#nature #biodiversity #wildgarden #jardinsecs #fleurs #couleurs #stopneonicotinoides
Very few moths last night, but today's #MothOfTheDay is a first 2026 sighting of
OAK-TREE PUG
Eupithecia dodoneata
Often confused with Brindled Pug which are almost identical save for some minor marking differences. These two preferred the hanging sheet to the moth box.
#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #garden #spring #April #conservation #biodiversity #alttext
𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 | 𝟏𝟒–𝟏𝟔 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐳𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞, 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨
The Congo Basin is calling. The 2nd Congo Basin Summit is coming to Brazzaville, building on the landmark first Summit held in Kinshasa in 2023, which united farmers, Indigenous Peoples, civil society, researchers, and governments around a shared vision for the region's food and ecological future. This second edition takes the movement further — bringing together communities, policymakers, and partners to advance agroecology, food sovereignty, biodiversity conservation, and climate justice across the six Congo Basin countries, and to hold each other accountable to the commitments made in Kinshasa.
Three years on from Kinshasa, the Congo Basin faces the same interlocking crises — deforestation, land grabbing, weak policy support for community-led solutions, and the continued marginalisation of Indigenous Peoples, women, and youth — but the movement is stronger. In Brazzaville, we will review progress, strengthen regional coordination, mobilise political and financial support, and agree on a concrete Brazzaville 2026 Declaration and Action Roadmap to scale agroecological transitions and inclusive conservation across the basin. Organized by AFSA and partners.
#Agroecology #CongoBasin #FoodSovereignty #ClimateJustice #Biodiversity
𝐑𝐄́𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐙 𝐋𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 | 𝟏𝟒–𝟏𝟔 𝐉𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐳𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞, 𝐑𝐞́𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐝𝐮 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨
Le Bassin du Congo nous appelle. Le 2ème Sommet du Bassin du Congo se tiendra à Brazzaville, en s'appuyant sur le premier Sommet historique tenu à Kinshasa en 2023, qui a réuni agriculteurs, Peuples Autochtones, société civile, chercheurs et gouvernements autour d'une vision commune pour l'avenir alimentaire et écologique de la région. Cette deuxième édition pousse le mouvement plus loin — en rassemblant communautés, décideurs politiques et partenaires pour faire avancer l'agroécologie, la souveraineté alimentaire, la conservation de la biodiversité et la justice climatique dans les six pays du Bassin du Congo, et pour se tenir mutuellement responsables des engagements pris à Kinshasa.
Trois ans après Kinshasa, le Bassin du Congo fait face aux mêmes crises imbriquées — déforestation, accaparement des terres, faible soutien politique aux solutions portées par les communautés, et marginalisation persistante des Peuples Autochtones, des femmes et des jeunes — mais le mouvement est plus fort. À Brazzaville, nous ferons le bilan des progrès accomplis, renforcerons la coordination régionale, mobiliserons un soutien politique et financier, et conviendrons d'une Déclaration de Brazzaville 2026 et d'une Feuille de Route concrète pour accélérer les transitions agroécologiques et une conservation inclusive dans tout le bassin. Organisé par l'AFSA et ses partenaires.
#Agroécologie #BassindDuCongo #SouverainetéAlimentaire #JusticeClimatique #Biodiversité
Farmer "preferred profit and commercial interest over the environment."
The owner of Treetops Estate Pty Ltd has been fined $84,000 for illegal land clearing — much less than the $2.2 million it would have cost him if he had obtained a permit for the work. The farmer was convicted over clearing 112 hectares of bushland.
"The clearing significantly reduced high-value remnant vegetation and the habitat of 18 species of native birds, including three of conservational significance: peregrine falcon, purple-gaped honeyeater and black-chinned honeyeater." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-09/farm-owner-convicted-over-land-clearing-fine-less-than-permit/106543362
#biodiversity #LandClearing #deforestation #farming #crime #CostOfDoingBusiness #extinction #birds #EPBCact

The owner of a farm in South Australia's south-east is convicted and fined for clearing 112 hectares of bushland, but the penalty is much less than the $2.2 million he would have had to pay for a permit for the work.
