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On May 15th, join our Director of Special Projects and Director of Strategy for Reverse the Red, Michael Clifford along with others from around the world, as they put their minds to work to help push the needle forward on species conservation. Learn more about the World Species Congress here: https://lnkd.in/e8bgBP9V #ReverseTheRed #WorldSpeciesCongress #WorldSpeciesCongress24

This #ThreatenedSpeciesDay we're celebrating exciting news with a recovery plan just approved to protect our unique native water mouse (Xeromys myoides). 💦🐭 The #watermouse is the only species in its genus! It loves coastal wetlands, especially mangroves, where it creates mud-homes just above the tide line. By night, these little native rodents are out and about feasting on crabs and marine invertebrates. No other rodents are known to do this! Unfortunately, the water mouse is listed as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act. But there is now a plan in place to turn the tide for these mysterious water-loving rodents. 🌊🐾 We've teamed up with some amazing partners, including species and habitat experts, First Nations organisations, and other land custodians from local, state, and Australian Government departments. Together, we're on a mission to make a real difference! 📜 The plan is all about stopping the decline and giving a boost to the recovery of these elusive creatures. It includes detection methods, management strategies, monitoring techniques, and groundbreaking research actions. 📊🔬 📖🐭 Your support matters: whether it's spreading the word, getting involved, or simply being a champion for conservation. The recovery plan will be published on our website soon. 📷 Water Mouse at Sandringham Bay Conservation Park on the central Queensland Coast, Credit: John Atkinson via Wikimedia Commons: CC BY-SA 4.0. #BiodiversityMonth #australianwildlife #conservation #biodiversity #DCCEEW #nativespecies #NatureMatters #CoastalGuardians🐭🌊🌏

Our latest Frog Blog, The Croak is live: https://lnkd.in/dmjMzsTa We are often aware of the threats that cause declines in real time, but the insidious effects of past habitat transformation leaves many species hanging on in fragmented and sub-functional ecosystems. Understanding species requirements to inform restoration efforts and conservation management is critical to reversing these trends and putting species on the path to recovery. #extinction #extinctiondebt #speciesrecovery #habitatrestoration #FrogFriday

ATREE’s Darjeeling Community Conservation Centre is conducting research on the keystone avian species of the forests of Darjeeling, woodpeckers. The study aims to understand the response of woodpecker communities to different forest management regimes and test the reliability of woodpeckers as indicators of bird diversity in differently-managed forests. The study led by Aditya Pradhan and Sarala Khaling also aims to explore preferences of foraging niches of woodpecker species in the differently-managed forests. PC: Aditya Pradhan #mountainday #internationalmountainday #ClimateChange

Adding to this - the members, terms of reference and meeting minutes can be found here: https://lnkd.in/e6VApJdc "Deliverables: The taskforce will develop and publish materials – ‘think-pieces’ and technical assessments - to better understand the risks and benefits of species translocations and to ensure a consistent approach with the principles of the England Code and the IUCN Guidelines. The published outputs will assist stakeholders to identify the relative suitability of species for future translocations including consideration of their environmental and socio-economic impact, licensing requirements and evidence gaps. The taskforce will commission and review guidance around specific themes, for example, evaluation and removal of barriers to successful translocations, integration of conservation translocations with other tools and mechanisms for nature recovery, methodologies to assess the risks and benefits of translocations and the use of approaches such as assisted colonisation. Outputs from the taskforce will be made available on a dedicated GOV.UK webpage, along with the terms of reference, membership biographies and minutes of the meetings."

🌟 Bright Spots in Primate Conservation Amid the challenges, there are two powerful reasons to be optimistic about primate conservation: Community-Led Conservation: Local communities are becoming the guardians of primate habitats. When communities benefit from conservation efforts, they become allies in protecting these remarkable beings. Global Awareness: Through social media and increased awareness, more people are joining the fight to save primates. The collective passion for these creatures is driving change. See the Alliance effect: https://pasa.org/ 🌍💚 📷Lwiro Primates #PrimateConservation #GlobalAwareness

translocations are better than nothing. however, they are often a mitigation exercise because development planning has not adequately surveyed wildlife in an area and worked the plans around it, instead of bulldozing habitats en situ. therefore, parallel to making sure species are moved carefully to somewhere as appropriate as possible, can we please drive towards more stringent planning laws which make it compulsory to put biodiversity at the centre of plans. therefore leaving valuable habitats undisturbed or encroached on as much as is possible and as the first priority.

In a new paper published Tuesday in the journal Bird Conservation International, American Bird Conservancy (ABC) scientists David A. Wiedenfeld and Marcelo F. Tognelli highlight the need for updated data to better inform species status decisions and consequential conservation efforts. The paper explains that some bird population estimates in the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List assessments need to be updated because they are 20 or more years old. Read more about this study and how it will shape the future of bird conservation at https://lnkd.in/d-EJbeMA. #BirdConservationInternational #ABCBirds #IUCN #IUCNRedList #BirdNews #BirdConservationNews

The transparent burnet (Zygaena purpuralis) is one of several rare burnet moths found on the West Coast of Scotland and the Isle of Eigg is host to a population. Transparent burnets are very picky with their habitat requirements, being restricted to steep, south facing slopes under cliffs which have plenty of their larval food plant, wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum). This colourful, day-flying moth is one of 37 priority species which the Species on the Edge project aims to conserve by collecting data to help provide a better understanding of the species’ ecology and population trends. Our Ranger and volunteers have now established a transect which will be surveyed over June and July every year to help monitor long term changes in the population. A habitat survey has also been set up to find out more about the specific habitat requirements of the moth to inform future management actions to conserve the species. https://lnkd.in/e_WRrXQd #WorkingforWildlife #Pollinators Butterfly Conservation NatureScot 📸 © Butterfly Conservation

Golden Sun Moths were once found in grasslands across south east Australia, but are now at risk of extinction due to the loss of their habitat. So how best to protect this beautiful species? Our new report, authored by TREC Land Services, brings together existing knowledge about the species and its conservation, and identifies key areas for further research. One of the great things about these moths is that they can co-exist with grazing, which can help manage their grassland habitat — a win-win for farmers and for conservation! Find out more: https://bit.ly/3t40zAA Image: Garry Cheers.