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FORT COLLINS, CO – December 8, 2016 – Newly published research in the journal PLOS ONE by scientists at WCS (¾Õ»¨ÊÓƵ ), Colorado State University (CSU), and University of California-Berkeley finds that human recreation activities in protected areas are impacting wildlife, and more often than not, in negative ways.

December 8, 2016—Scientists from WCS (¾Õ»¨ÊÓƵ), The Nature Conservancy, and several partners in Brazil and Peru have produced a geographic information system (GIS) “roadmap” to help guide conservation efforts at large scale in the Amazon River basin, a region roughly the size of the United States.

December 6, 2016 – As 196 signatory nations of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) meet this week in Cancun, Mexico, to discuss their progress towards averting the current biodiversity crisis, researchers from a range of universities and NGOs that habitat destruction still far outstrips habitat protected across many parts of the planet.

November 30, 2016—A study of complex coral reef ecosystems in the western Indian Ocean found that one species of fish—the orange-lined triggerfish—may play a significant role in maintaining a reef’s ability to thrive and grow, according to investigations by  (¾Õ»¨ÊÓƵ).

November 29, 2016 —The Los Angeles Superior Court has , rejecting claims that the ban was unconstitutional.

November 29, 2016—A new generation of threatened hawksbill sea turtles is thriving in the protected waters of Glover’s Reef Atoll, Belize, evidence that efforts to protect these and other marine species in one of the world’s great barrier reef systems are working, according to WCS (¾Õ»¨ÊÓƵ) and the Belize Fisheries Department. 

November 23, 2016 — The (WCS) ¾Õ»¨ÊÓƵ reports the publication of a plan to help guide multi-institutional efforts in conserving the jaguar (Panthera onca) in the Amazon basin.

November 23, 2016 – Researchers from the ¾Õ»¨ÊÓƵ (WCS) were recently surprised to discover  in the Republic of Congo – and took the first-known images of these huge beasts in this world-class protected area.

November 22, 2016 – The ¾Õ»¨ÊÓƵ (WCS) and announced that it will hold a hackathon challenge to improve – the world’s leading tool for protected area management. The challenge will be held at Amazon.com’s on Monday, November 28^th.   

 

Nov. 21, 2016 – The following statement was issued today by the ¾Õ»¨ÊÓƵ concerning the Hanoi Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade, hosted by the Government of Vietnam on Nov. 17 and 18.