Great evening at the Top Cinema #Vienna watching #JaneGoodall's "Reasons for Hope"

Thank you #BritishEmbassy and #UNVienna for organising

#Biodiversity #ClimateChange #Inspiration #Conservation #ConservationOptimism

https://www.topkino.at/

Comeback on the cards for Asian #antelope declared extinct in Bangladesh https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/comeback-on-the-cards-for-asian-antelope-declared-extinct-in-bangladesh/

"#Nilgais, the largest antelope species in Asia, are reappearing in northwestern #Bangladesh, a country that was part of their historical range but where they were declared locally extinct in the 1930s due to habitat loss and hunting."

#Conservation #ConservationOptimism #Animals #Extinction #Antelopes

Branch’s Rain #Frog Rediscovered After 15 Years https://www.goodthingsguy.com/environment/branchs-rain-frog-rediscovered-after-15-years/

"The Branch’s #RainFrog has been rediscovered after 15 years; the elusive frog was found alongside another, reigniting hope to #conservationists... This species has only been seen once before – in 2008 – when a single specimen was found north of #PortNolloth in the #NorthernCape."

#ConservationOptimism #Conservation #Frogs #Animals #Amphibians

Helping Bison Find Their Way Home
https://therevelator.org/bison-home/

"#BisonReintroduction programs have gained traction on #TribalLands in the United States and Canada in recent years... In September the U.S. Department of the Interior reaffirmed its commitment to herd #reintroduction, allotting $5 million to the restoration of #bison and #grassland ecosystems in Tribal communities."

#Conservation #ConservationOptimism #Rewilding #Animals #Indigenous #FirstNations #USpol #Biden #Climate

Antelope species no longer extinct in wild after #conservation efforts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/67689675

"#ScimitarHornedOryx which had become #extinct in the wild, has now been downgraded to #Endangered, as a result of a successful breeding programme... The #antelope are now thriving within #Chad's #OuadiRimé, at the #OuadiAchim Faunal Reserve. The programme has seen 510 scimitar-horned #oryx young born in the wild."

#ConservationOptimism #Animals #Antelopes #Africa

#ConservationOptimism: Rare #plant on Santa Cruz Island saved by conservation efforts https://www.kcbx.org/environment-and-energy/2023-11-20/rare-plant-from-santa-cruz-island-saved-by-conservation-efforts

"A rare plant that grows only on #SantaCruzIsland, off the coast of #SantaBarbara, was on the endangered species list – but not any more. #Conservation efforts were a success... #Dudleya nesiotica is restricted only to Santa Cruz Island. That’s the only place on earth it occurs."

Nēnē: The Recovery of the Hawaiian Goose
https://blog.nature.org/2023/12/05/nene-the-recovery-of-the-hawaiian-goose/

"Today, there are some 3,200 #nēnē in the wild. By almost any measure, it’s a stunning #conservation success. The threats of habitat fragmentation and invasive predators are omnipresent, so the birds need constant attention from #conservationists and #wildlife managers. Most of the #birds you will see will be banded."

#Hawaii #ConservationOptimism #Extinction #Animals

The road to recovery: #conservation management for the Critically Endangered #BaliMyna shows signs of success https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/road-to-recovery-conservation-management-for-the-critically-endangered-bali-myna-shows-signs-of-success/F804B2368C5BFADFC697D48194001458

"over the past decade, population increases, expansion into new areas of the National Park and beyond, and successful breeding in both artificial and natural nest sites have occurred"

#ConservationOptimism #Extinction #Animals #Birds

U.S. moves to protect #wolverines as climate change melts their mountain refuges https://www.wglt.org/2023-11-29/u-s-moves-to-protect-wolverines-as-climate-change-melts-their-mountain-refuges

"The North American #wolverine will receive long-delayed threatened species protections under a #Biden administration proposal released Wednesday in response to #scientists warning that #ClimateChange will likely melt away the rare species' snowy mountain refuges and push them toward #extinction."

#Conservation #ConservationOptimism #JoeBiden #Democrats #ClimateCrisis