The problem has long been recognized, and the aforementioned Habitats Directive -- a corollary of the 1979 Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats -- introduced a range of measures aimed at protecting endangered species (including plants, birds and fish as well as mammals).
So it was for this reason--against all common sense--that we organized our expedition into the Cardamoms, guided by Hunter Weiler of the conservation group Fauna and Flora International and Department of Wildlife enforcement officer Chheang Dany.
Dr Anak Pattanavibool, director of the Wildlife Conservation Society in Thailand, says that if the intensity of patrolling slackens even briefly, large numbers of tigers could be poisoned very rapidly.
About 90% of its plant species exist nowhere else on the planet, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, and many of its bird, reptile and animal species -- including all the world's lemurs in the wild -- are endemic.
"Let's not let the Farm Bureau ruin a good thing, " said Bob Ferris, Species Conservation Director for the Defenders of Wildlife.
He goes on regular wildlife trips with his daughters, Aditi, who is on the board of his Wildlife Conservation Trust, and Shuchi.
There is a vaccine for badgers - the BCG jab, which has been used by a number of wildlife and conservation bodies in England, including the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, the RSPB, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and the National Trust.
George Schaller of the Wildlife Conservation Society has fought for and studied the endangered species for 15 years.
According to Paul Balkenbush, stream fish biologist for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, improved culvert designs allow native smallmouth to reach necessary habitat at high flows.
An inaugural symposium was organized in 2010 by the Born Free Foundation and the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) of the University of Oxford and to date there have been three further international meetings in the UK, China, and Australia.
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"Polar bears are one of the biggest conservation success stories in the world, " says Drikus Gissing, wildlife director for the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
"This is a great day in the history of animal conservation throughout the world and we are proud of the achievement, " Assam's chief wildlife warden MC Malakar said.
Meanwhile, the House Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans began hearings Tuesday on the effectiveness of the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act to evaluate what changes should be enacted during this year's reauthorization.
Dr Sanz worked on the paper with Josep Call, also from the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, and David Morgan from the Wildlife Conservation Society and Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo.
It's partly to break that spell, and partly because there comes a point in any spiral of decline when a line has to be drawn, that 25 of the country's leading wildlife and conservation groups have decided to pool the misery and publish a single, shocking stock-take of the British Countryside.
This time though, it is due to the joy that they have finally found a way of combining their traditional lifestyle, conservation and the demands of the modern world into one happy, wildlife-filled bundle.
He served as President of the World Wildlife Fund from 1985 to 1989 and President of the Conservation Foundation from 1973 to 1989.
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"The increasing number of vehicles in the park and the unruly behavior of most are cause for much concern, " says Ravi Corea, president of the Sri Lankan Wildlife Conservation Society (SLWCS).
Built at the heart of a huge conservation reserve, the hotel has won numerous awards for sustainability and wildlife protection over the past 10 years.
The warning comes in a report prepared by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring programme of IUCN-The World Conservation Union and WWF, the global environment campaign.
These sites are well used by local people, the woodlands are sympathetically managed for wildlife and conservation of key species which includes co-ordinated management and felling.
"The industry is not going to do the right thing unless there is a universal requirement to slow down, " said Vicki Cornish, vice president of marine wildlife conservation at the Ocean Conservancy.
The calf's mother was moved, and officials discovered the calf was older than initially thought, so it was allowed to swim away into Tampa Bay, said Andy Garrette of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The team, from the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, will survey the Bacan Island, off the coast of Sulawesi, in Indonesia.
One of the first, and certainly one of the finest examples of this kind of community-based conservation is found just a short way to the south of Kalama, at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (LWC).
Realising that they had no experience of tourism or conservation, they approached Wouter van Hoven, a professor of wildlife management at the University of Pretoria, who has been their chief fundraiser and publicist ever since.
Jersey Post said it would donate 10% of sales of the stamps to the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.
The Tiger Conservation Project would help the wildlife rangers and forest guards who patrol the 25 sanctuaries where the last of the big cats reside.
If the London mascot designers decide not to go down the abstract route they will have plenty of animals to choose from, says Renata Kowalik, conservation programmes manager at the London Wildlife Trust.
This year, we also mark the 75th anniversary of the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, which provided permanent and dependable funding for habitat conservation.
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