Grassland conservation hits ranchers in the wallet

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New tool aims to help coral reefs survive climate change

Scientists have developed a practical method for assessing the resilience of coral reefs to climate change and for prioritizing local actions to help reefs survive. Jeff Maynard and fellow scientists tested the method in Keppel Bay of the southern Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and found that it can be a useful tool for conservation planning...

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Human disturbance spurring the development of invasive characteristics in species

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Quality vs. quantity in protecting habitat for birds

A new study from South Africa touches on an interesting conservation question about whether we should place greater importance on quality or quantity when it comes to protecting habitat to conserve biodiversity...

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Indigenous have smaller ecological footprint on Amazon than colonists

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Oil exploration causing long-term damage to arctic tundra

Proponents for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska and government regulators have generally assumed that conducting seismic activities in the winter would avoid damaging the sensitive tundra ecosystem. A new study throws this assumption into doubt...

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Reducing the negative ecological impacts from biofuel production

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When land managers unintentionally create ecological traps

Sometimes the well-intentioned efforts of land managers can have unintended negative consequences for threatened species. In a new case study, researchers from Israel show how efforts by the national forestry agency to improve scrubland habitat in the Negev desert actually created an ecological trap for a highly endangered, endemic lizard...

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Quantifying the impact of land cover change on regional climate

Ecosystems can influence regional climate through biophysical regulation. Researchers test a method to help resource mangers quantify this ecosystem service and predict how land cover changes will affect climate...

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Interview with a native plant pioneer: revegetating levees in the Delta

In the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta of California, there are few investments more precious - and more fought over - than levees. Over the last two decades, Jeff Hart has been challenging conventional wisdom about levees and native vegetation. K. Gregg Elliot interviewed Jeff about his innovative work...

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