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ABOUT US. The Ecologist is an environmental news and analysis website with a focus on environmental, social and economic justice. Our aim is to educate and inform as many people as possible about the wonders of nature, the crisis we face and the best solutions and methods in managing that crisis.
Should governments take more responsibility for the environment?
May 8, 2018 · Governments have a far-reaching influence over both their countries and the world as a whole. They can have a hand in supporting the needs of their citizens, and one of those needs in this time is climate change, argues EMILY FOLK
Rising pollution is endangering species - The Ecologist
Oct 4, 2019 · Climate change and pollution continue to rise as threats, with severe weather, changing ecosystems and rising temperatures responsible for 33 animal extinctions, while pollution is responsible for 37 extinctions to date, new data shows.
Wolves, systems thinking and trophic cascades - The Ecologist
Oct 17, 2018 · ABOUT US. The Ecologist is an environmental news and analysis website with a focus on environmental, social and economic justice. Our aim is to educate and inform as many people as possible about the wonders of nature, the crisis we face and the best solutions and methods in managing that crisis.
The failures of animal testing - The Ecologist
Mar 29, 2021 · It is important that the media are better educated about the limits and reality of animal research, so that they do not inflate its value, encouraging them to highlight the more effective clinical research being conducted using animal-free methods and report on the very real funding and regulatory barriers that human-relevant research currently faces.
The impacts of 'eco-tourism' - The Ecologist
Jan 18, 2019 · The eco-tourism movement has continued to impact where people choose to spend their vacations. Eco-tourism serves to promote increased environmental awareness, sustainable communities, cultural experiences and environmental preservation and conservation.
We must save 'ugly' monkeys too - The Ecologist
Jan 2, 2014 · A recent study conducted in Poland aimed to illuminate ways to inspire people’s concern about protecting species, including the proboscis monkey, that aren’t so aesthetically pleasing.. Researchers explored the possibility of raising public interest in conserving this curiously ugly monkey through spreading amusing internet memes – images of the monkey with text linking its appearance to ...
Survival of world's largest butterfly no longer dependent on a …
Sep 27, 2017 · The Queen Alexandra's Birdwing - or Ornithoptera alexandrae - is the world's largest and most spectacular butterfly. But it is under threat from encroaching agriculture and logging. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports on a new initiative designed to …
Insights into the Serengeti ecosystem - The Ecologist
Nov 15, 2019 · American ethologist Richard Despard Estes is a world authority on the wildebeest (gnu) and their epic migration through the Serengeti national park in Tanzania (including the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, the gateway to the Serengeti), an extension of the Masai Mara ecosystem in neighbouring Kenya.Estes, now age 91, received his doctorate in vertebrate zoology from Cornell University following ...
How will the world end? - The Ecologist
Jun 10, 2019 · ABOUT US. The Ecologist is an environmental news and analysis website with a focus on environmental, social and economic justice. Our aim is to educate and inform as many people as possible about the wonders of nature, the crisis we face and the best solutions and methods in managing that crisis.