Protecting critical habitat by linking human and environmental security will save tigers
By Dr. Keith Martin, MP
A dead tiger can net a poacher up to $50,000. This illegal practice has decimated tiger populations worldwide.
It is hard to imagine a world without tigers. Yet today, there are fewer than 3,200 of these magnificent predators left on the planet. In the past century, their populations have plummeted from 100,000 to only about 2,500 breeding adults.
This catastrophic decline in tiger populations is a direct result of two things: 1) habitat destruction, and 2) relentless hunting for their bones, claws and teeth, which are used to make ornaments and products that falsely claim to have medicinal value. (more…)
We must act to reduce the threats to sharks caused by over-fishing and over-consumption of shark products and by wasteful practices such as finning and needless bycatch. The tradition of shark finning WILL end. The question remains: will it end before there are no sharks left?
Watch this video to learn more about the illegal fishing of sharks.
With every breath we take, every drop of water we drink, we’re connected to the ocean. It is our life support system, giving us more than half of the oxygen we breathe, regulating climate, and providing valuable resources. (more…)
About 90 per cent of the species in Madagascar’s rainforests are found nowhere else on Earth, but efforts to save the island nation’s forests are about more than conserving biodiversity: they provide a model for efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation around the world.
Click here to learn more about what you can do to save the world’s forests.
Illiegal hunting and habitat destruction has decimated African lion populations by 80 to 90 per cent in the past 30 years.
The African Lion & Environmental Research Trust (ALERT) works with all sectors of society throughout Africa to promote the development of sustainable conservation management plans for the African lion (Panthera leo); collaboratively developing and implementing African solutions to African challenges.
Climate change has already destroyed about 50 per cent of the world’s corals reefs. Yet approximately 500 million people depend on healthy coral reefs for food and income. Watch this video to learn more.
