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Airborne agriculture

Animal paparazzi: Camera traps focus on small critters

DNA and beyond: The challenges of identifying wood and addressing illegal timber products

Caleb O'Brien 25 Nov 2015

Stemming the tide: A new tool in wildlife crime whodunits

Caleb O'Brien 16 Nov 2015

Putting our heads together for tigers

Caleb O'Brien 13 Nov 2015

A bird’s-eye view of forest restoration

Caleb O'Brien 26 Oct 2015

Mark Hebblewhite and Kelly Proffitt use an ultrasound to measure an adult female elk's body condition in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. The elk was captured via a helicopter net gun and sports a GPS collar around her neck. Photo courtesy of Mark Hebblewhite.

Wildlife biology in the 21st century

Caleb O'Brien 20 Oct 2015

A big house on the prairie: assessing prairie dog colonies for black-footed ferret habitat

Katie Taylor 7 Oct 2015

Test-driving an origami microscope

Caleb O'Brien 5 Oct 2015

Animal action: new sensor tag tech could link animal behavior and conservation science

Caleb O'Brien 29 Sep 2015

In the last 25 years, that land has been continuously trespassed by illegal loggers a threat not only to the forest itself, but to the Indians, victims of life threats, attempts and murders. Tired of waiting for the Brazilian government to take action even after several reports, the Kaapor people developed an independent project to monitor and cast out trespassers from their land. After a request for help, Greenpeace joined the Kaapor to boost that surveillance plan with the aid of technology, like trackers and trap cams, which could be installed by the Kaapor themselves. Fronteira da Terra Indígena Alto Turiaçu, do povo Kaapor, com o avanço do desmatamento em áreas vizinhas, no estado do Maranhão. Distribuída em cerca de 530 mil hectares, a Terra Indígena Alto Turiaçu, do povo Kaapor, representa uma das últimas extensões de floresta amazônica no Maranhão. Nos últimos 25 anos, esse território tem sido continuamente invadido por madeireiros ilegais, que representam não apenas uma ameaça à floresta, mas também aos índios, vítimas frequentes de ameaças, assassinatos e atentados contra as suas lideranças. Cansados de esperar por uma atitude das autoridades brasileiras depois de inúmeras denúncias, os Kaapor desenvolveram um projeto independente de monitoramento para expulsar os invasores de suas terras. Atendendo a um pedido de ajuda desse povo o Greenpeace auxiliou o povo Kaapor a agregar a esse sistema de autovigilância o uso de tecnologias, como rastreadores e trap cams, que poderiam ser implementadas pelos próprios indígenas e fornecer evidências mais contundentes e pressionar ainda mais o governo brasileiro. Agosto de 2015.

Indigenous group, Greenpeace partner to track illegal logging in the Amazon

Caleb O'Brien 26 Sep 2015

The best defense is a good bee-fence

Caleb O'Brien & Sammi Dowdell 23 Sep 2015

News and Inspiration from Nature's Frontline.

Mining activities threaten honey production in the Caatinga biome

An African wildcat in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. While little is known about the threats facing African wildcats in West Africa, across their range they are at risk from hybridization and disease transmission from domestic cats. Image by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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