Category: Connectivity

Birds, Coexistence, Connectivity, Keystone species, Reintroductions

Reviving Portugal’s vultures [Southern Europe]

Milene Matos writes: “The mighty cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) is a true giant of the skies. It is the largest Old World vulture and one of the heaviest birds of prey in the world, with a wingspan of almost three metres. Unfortunately, the species has suffered a dramatic decline across Europe—but there is hope. Thanks to the recovery of the Spanish population, this impressive vulture is making a…” Continue reading Reviving Portugal’s vultures [Southern Europe]

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Connectivity, Grasslands, Mammals, Reintroductions

The hyena returns [Southern Africa]

Peace Parks Foundation staff write: “Something remarkable is happening in Mozambique, a country on the east coast of sub-Saharan Africa. In 2018, the National Administration for Conservation Areas, which directs the management of national parks and reserves, signed a fifteen-year agreement with Peace Parks Foundation to restore, develop, and manage Maputo National Park, in the…” Continue reading The hyena returns [Southern Africa]

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Birds, Connectivity, Fish, Mammals, Plants, Rivers, Wetlands

Rewilding itself: the Union Canal [Northeast USA]

Sally Zaino writes: “Connecting the Susquehanna River to the Schuylkill River with a canal was William Penn’s idea, before 1700—but construction was not begun for another hundred years. The canal was to be known as the “Golden Link”. However, construction suffered many stops and starts, while engineers struggled to create a canal that, from west to east, would rise 92 feet and fall 311 feet, that was prone…” Continue reading Rewilding itself: the Union Canal [Northeast USA]

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Connectivity, Mammals

Underpass for elephants on Mount Kenya [East Africa]

Bruce Byers writes: “We need to move toward a spatial pattern in which human activities are scattered in a sea of natural ecosystems, rather than the reverse—natural ecosystems embedded in a human-dominated landscape, as now in most places. Ecological connectivity between wild ecosystems needs to increase to maintain biodiversity in the face of, and for resilience to, climate change, and…” Continue reading Underpass for elephants on Mount Kenya [East Africa]

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