By reconnecting forest habitat fragmented by roads, the bridges allow arboreal animals to move safely between areas that would otherwise be separated by dangerous traffic corridors. 🌳 Award-winning biologist Fernanda Abra is expanding her Project Reconecta in the Amazon and beyond, preserving biodiversity and safety. 🔗 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/zero-roadkill-as-amazon-canopy-bridges-secure-15000-crossings/ #WildlifeWednesday #WildlifeConservation #Amazon #WildlifeCrossings #Biodiversity #Conservation

📰 Apex Predators Are Quietly Reshaping the West 🦅 Western U.S.: Bald eagles, gray wolves, condors, and black bears are back from the brink due to decades of environmental policy, habitat restoration, and public support. 🌄 Their return is restoring ecological function at landscape scale, from scavenger networks to trophic balance, even as some species adapt to more urbanized terrain. 🤝 Coexistence now depends on community‑level choices: wildlife‑friendly ranching, lead‑free hunting, habitat connectivity, and everyday tolerance that allows wide‑ranging species to move, feed, and reproduce safely. 🔗 https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/apex-predators-comeback-western-united-states/ #SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeRecovery #ApexPredators #HabitatConnectivity #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #EcologicalRestoration #Biodiversity

Earthjustice Sues to Block Trump's Move to Gut Endangered Species Act #TrumpAdministration #WildlifeConservation #EndangeredSpeciesAct #ClimateAction #HabitatProtection

📰 Community-built Habitats are Helping Save a Threatened Frog 🌱 Arizona: Volunteers and agencies construct ponds to restore habitat for the endangered Chiricahua leopard frog. 🌽 These human-made water systems counter drought, disease, and habitat loss that pushed the species toward extinction. 🤝 A collaborative conservation effort showing how local action and simple infrastructure can revive vulnerable species. 🔗 https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27062026/efforts-to-save-threatened-frog-in-arizona/ #SolarPunkSunday#WildlifeConservation #Wildlife #EcologicalRestoration #Frogs #HabitatRestoration #CommunityAction #Biodiversity #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateResilience

The fleeting scene, captured by a motion‑sensitive camera, showed a young #SumatranOrangutan pause at the forest’s edge, grip a rope with deliberate care & step out into open air. Halfway across, it stopped, casting a glance down at the road below. Moments later, it crossed. Conservationists said that it marks the first documented case of a #SumatraOrangutan using an artificial canopy bridge to cross a public road that had divided its #habitat. #WildlifeConservation #HabitatFragmentation

“This was the moment we had been waiting for,” Erwin Alamsyah Siregar, executive director of Indonesian conservation group Tangguh Hutan Khatulistiwa, or TaHuKah, told The Associated Press. “We are very grateful that the canopy here provides benefits for orangutan #conservation efforts.” #SumatraOrangutan #WildlifeConservation #wildlife #habitat #HumanEncroachment #HabitatFragmentation

He said that the bridge spans the Lagan–Pagindar road in Pakpak Bharat district, a vital corridor connecting remote villages to schools, healthcare & government services. But the road also cuts directly through prime #orangutan #habitat, splitting an estimated 350 #orangutans into two isolated forest areas: the Siranggas Wildlife Reserve & the Sikulaping Protection Forest. #SumatraOrangutan #WildlifeConservation #wildlife #HumanEncroachment #HabitatFragmentation

Camera shows #SumatraOrangutan using a canopy bridge to cross a road in #Indonesia A Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road on the Indonesian island of #Sumatra, conservationists said Monday. Rapid development has been shrinking the #jungle #habitat of the critically #EndangeredSpecies, & fatal conflicts with people have been increasing. #WildlifeConservation #wildlife #HabitatFragmentation