News Roundup

  • Nice and morbid article on the work of a fellow Berkeleyan Steve Bellan on anthrax in Etosha NP, with pictures.
  • The Carteret Islands are being inundated by rising sea levels, forcing migration of about 800 of the 1,300 inhabitants. This spring, Dan Box traveled to the islands to report on the evacuation.
  • Carol Kaesuk Yoon on “Naming Nature.”
  • National Red Lists is a new website spearheaded by ZSL to consolidate national-level information on species declines.
  • An interview with Erik Patel on the ecological ramifications of the political unrest in Madagascar, though take with a grain of salt because his solution to the poverty/conservation problem is birth control and tourism…
  • It’s been a slightly environmental few days for the Obama administration, with Tom Vilsack (Sec of Ag) releasing a new vision for the Forest Service (Defenders of Wildlife seems to like it), and the Obama family taking a trip to Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon.
Posted by Tim on August 17th, 2009 • • 1 comment
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  1. Phil Markham said, on December 22nd, 2009 at 4:45 am

    Dear Tim,

    I really like your blog. I’ve been meaning to ask you. Enlighten me please as to your opinion on the solution to the “poverty-conservation” problem in Madagascar? You’ve snickered that population control and local income generation should be taken “with a grain of salt” as part of the solution. What would you recommend? Easy to take a cheap shot, requires more thought to provide an alternative. You got one?

    all the best,

    Phil Markman
    Developmental Policy Specialist