In today’s special edition, we’re looking at new approaches and solutions intended to bring back lost species worldwide – and at some amazing recent stories of successful conservation and rewilding.
Cheetahs return to India for the first time in 60 years
The subcontinent now has the capacity and resources — as well as a national park and two wildlife sanctuaries — to reintroduce the world’s fastest land animal more than half a century after being declared extinct in the country.
Scientists cheered by bowhead whale recovery despite Arctic warming
In some rare good news from the top of the world, bowhead whale populations have rebounded and are nearing pre-commercial whaling numbers in US waters.
Able to fly at night with heat-sensitive imaging, and covering vast distances navigated with AI, the drones are proving to be an effective tool in the fight against poaching.
Catching poachers with the help of electric motorcycles
Rangers in South Africa started patrolling on nearly silent e-motorbikes that will allow them to catch poachers more easily than when riding noisy motorcycles.
Drought-hit farmers in Zimbabwe often turn to poaching wild animals in search for food. An EU-funded project gives farmers big male goats, raising their incomes by selling the bigger goats they breed.
Insect nursery in France swaps pesticides for bees and bugs
With many farms looking to make the switch to more environmentally-friendly forms of pest control, this organisation in Brittany has come up with a natural and ethical alternative.
World’s biggest tropical crop bank opens in Colombia
The Future Seeds facility will not only safeguard the biodiversity of important tropical crops, but is also expected to serve as a living laboratory for some of the most advanced technologies in agricultural research.
In collaboration with indigenous people, the Brazilian agricultural research agency has worked to safeguard the country’s rich food diversity. The initiative has collected seeds from 700 crop species and fosters exchanges of knowledge across the country.
With around 1 million animal and plant species at risk of extinction, a startup is helping halt biodiversity loss by merging artificial intelligence and seed pods.
A tiny forest movement is breathing fresh air into urban environments
A movement to plant small, dense ecosystems is gaining traction across Europe, with advocates saying that they improve air quality, local biodiversity, and even our own wellbeing.
Los Angeles to build world’s largest urban wild-life bridge
This spring the construction of the wild-life crossing worth 88 million US-Dollars will begin. Not only will it assist the coexistance of man and mountain lion, it could also reduce the 20 large-animal crashes per day.
Irish baron turns 750-acre estate into an oasis of wild flora and fauna
Environmentalist, 21st Baron of Dunsany and death metal connoisseur Randal Plunkett has shunned pristine lawns and livestock in favour of rewilding his hereditary estate.
