💧🌏 Greg Cocks10h ago
Beavers Must Be Backed, As Stirling [University] Study Shows Biodiversity Boost Animals Bring To Wetlands [UK/Finland] - Beavers Can Have A Major Impact In The Fight Against Biodiversity Loss.
(Research has shown that beaver-created wetlands had 19% more species than other types of wetland)
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https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2026/march-2026-news/beavers-must-be-backed-as-stirling-study-shows-biodiversity-boost-animals-bring-to-wetlands/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-026-02303-4 <-- shared paper
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#beavers #benefits #natural #biodiversity #species #wetlands #habitats #Evo #Finland #Europe #ecology #ecosystems #environment #water #hydrology #waterresources #hydrography #planning #management #reintroduction #waterflow #restoration #dams #waterbodies #impoundment
#SterlingUniversity
Hacker News11h ago

U.S. exempts oil industry from protecting Gulf animals, for 'national security'

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/30/nx-s1-5745926/endangered-species-committee-hegseth-security

#HackerNews #oilindustry #GulfAnimals #nationalsecurity #environmentalpolicy #endangered #species

Dragofix12h ago

Court Rules Agencies Ignored Cattle Damage, Violated Endangered Species Act in Arizona National Monument https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/court-rules-agencies-ignored-cattle-damage-violated-endangered-species-act-in-arizona-national-monument-2026-03-31/

#AnimalRights #AnimalAgriculture #endangered #species #Arizona

Court Rules Agencies Ignored Cattle Damage, Violated Endangered Species Act in Arizona National Monument

Center for Biological Diversity: PHOENIX— A federal court today ruled that federal agencies violated the Endangered Species Act by ignoring years of damage from illegal livestock grazing to rare desert stream habitat for imperiled fish and birds within the Agua Fria National Monument in Arizona.

Center for Biological Diversity
CBC World17h ago
Trump officials exempt drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from endangered species act, putting rare whale at risk
The Trump administration has exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act after U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said environmentalists' lawsuits threatened to hobble domestic energy supplies as the U.S. wages war against Iran.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/endangered-species-god-squad-rice-s-whale-9.7148779?cmp=rss
CBC Top Stories17h ago
Trump officials exempt drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from endangered species act, putting rare whale at risk
The Trump administration has exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act after U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said environmentalists' lawsuits threatened to hobble domestic energy supplies as the U.S. wages war against Iran.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/endangered-species-god-squad-rice-s-whale-9.7148779?cmp=rss
Richard Michael Blaber20h ago
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/31/uk-smallest-bird-prey-among-species-risk-extinction-study-finds; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-70064-4 (open access). "The #merlin, Britain’s smallest bird of prey, is one of more than 200 #species that will become #extinct in the #UK if action is not taken to curb #emissions & #unsustainable #landuse, a #study has claimed."
UK’s smallest bird of prey among 200 species at risk of extinction, study finds

Merlin could disappear in worst-case scenario, with British isles facing ecological ‘point of no return’

The Guardian
Show threadNonilex21h ago

The committee led by #Trump’s #interior secretary voted Tuesday to exempt #oil & #gas companies from complying with the #EndangeredSpeciesAct when #drilling in the #GulfOfMexico, a move expected to threaten #RicesWhale & other #species with #extinction.

Meeting for the first time in more than 30 years, the group nicknamed for its ability to decide the fate of species, approved the exemption on [bullshit] “#NationalSecurity” grounds in a discussion that took about 15 minutes.

#law #MarineLife

Nonilex21h ago

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#FDT

#US panel votes to exempt #GulfOfMexico #drilling from #EndangeredSpeciesAct

The committee — nicknamed the “God Squad” for its ability to decide the fate of #species — voted to exempt #oil & #gas firms from federal #wildlife protections, citing the #IranWar.

#Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science #conservation #habitats #ecosystems #MarineLife #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/03/31/trump-god-squad-rices-whales-endangered-species/

U.S. panel votes to exempt Gulf of Mexico drilling from Endangered Species Act

In its first meeting in three decades, the Endangered Species Committee voted to revoke protections for the endangered Rice’s whales and sea turtles.

The Washington Post
Show threadCuilfail22h ago
@AverageS
That is a great shot!
Shows beautifully that modern production #Forestry can '...evoke the feeling of ancient, untouched woodland...' while providing #LowCarbon building materials.
Its all about #Silviculture not #Tree #Species #RightTreeRightPlaceRightReason
CBC Technology Science1d ago
40 species, including snowy owl, added to UN list for greater protections
A week of negotiations has led to 40 species added on a list of protections under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, the 15th meeting of countries that are party to a UN treaty signed in 1979.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/cop15-cms-protected-animals-snowy-owl-hammerhead-9.7147700?cmp=rss