Unassisted population growth of the agouti Dasyprocta leporina, reintroduced to restore seed dispersal in an Atlantic Forest reserve

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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/div-classtitlewalking-on-their-own-legs-unassisted-population-growth-of-the-agouti-span-classitalicdasyprocta-leporinaspan-reintroduced-to-restore-seed-dispersal-in-an-atlantic-forest-reservediv/0D849B35554B0829537DE882F8B54BE2

An international team of scientists has issued a warning that biodiversity is dropping below safe levels for the support and wellbeing of human societies

Photo (c) David M. Augeri

"The planetary boundaries framework updated in 2015 states that losing more than 10% of the biodiversity in an area places the local ecosystem at risk. A report in Science (July 2016) states that 58% of the world's land coverage already falls below this safe level. They find that the global average of biodiversity has dropped to 85% of that of unaffected ecosystems...The report provides the most detailed global analysis of biodiversity to date, with over 1.8 million records, providing an accurate view of the current state of the Earths decline in biodiversity."

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http://science.sciencemag.org/content/353/6296/288

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36805227

Forest Stewardship Council cuts ties with Austrian timber giant for illegal sourcing of Europe's last old-growth lowland forest

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https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/forest-stewardship-council-cuts-ties-with-austrian-timber-giant/

How acoustic monitoring gave the world's most endangered porpoise a chance

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https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/how-acoustic-monitoring-gave-us-a-last-chance-to-save-the-vaquita/

Proposed Trump policy threatens Critically Endangered Grauer’s gorilla

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https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/proposed-trump-policy-threatens-critically-endangered-grauers-gorilla/

Vanishing: The Extinction Crisis is Worse Than You Think

GOP Explores Curbing Endangered Species Act

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http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/politics/endangered-species-act-republicans-congress/index.html

Livestock Depredation by Large Predators and its Implications for Conservation and Livelihoods in the Karakoram Mountains of Pakistan

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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/div-classtitlelivestock-depredation-by-large-predators-and-its-implications-for-conservation-and-livelihoods-in-the-karakoram-mountains-of-pakistandiv/455F9A82C57AEE8D9D8644FBA421DA99

The Vulnerable Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa in Nepal: An Update

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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/div-classtitlethe-vulnerable-clouded-leopard-span-classitalicneofelis-nebulosaspan-in-nepal-an-updatediv/70E01733719F4CF3B63BBE5C359D73BA

Local Awareness and Perceptions: Consequences for Conservation of Marsh Habitat at Lake Alaotra for One of the World's Rarest Lemurs

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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/div-classtitlelocal-awareness-and-perceptions-consequences-for-conservation-of-marsh-habitat-at-lake-alaotra-for-one-of-the-worldandaposs-rarest-lemursdiv/7A3FD72BE46386540B80E30CDFBC47F2

The ‘Pangolin Men’ Saving The World’s Most Trafficked Mammal in the World

Community Perception of the Real Impacts of Human–Wildlife Conflict in Laikipia, Kenya: Capturing the Relative Significance of High-Frequency, Low-Severity Events

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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/div-classtitlecommunity-perception-of-the-real-impacts-of-humanwildlife-conflict-in-laikipia-kenya-capturing-the-relative-significance-of-high-frequency-low-severity-eventsdiv/28F2375331ADFB6DC3793131175412D9

Community attitudes towards protected areas: insights from Ghana

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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/div-classtitlecommunity-attitudes-towards-protected-areas-insights-from-ghanadiv/CC97E768868F718CE00E68798D7425FA 

Two decades of change in state, pressure and conservation responses in the coastal forest biodiversity hotspot of Tanzania

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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/div-classtitletwo-decades-of-change-in-state-pressure-and-conservation-responses-in-the-coastal-forest-biodiversity-hotspot-of-tanzaniadiv/084C3958DEBB8F1F36D2AF9BC363CB06