Author Anthony Caravaggi describes new research that uses camera traps to explore the displacement of endemic Irish hares by introduced European hares. Many ecologists consider the time spent collecting data in the field to be one of the most enjoyable aspects of their work, as indeed do I. Although manual wildlife surveys can be extremely … Continue reading Camera traps reveal a hare-raising situation
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Brian O’Connor, Programme Officer for the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, describes how Earth Observation can provide essential data for policymakers and stakeholders, as they track progress towards international biodiversity targets. Earth observation as a tool for tracking progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets The escalating extinction of species worldwide and the reduction … Continue reading Earth observation as a tool for tracking progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
New research detects artificial water points from space, which could support the reintroduction of species to the Sahara such as the Scimitar-horned oryx. It is widely projected that the Sahara will suffer from the impacts of climate change. In addition, people living in the Sahara are modifying the landscape for agriculture, and oil exploration activities … Continue reading An unimaginable problem: water in deserts
In this post Eeva Soininen, author of the paper ‘Under the snow: a new camera trap opens the white box of subnivean ecology’, tells us how the subnivean camera traps they have developed facilitate studies on the population dynamics of small mammals, even in thick snow cover. Every year, snow covers large parts of … Continue reading Life Below Snow
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