TRAFFIC Recommendations for CoP15 available

http://www.traffic.org/home/2010/1/20/traffic-recommendations-for-cop15-available.html
TRAFFIC’s recommendations on the proposals to amend the Appendices of CITES (the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) have been released today.

Source: TRAFFIC - wildlife trade news

Australia ignores threatened sharks in the name of sport

http://www.traffic.org/home/2010/1/29/australia-ignores-threatened-sharks-in-the-name-of-sport.html
Australian Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has decided to change the law so Australia can avoid its international obligations and allow threatened sharks to be caught in Australian waters, WWF-Australia and TRAFFIC warned today.

Source: TRAFFIC - Wildlife Trade News

Managing our coastal zone in a changing climate: the time to act is now

http://www.apo.org.au/research/managing-our-coastal-zone-changing-climate-time-act-now
New governance arrangements are needed for Australia’s coastal zone, according to this report, which makes recommendations to improve management of climate change and environmental impacts on the coast.

Source: Australian Policy Online

Solving Australia's mammal extinction crisis

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/09/02/2674674.htm?site=science/opinion
"Evidence suggests Australia is on the cusp of another wave of mammal extinctions with a reduction in the abundance of some species and alarmingly, their range. This is undoubtedly one of the major biodiversity conservation issues affecting Australia. It's crucial we focus on the management solutions required to stop these species falling into extinction." Iain Gordon

Source: ABC Science/10th International Congress of Ecology

Improved Eagle Management Program Helps to Incorporate Scientific Data, Identify Information Gaps

http://www.docuticker.com/?p=27710
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced a new program to issue two new types of permits that will be used to improve the management of bald and golden eagles under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. The two permits are designed to protect public safety and manage activities or projects that may disturb or otherwise incidentally “take” bald or golden eagles or their nests, while maintaining stable or increasing populations. Permits will only be granted when they are compatible with this goal.

Source: Docuticker

America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places

Source: National Trust for Historic Preservation
This year marks the 22nd annual list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Since 1988, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has used this list as a powerful alarm to raise awareness of the serious threats facing the nation’s greatest treasures. It has become one of the most effective tools in the fight to save the country’s irreplaceable architectural, cultural and natural heritage.

Source: Docuticker

The operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: second report

This report focuses on the effectiveness of Regional Forest Agreements in protecting conservation values, with the majority of committee members supporting a strengthened system.

Source: Australian Policy Online

Dingoes may be a native's best friend

The dingo may actually help protect native rodents and marsupials from introduced predators, Australian researchers have shown. The study, published in the online version of the journal, Animal Conservation, shows the positive effect dingoes have on biodiversity. In the first field study of its kind, wildlife ecologist Dr Mike Letnic and colleagues from the University of Sydney, monitored native dusky-hopping mice (Notomys fuscus) at six locations in central Australia near Cameron's Corner.

Source: ABC News in Science

The operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts.
This report examines a range of issues relating to the operation of the Act over the past decade, including the cumulative impact of approvals under the Act on threatened species and ecological communities and the effectiveness of responses to key threats identified within the Act. This is the first report of the inquiry; a final report will be released on 24 April 2009.

Source: Australian Policy Online

ARGENTINE ANTS GIVE WEEDS A BOOST

In a double blow to the environment, Argentine ants are not only outcompeting native ants, but they are helping spread weeds, Australian research has found.

Source: ABC Science updates

Public land management needs greater accountability for wildlife

Source: Defenders of Wildlife [America]
A new report released today by conservation groups and sportsmen’s organizations provides a practical roadmap for restoring balance to public lands management to ensure healthy wildlife populations.
The report, titled “Your Lands, Your Wildlife: Restoring Balance to the Management of Our Public Lands” offers policy makers a strategy for meeting the complex social and environmental challenges facing America’s federal public lands in the 21st century.
+ Full Report (PDF; 1.6 MB)

Source: Docuticker