This could happen anywhere in Australia:
Biodiversity conservation going to the dogs
Somewhere in crowded suburbia is a small creek with a bit of bush left behind by accident. It is a refuge for swamp wallabies, blue wrens and many other species of the biodiversity kin.
‘User groups’, that is locals and their dogs demand that the last bit of green is for their ‘recreation’ and not Australian flora and fauna. Pet owners allow that their roaming dogs destroy the last small fragmented refuges where native wildlife can survive.
Recently a council voted to fence dogs out of the park "to manage the growing dog population in the municipality." There are “problems with dog behaviour…They (swamp wallabies) are threatened and chased and killed by dogs.”
Anger and vandalism followed. Local pet owners demand to "make the park off-leash for dogs.” The dispute requires 'conflict experts’ from outside to get involved.
In a place where everything is 'dog friendly’ and where half of Australian households own at least one dog, they implicitly ‘voted with their paws’ to be 'wildlife unfriendly'.
* Conflict experts called in following a dispute over a dog fence in Coburg >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-09/merribek-calls-in-conflict-experts-about-coburg-dog-fence/106541266
* A 'balancing act' as council votes to fence dogs out of park, sparking safety concerns >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-21/merri-creek-dog-fence-swamp-wallaby-coburg-victoria/105675854
#biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #UserGroups #dogs #pets #roaming #DogOwners #TheBush #recreation #parks #FOMC #fences #UrbanEcology #extinction #councils #WildlifeUnfriendly
Orcas never seen before in Seattle delight whale watchers with a visit
Researchers uncover 10 new moth species and 7 new genera in Hawaiʻi

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/8175125 [https://hexbear.net/post/8175125] > cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/40077 [https://news.abolish.capital/post/40077] > > > Researchers in Hawai’i have described 10 new species and seven new genera of moths, highlighting how much remains unknown about the Pacific archipelago’s biodiversity. Hawai’i is home to a large number of endemic species, plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth. Discovery of a new species is so common, “nobody turns their head,” study co-author Daniel Rubinoff, an entomologist with the University of Hawaiʻi, told Mongabay in a video call. He said finding a new genus is considered “kind of interesting, but to find so many really reflects how poorly known Hawaii’s fauna still is.” Genus is a broader grouping than species, so species in different genera typically diverged much earlier in their evolutionary history than species of the same genus. “Hawaiʻi is a world-renowned laboratory for evolution ,” lead author Kyhl Austin of the University of Hawai’i said in a press release. “By identifying these seven new genera, we are showing that these insects crossed thousands of miles of open ocean to reach Hawai’i far more frequently than we ever imagined.” Karl Magnacca, an entomologist with the O‘ahu Army Natural Resources Program, not involved with the study told Mongabay in an email that “this is a really important contribution, as many of our native insect groups haven’t been looked at in around 100 years.” In their search for new moths, researchers examined century-old museum collections and conducted field surveys in remote areas. They combined detailed anatomic examination with high-resolution imaging and genetic testing to reveal a hidden diversity of moths.…This article was originally published on Mongabay [https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/04/researchers-uncover-10-new-moth-species-and-7-new-genera-in-hawai%ca%bbi/] > > > > — > > > > From Conservation news [https://news.mongabay.com/feed/] via This RSS Feed [https://news.mongabay.com/feed/].
Climate's Accelerated Evolutionary Pace: Gene Regulation Shifts Fuel Adaptation
New research shows gene regulation changes, passed down generations, help species adapt to climate change faster than DNA changes alone. Learn how.
#ClimateAdaptation, #GeneRegulation, #Evolution, #Biodiversity, #EnvironmentalScience
https://newsletter.tf/gene-regulation-changes-aid-species-climate-adaptation/