http://consblog.org Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:58:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://consblog.org/index.php/2008/10/14/news-roundup-24/ http://consblog.org/index.php/2008/10/14/news-roundup-24/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:47:25 +0000 Tim http://consblog.org/?p=266

More on eco-economics, from George Soros and Bill Moyers.

Lazarus revisited: the Sumatran muntjac is no longer extinct! Re-discovered — I am not making this up — in a poacher’s snare.

Georgia has joined the IUCN (to go along with its already full deck of CBD, CCC, Ramsar, and CITES). I wonder if anybody more geo-politically minded could comment on how this plays in with its efforts to join NATO.

The Convention on Migratory Species declares 2009 “Year of the Gorilla”! In other news, the Convention on Non-Migratory Species declares 2009 “Year of the Arctic Tern.” [thanks SS for pointing out the weirdness of this news]

Translocation of Indian rhinos continues to fail. Er, Indian rhino saved from its own wanderlust. Yeah, yeah, that’s the ticket… “A young rhino that went on a 14-day trek across India, through villages as well as countryside, was finally persuaded to abandon its wanderlust by conservation specialists and return to where its journey began.” Then this: “It is believed it was trying to find its way to its previous home in Pobitora wildlife sanctuary.” “Officials suspect that the animal might again go on a similar ‘adventure.’” Persuaded. &c. &c.

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