Jane Goodall: Pioneer for chimps & our planet. #JaneGoodall #Conservation #Environment

Jane Goodall: Pioneer for chimps & our planet. #JaneGoodall #Conservation #Environment
"Samoa’s new marine spatial plan protects 30% of the country’s ocean"
#Samoa #Environment #Oceans #Conservation
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/samoas-new-marine-spatial-plan-protects-30-of-the-countrys-ocean/
"Researchers identify 22 key areas for protecting struggling giant otters"
"A new report lists the world’s 25 most endangered primates. Most people have never heard of them."
QPI’s awards program aims to protect and recognize quiet spaces globally.
So far, 300 places have been nominated, with only a fraction qualifying.
Certification raises awareness and acts as a deterrent against noise intrusion.
This is welcome.
"The authors calculate that the Lake District’s 673,000 sheep comprise 90% of medium-sized mammal biomass, with wild mammals representing 3%. Schofield calls sheep farming “both ecologically catastrophic and economically precarious”
#Conservation #Nature #Heritage #LakeDistrict
Conservationists call for Lake District to lose Unesco world heritage status | Conservation | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/07/conservationists-call-for-lake-district-to-lose-unesco-world-heritage-status
Conservationists call for Lake District to lose Unesco world heritage status https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/07/conservationists-call-for-lake-district-to-lose-unesco-world-heritage-status #Conservation #LakeDistrict #Ruralaffairs #Environment #Farming #Cumbria #England #UKnews #Unesco
A Kea comes into land on a snow-covered tree in Arthur’s Pass National Park. Native to us here in New Zealand’s South Island, Kea are the world’s only alpine parrot—clever, curious, and full of mischief.
Funding #wildlife #conservation through tourism dollars https://eugeneweekly.com/2025/06/05/1-for-wildlife/ #Oregon
Why Quebec's forestry reform is facing backlash from #Indigenous groups, conservationists https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-bill-97-forestry-reform-1.7553714?cmp=rss #Quebec #Canada #Conservation #Trees
#NewSpecies!
New pseudoscorpion from #china just pinched us:
Stenohya biverticis
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/ED4EC161-FF88-FFBE-FE31-F90DBA6DD6F9
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.993.2909
#ejtaxonomy #StenohyaBiverticis
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arthropods #arachnology #arachnids #pseudoscorpions
While oil prospects in the Amazon north shore attract international attention, the offer of exploration blocks around Indigenous territories goes unnoticed in Mato Grosso state.
Brazil will auction 21 blocks in the Parecis Basin, an area with dense Indigenous activity, yet none of these communities have been consulted, as leaders struggle to handle existing threats such as ranchers and miners.
By Fernanda Wenzel
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/unnoticed-oil-gas-threat-looms-for-indigenous-people-near-amazon-blocks/
4-Jun-2025
Top scientists call for permanent ban on high seas exploitation
Extractive activity in international waters - including #fishing, #seabedMining, and #oil and #gas exploitation - should be banned forever, according to top scientists.
#NewSpecies!
New necklace worm from #japan just surfaced:
Paraopisthosyllis rufa
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038A9201-E412-FFD6-FF7E-8EB4725D5193
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5632.1.3
#Zootaxa #ParaopisthosyllisRufa
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #annelida #worms #marineworm #polychaetworms #necklace
Sometimes, you just happen to miss one!
Packing away the moth box and found this little fella on the side of a shallow planter. It is a welcome to 2025 and my first sighting this year of:
TREBLE BROWN SPOT - a geometer (read: flat and butterfly-like).
Common round these parts in May-June
#NewSpecies!
New fruit fly from #india just landed:
Acroceratitis sachini
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC87A6-FFCB-B643-54F2-FA18EC21FE6E
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5637.1.3
#Zootaxa #AcroceratitisSachini
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #diptera #fly #fruitflies
#NewSpecies!
Arundinella mainlingensis
A newly discovered poaceae from #china!
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/63FB5E31-E125-5BEF-A960-00A9E21F44D2
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.257.151771
#PhytoKeys #ArundinellaMainlingensis
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #poaceae #grasses
In 2008, the United Nations recognized June 8 as World Oceans Day to spotlight the rising vulnerabilities facing the oceans that cover more than 70% of Earth’s surface.
Seventeen years later, average ocean temperatures have never been higher.
#NewSpecies!
New iguanian lizard from #cuba just climbed in:
Anolis torresfundorai
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/51E67F3E-F745-531F-8DDF-EC97C10B9677
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.75.e152054
#VertebrateZoology #AnolisTorresfundorai
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #reptiles #lizards #anoles
#NewSpecies!
New mantis shrimp from #vanuatu just hit us:
Pullosquilla decocki
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/035D1B37-0C6D-FFCE-FF69-6F97FD68FD31
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.5.6
#Zootaxa #PullosquillaDecocki
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #shrimp #mantis #mantisshrimp #reef