Viewing entries posted in December 2011
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Newsletter Christmas 2011
Dear LHNet followers!
Enjoy reading the Christmas newsletter 2011.
LHNet wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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Where did the wild horse go
Wild horses have been an intricate part of the wildlife of Europe since hundreds of thousands of years. During historical times, wild horses have been described by contemporaries from the ancient period, until the 19th century.
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Expansion large mammal species?
In an article published on Discovery News, Jennifer Viegas reports on scientists' prediction that it may be possible to clone a woolly mammoth within the next five years. They are currently analysing the marrow from a mammoth thigh bone found in the Siberian permafrost. Cloning mammoths will no doubt raise many questions.
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Where are stable 50-year-old landscapes with patches and long, wide corridors?
Do conservation corridors work? Examples sought in Europe.
Dr. Paul Beier and Dr. Andrew J. Gregory of the School of Forestry and Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, U.S.A. initiated a study to determine if conservation corridors work. The goal of their study is to measure the ability of long, wide corridors to promote gene flow and long-term patch occupancy among habitat blocks that are embedded in a human dominated (row crop ag, industrial forest, urban matrix).
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LHNet signed the joint statement to Secure the Future of CMS
Nineteen non-governmental organisations, incluciing LHNet, undersigned the Joint Statement directed to the participants of the 10th CMS Conference of the Parties, November 2011, Norway. The action was based based on a initiative of the Migratory Wildlife Network.
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The bison returns to Danish wildlife
Four million Danish kroner for the reintroduction of European bison on Bornholm
The Villum Foundation has given 4 million Danish kroner to enable the Ministry of Environment to reintroduce the European bison in the forest Almindingen on the Danish island of Bornholm.
