http://naturerights.com/blog Protect the amazonian rainforest and its people Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:29:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At twenty-two Paul Rosolie has seen more adventure than many of us will in our lifetime. First visiting the Amazon at eighteen, Rosolie has explored strange jungle ecosystems, caught anaconda and black caiman bare-handed, joined indigenous hunting expeditions, led volunteer expeditions, and hand-raised a baby giant anteater. "Rainforests were my ... http://naturerights.com/blog/secrets-of-the-amazon-giant-anacondas-and-floating-forests-an-interview-with-paul-rosolie/ Heavily polluted and shrinking, Lake Naivasha is in dire trouble. Environmentalists say the cause is clear: flower farms. Some 60 flower farms line the entire lakeside, growing cut flowers for export largely to the EU. While the flowers industry is Kenya's largest horticultural export (405.5 million last year) it may ... http://naturerights.com/blog/flower-farms-may-be-killing-kenyas-lake-naivasha/ Mature male orangutans produce what scientist's call 'long calls', which can be heard for one kilometer in all directions even in dense forests. New research in Ethology has uncovered that these calls are employed for a number of reasons and provide information about who is calling and why. http://naturerights.com/blog/orangutans-use-calls-for-a-variety-of-reasons/ Extinctions are currently outpacing the capacity for new species to evolve, according to Simon Stuart, chair of the Species Survival Commission for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). http://naturerights.com/blog/extinction-outpaces-evolution/ A research camp with environmental organization Save the Elephants (STE) in Samburu National Reserve in Kenya fell victim to a flash flood last week, after the Ewaso Ng’iro River broke its banks. Fortunately, none of the researchers or employees were hurt, but the camp lost most of the equipment—including ... http://naturerights.com/blog/flash-flood-sweeps-away-elephant-research-camp-in-kenya/ Over a third of the greenhouse gas emissions related to the consumption of goods in wealthy nations actually occur in developing countries, according to a new analysis by researchers with the Carnegie Institution. Annually, each person if the United States outsources 2.5 tons of carbon due to consumption habits, most ... http://naturerights.com/blog/consumption-habits-cause-rich-countries-to-outsource-emissions/ [[petition-1]] http://naturerights.com/blog/save-yasuni/ A new species of cuttlefish has been discovered on the Southern tip of India, according to The Hindu. Discovered in Tamil Nadu, along the coast of the town of Colachel, the species has been named sepia vecchioni. http://naturerights.com/blog/new-cuttlefish-discovered-in-india/ Facing habitat loss, pollution, climate change, and the devastating chytrid fungus, there has been little positive news about amphibians recently. However, a story out of Australia brings a much needed respite from bad news. In 2008 Luke Pearce, a fisheries conservation officer, stumbled on a frog that had been thought ... http://naturerights.com/blog/frog-in-australia-goes-from-extinct-to-very-very-endangered/ There are few areas of research in tropical biology more exciting and more important than seed dispersal. Seed dispersal—the process by which seeds are spread from parent trees to new sprouting ground—underpins the ecology of forests worldwide. In temperate forests, seeds are often spread by wind and water, though sometimes ... http://naturerights.com/blog/why-seed-dispersers-matter-an-interview-with-pierre-michel-forget-chair-of-the-fsd-international-symposium/