Doing conservation by numbers

Article Abstract:

Tiger conservationists are trying a more professional approach to saving the threatened species, by focusing on performance targets and not on collecting money. Biologists at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), through a plan called 'Tigers Forever', want to increase the number of tigers in their Asian research sites by 50% in the 2010s, adopting various incentive-based actions to reduce poaching and conserving the tigers' habitat.

Management dynamics, Wildlife Protection Programs, Management, Wildlife conservation, Company business management, Tigers, Wildlife Conservation Society

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Floods fail to save canyon beaches

Article Abstract:

The floodwater released into the river, experimentally, did not carry enough sediment to rebuild the area's eroded beaches. The Colorado River, which runs along the Grand Canyon in Arizona, used to be brown with sediment and was flanked by extensive beaches and sandbars that provided habitat for species like humpback chub (Gila cypha), a fish with degenerate eyes and a prominent hump that stabilizes it in the river's swirling waters.

Science & research, Research, Environmental aspects, Marine sediments, Colorado River (North America), Grand Cayman Island

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Is there any way to save a species?

Article Abstract:

The US government has spent about $120 million into research on Alaska's endangered species, Steller sea lion. These Steller sea lions were in abundant till the 1960's but by 1990s the number dropped so dramatically that these animals were declared a 'threatened' species under the US Endangered Species Act.

Endangered Species, Sea lions

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