Bobby Bascomb

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African elephants declining — but some areas show promise - EnviroLink Network

Nov 12, 2024 | envirolink.org | Bobby Bascomb

Across the African continent, elephant populations have largely declined over the past several decades, but some areas show hopeful signs of recovery, according to a new study. Researchers have monitored the numbers of forest and savanna elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis, L. africana) in different parts of Africa since the 1960s.
Wildfires burn record 97% of key biodiversity area in Brazil’s Cerrado

Nov 12, 2024 | envirolink.org | Bobby Bascomb

Intense wildfires burned through a record-breaking 97% of the Serra das Araras conservation area in Brazil’s megadiverse Cerrado savanna earlier this year, the national parks agency, ICMBio, told Mongabay. Fire overwhelmed nearly all of the 28,700-hectare (71,000-acre) reserve, an area twice the size of San Francisco.
Export of unprocessed logs threatens DRC’s tropical forests: Report

Nov 5, 2024 | envirolink.org | Bobby Bascomb

Failure to enforce a crucial forestry law is undermining the Democratic Republic of Congo’s economic growth and endangering its tropical forests, according to a recent report. The DRC bans exports of raw, unprocessed logs, the U.K.-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) notes in its report.
Rate of ocean warming has nearly doubled in the last two decades: Report

Oct 7, 2024 | envirolink.org | Bobby Bascomb

The world’s oceans are warming at an unprecedented rate. According to the EU Copernicus’ 8th Ocean State Report released this week, the rate of ocean warming has nearly doubled in the last 20 years. Roughly 22% of the global ocean surface experienced at least one severe to extreme marine heat wave event in 2023, according to the report. Polar ocean warming is especially pronounced; 2023 had the least polar sea ice ever recorded.
Maasai women struggle to survive amid forced evictions in conservation area

Sep 13, 2024 | envirolink.org | Bobby Bascomb

In 2022, the government of Tanzania began forcibly evicting thousands of Indigenous Maasai from 1,500 square kilometers, nearly 600 square miles, of their ancestral land to make way for elite tourism in the renowned Ngorongoro Conservation Area. A large group of Maasai recently blocked the road leading to Ngorongoro, protesting the evictions and denial of government services including health care, education and the right to vote.
Maasai women struggle to survive amid forced evictions in conservation area

Sep 13, 2024 | news.mongabay.com | Bobby Bascomb

In 2022, the government of Tanzania began relocating Indigenous Maasai pastoralists from their ancestral home inside and near Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Locals say they’ve been forcibly evicted from their land and denied access to grazing areas for livestock and basic social services including health care, education and the right to vote. Maasai women have been profoundly affected, some turning to prostitution to survive once communities fell apart.
Northern elephant seals likely used sonar ‘dinner bell’ to find food

Sep 11, 2024 | envirolink.org | Bobby Bascomb

When eight young northern elephant seals suddenly began showing up at a deep-sea observatory, researchers were taken by surprise. Their repeated visits to the research site, otherwise a speck in the vast, dark ocean, wasn’t a chance occurrence, a new study reveals. The mammals were likely drawn to the area by the observatory’s sonar pulses.
Peter Dykstra, award-winning environmental journalist, died at 67

Aug 7, 2024 | news.mongabay.com | Bobby Bascomb

Peter Dykstra was an award-winning environmental journalist who used humor and wit to engage people on critical environmental issues. Despite becoming paralyzed in the lower half of his body and requiring extensive care, Peter continued to contribute to environmental journalism, always maintaining his sense of humor. See All Key Ideas Peter Dykstra dedicated his life to telling the untold stories of the environment.
Wasting a Wetland with Trash Ash

Oct 7, 2021 | loe.org | Bobby Bascomb
Exploring the Parks: Cactus and Snow in the Desert Sky Islands

Apr 8, 2021 | loe.org | Bobby Bascomb