News Roundup

  • 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.
Posted by Tim on October 14th, 2008 • • Add a comment
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