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Attracting thousands each year to its natural beauty and wildlife, Lake Hyoko in Niigata Prefecture makes for a great weekend getaway. From birds to cherry blossoms, not to mention the lake, this site has plenty to soak up all year round. Despite its name, Lake Hyoko is not a natural lake. The site was a key fixture in the agricultural production of the nearby area. In 1954, Lake Hyoko was designated as a national monument by the Japanese government for its history of attracting swans in the autumn and winter months. In recognition of its importance in preserving nature and wildlife, the lake ...
GaijinPot
170 European Bison reintroduced to Romania’s Țarcu mountains could help capture and store the carbon released by up to 84,000 average US petrol cars each year. New research from Yale University, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, suggests these massive herbivores could have a role to play in mitigating the impact of climate change. By grazing a 48 square kilometre area of grassland in a wider landscape of 300 kilometres squared, they helped to capture an additional 54,000 tonnes of carbon each year. That is around 10 times the amount that would be captured by the ecosystem without the bison...
Euronews (English)
By Remi BANET Çamlıhemşin (AFP) - Ses inconditionnels voient en lui un remède aux palpitations, aux maux d'estomac ou à l'impuissance, mais chaque année le "miel fou" de la mer Noire envoie des centaines de gourmands à l'hôpital. Bayram Demirciler, sous son voile blanc d'apiculteur, est toutefois formel: son miel, que ses abeilles fabriquent sous le soleil de mai et qu'il vend en direct, "n'a jamais jusqu'ici causé de problème". La romancière anglaise Agatha Christie en connaissait pourtant déjà les effets secrets qui, dans "Mystère à Venise", élimine un de ses personnages avec ce miel de rhod...
AFP (Français)
Glacier National Park (United States) (AFP) - Glacier National Park's ice fortress is crumbling. The giant trees of Sequoia National Park are ablaze. And even the tenacious cacti of Saguaro National Park are struggling to endure a decades-long drought. Since their creation, national parks have embodied the pioneering spirit of America in their vast expanses and breathtaking landscapes. But today, the climate crisis imperils the very symbols of many parks, leaving them facing a future where their names could be cruel ironies. Deep within Montana's Glacier National Park, the once majestic Grinn...
AFP
Wildlife trafficking has not substantially reduced over the past two decades, despite positive signs in reducing trafficking of iconic species like elephant and rhino, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported in Vienna on Monday. "The global scope and scale of wildlife crime remain substantial with seizures during 2015–2021 indicating an illegal trade in 162 countries and territories affecting around 4,000 plant and animal species," the office's third edition of the World Wildlife Crime Report says. During the six-year period, around 13 million individual animals and plants had been s...
DPA International
Wildlife trafficking has not substantially reduced over the past two decades, despite positive signs in reducing trafficking of iconic species like elephant and rhino, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported in Vienna on Monday. "The global scope and scale of wildlife crime remain substantial with seizures during 2015–2021 indicating an illegal trade in 162 countries and territories affecting around 4,000 plant and animal species," the office's third edition of the World Wildlife Crime Report says. During the six-year period, around 13 million individual animals and plants had been s...
DPA
Wildlife trafficking has not substantially reduced over the past two decades, despite positive signs in reducing trafficking of iconic species like elephant and rhino, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported in Vienna on Monday. "The global scope and scale of wildlife crime remain substantial with seizures during 2015–2021 indicating an illegal trade in 162 countries and territories affecting around 4,000 plant and animal species," the office's third edition of the World Wildlife Crime Report says. During the six-year period, around 13 million individual animals and plants had been s...
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By Levi FERNANDES Aljustrel (Portugal) (AFP) - Oiseau migrateur, la cigogne ? Pas si sûr. Ces oiseaux blancs peuplent désormais par dizaines les pylônes électriques au Portugal, trouvant de quoi se nourrir dans les décharges et s'épargnant les aller-retours avec l'Afrique, en raison également du changement climatique selon certaines hypothèses. Alors que ces échassiers figuraient parmi les espèces menacées du pays ibérique jusqu'au tournant du siècle, leur nombre a quasiment doublé au cours de la dernière décennie, en passant de quelque 12.000 couples à environ 20.000, selon les estimations de...
AFP (Français)
Most of us today are familiar with rewilding - the concept of bringing nature back in certain areas, restoring lost ecosystems and biodiversity to a healthier state. It’s conservation work that’s often attached to the idea of “letting nature take care of itself”, with minimal human interference. But is less human intervention always better? Or the most realistic approach on a 21st-century planet, home to 8.1 billion people? Not necessarily. In some cases, a human touch can not only be helpful in designing rewilded ecosystems but also remain a vital part of them. Perhaps because we’re so used t...
Euronews (English)
The felling of the Sycamore Gap tree along Hadrian’s Wall in northern England last year caused an outpouring of grief and outrage in the UK and beyond. Now two men have been charged with cutting down the beloved 150-year-old tree, prosecutors said on Tuesday (30 April). Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, were charged with causing criminal damage and damaging the wall built in A.D. 122 by Emperor Hadrian to guard the northwest frontier of the Roman Empire. They were ordered to appear in Newcastle Magistrates’ Court on 15 May. Banksy mural: Do people care about trees more after seeing t...
Euronews (English)
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