Researchers have developed a framework to help managers identify and prioritize actions that will reduce human wildlife conflict. They tested the approach in the Sundarbans of Bangledash where people are killing tigers and tigers are killing people...
An in depth review requested by the Ecological Society of America reports on the extent of our knowledge on neotropical migratory birds in 2010. The researchers find significant gaps in our current knowledge and outline research needs for the future...
Birds, Development Agriculture, Preservation A new study looks at 52 conservation easements created by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in California rangelands from 1973 - 2006 to see how the approach of this land protection strategy has evolved over time. Specifically, the study focuses on the challenge of incorporating adaptive management into a legal document that sets restrictions on land use in perpetuity...
Restoration, Wetland A new study by researchers at Ohio State University compares created versus natural wetlands in terms of soil characteristics. Using a model, the researchers predict that it would take the created wetlands 300 years to accumulate the soil organic carbon of natural wetlands...
Evolutionary Bio, Planning In a world in which numerous species are declining towards extinction, conservationists are forced to make the difficult choice of where to spend limited resources. Some scientists are taking an interesting approach to prioritization by focusing on the evolutionary distinctiveness of species - i.e. the extent to which a given species is lacking in close relatives. Their approach is based on the idea that maintaining evolutionary diversity should be an important objective...
