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☆ Giant chicken frog faces extinction due to a deadly amphibian fungus
  + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
CNN —The mountain chicken frog was once so abundant in Dominica, with thousands found across the island, that it became a national delicacy, supposedly tasting of chicken. Chytridiomycosis is a fungal infectious disease that affects more than 500 frog species across the world. A research team spent 26 days searching for the mountain chicken frog in Dominica. The research team spent hundreds of hours searching for the chicken frog during the months of July and August. “There are many things that people can do to prevent the spread of chytrid and help protect frogs,” Kaganer said in an email.
Persons: Chytridiomycosis, Andrés Valenzuela Sánchez, ZSL, Sánchez, Jeanelle Brisbane, “, Alyssa Wetterau Kaganer, ” Kaganer, chytrid, Kaganer, … Organizations: CNN, Zoological Society of London, & Conservation Biology, Cornell Wildlife Health Lab, London Zoo Locations: Dominica, Caribbean, Montserrat, ” Brisbane, Dominica —
☆ First ever video captures the adorable birth of critically endangered Burmese peacock softshell turtle hatchlings
  + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Staff at a conservation group captured the birth of 15 Burmese peacock softshell turtle hatchlings. Nyein Chan & Yae Aung / Fauna & FloraAs a result, Burmese peacock softshell turtles are one of the world's most endangered freshwater turtle species. An adult Burmese peacock softshell turtle (Nilssonia formosa) being released in Indawgyi. "Working with local communities will be key to our success in addressing the threats to the critically endangered Burmese peacock softshell turtle. We are already seeing the results of collaborating with communities to manage and protect key nesting sites and habitat," said Zau Lunn, Programme Manager, Freshwater and Marine, Fauna & Flora.
Persons: —, Nyein Chan, Jeremy Holden, Fredric Janzen, Flora, Zau Lunn, Lunn Organizations: Service, Zoological Society, London's, Local, Flora International, Fauna & Flora International, & Flora, New York Times, Michigan State University, Fauna, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Locations: Myanmar, East, Southeast Asia, Indawgyi, formosa
☆ Bankers bet billions on new wave of debt-for-nature deals
  + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Clare Baldwin Marc Jones Simon Jessop | Clare Baldwin | Marc Jones | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +9 min
"There's now a big push to get nature into sovereign debt markets," said Simon Zadek, executive director at NatureFinance, which advises governments on debt-for-nature swaps and other types of climate-focused finance. At that level, it would be the biggest debt-for-nature swap struck to date. The combined value of swap deals to date is $3.7 billion, according to the data. Securing the buy-in of development banks is usually key for the economics of a deal. The WWF has projects in Central and South America where they are monitoring deforestation by tracking jaguars, said Brenes, who has worked on debt-for-nature swaps for the last 25 years.
☆ Global wildlife populations have sunk 69% since 1970 - WWF report
  + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Gloria Dickie | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report, which used 2018 data from ZSL on the status of 32,000 wildlife populations covering more than 5,000 species, found that population sizes had declined by 69% on average. One population of pink river dolphins in the Brazilian Amazon plummeted by 65% between 1994 and 2016, the report said. Its findings were broadly similar to those in WWF's last assessment in 2020, with wildlife population sizes continuing to decline at a rate of about 2.5% per year, Terry said. "Nature was in dire straits and it is still in dire straits," said Mark Wright, director of science at WWF-UK. Still, the wide-ranging declines have prompted desperate pleas for increased support for nature.
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