https://act.sumofus.org/go/765915

Meta's Marketplace has exploitative wildlife trafficking in it. You should probably boycott it and also sign the petition above.

I'll give an in-depth description of what is going on:

Zuckerburg (piss be upon him) is advertising poached animals in their Facebook Marketplace.

Which is why we need to sign this petition to bring awareness to people about this.

There's also some news base on what the current geographic setting is on the Marketplace.

https://act.sumofus.org/go/753075

https://act.sumofus.org/go/753074

https://act.sumofus.org/go/753073

https://act.sumofus.org/go/753072

With an estimated 1 million species threatened with extinction, conservationists face difficult choices about which animals and plants receive protection. The California condor’s successful recovery effort provides a helpful case study, while also highlighting that funding alone doesn't save a species. Rural communities, businesses and others affected by conservation policies also play an important role, explain USC Dornsife environmental scientists.

• Just 1.5% of forests in the contiguous United States meet the federal definition of old growth
• The Forest Service is preparing to destroy one of the rare old growth forests left in the country
• The agency has completed its environmental review and is prepping to approve the logging
• The formal objection period opened Fri., Oct. 16
• Eligible opponents have until November 30 to challenge the plan!!

We have 42 days to stop this.

Using natural pond agricultural methods (such as farm ponds, shet tale, or integrated aqua-farming) in India transforms arid and rainfed farming into climate-resilient, multi-income systems.

• Reliable Irrigation & Multi-Cropping: Ponds capture and store monsoon runoff, letting farmers shift from a single crop to 2 to 3 crop cycles annually (supporting Kharif, Rabi, and summer or vegetable crops).

• Integrated Farming (Income Diversification): A single natural pond can host multi-tiered aquaculture (fish species), ducks (which provide natural manure and pest control), lotus or water chestnut cultivation, and vegetable farming on surrounding pond dykes (machans).

• Groundwater Recharge: Unlined or naturally percolating ponds allow water to slowly seep into the earth, raising local water tables and refilling nearby borewells and open wells.

• Climate & Temperature Buffering: Open water bodies moderate local microclimates, cooling surrounding air during hot summer months and protecting crops from sudden thermal stress.

• Livestock & Supplemental Support: Stored water provides a steady drinking and sanitation source for cattle, goats, and poultry, reducing stress on piped or deep-groundwater systems.

Let's discuss at r/IndianConservation

I’m a male, about to be 25 and I want to make a career change into ecology, wildlife biology and habitat conservation. I’ve always had such a big passion for wildlife and their habitats but I’ve always decided to put money first. Lately I’ve been feeling the need to chase my passion and create a more fulfilling life over working a shitty job for money. I’ve always been into the outdoors, hunting and fishing, landscapes, traveling, and learning about species and their biology, conservation status, endangered species, invasive species and impacts, etc. Is it too late to start pursuing a career in this field now, or starting college / obtaining needed certificates, or from what people have experienced, is age in this case not so much a factor, rather is drive for passion more important than age??

A rewilding project at a South Downs National Park beauty spot has helped create a boom in butterfly numbers - including two nationally important species spotted at the site for the first time.

A total of 5,290 individual butterflies from 28 species - such as the dingy skipper and the UK's smallest species, the small blue - have been counted during surveys, following the renaturing work at Halnaker Hill Farm, near Chichester, West Sussex.

The boost in butterfly numbers comes after work at the site - which is famous for its windmill - to return 330 acres of previously intensively farmed land into a scenery rich in flora and fauna.

The team at Halnaker Hill Farm have been working with consultants at the South Downs National Park Authority, which is heading a "ReNature" programme to prevent biodiversity loss across 7,700 hectares of land - equivalent to more than 12,000 football pitches.

Conservationist Neil Hulme said the data "clearly indicate how rapidly and spectacularly the rich mosaic of habitat types at Halnaker Hill Farm has developed".

Meanwhile, Nick Heasman, head of natural capital for the South Downs National Park, said that the Halnaker project - which is owned by Halnaker Hill Natural Capital (HHNC) - would deliver more than 850 biodiversity net gain (BNG) units.

Hi, as the title says, anybody aware of and/or recommend any winter fire crews that are still hiring?

Good experiences, places to avoid, etc.

Hey all. Has anyone worked for the Student conservation association (SCA) before that could give me some interview tips? I'm specifically applying for a wild land firefighter academy role, but wondering in general what kinds of questions the SCA tends to ask during the initial interview? I have already spoken with some of the direct management about specific job duties. Overall just wanting to figure out how to make sure that I am presenting myself in alignment with the values and mission of SCA as a whole. TIA!

Permaculture in India transforms degraded land, cuts farming costs, and builds local climate resilience through nature-inspired design systems.

Indian conservationist let's discuss at r/Indianconservation.

Park Service Will Let Alaska Hunters Bait Bears With Doughnuts - The New York Times

Love the perspective here on the work of volunteers and the love of the land that shines through.

COP17: Tracking progress towards the UN’s 2030 nature targets

Despite a string of prosecutions, the illegal trade in ants from East Africa continues, attracting would-be traffickers from Europe and China.

In March, Kenyan authorities arrested a Chinese national for attempting to smuggle 2,000 giant African harvester ants from the country’s main airport. He was later sentenced by a Nairobi court to a year in prison and fined KES 1 million (about USD 7,700) after pleading guilty.

Last May, a Kenyan court had convicted two Belgian teenagers for trying to traffic 5,000 ants of the same species, as Dialogue Earth reported at the time.

Behind these incidents lurks an international market for exotic ants.

“There is a rise of ant-colony-building enthusiasts, especially in Vietnam, China and Europe, that is fuelling the smuggling of ants from Kenya,” says Willis Okumu, senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, a think-tank headquartered in South Africa.  

The trade is not unique to the country, Okumu notes, but “Kenya’s authorities are perhaps more open to reporting arrests of traffickers within their airports, hence the spotlight on the country”.

Wyoming wildlife managers are reporting that no black-footed ferrets are being detected in the cradle of the species’ conservation area: the Absaroka Range foothills outside of Meeteetse, where the ferrets were saved after presumed extinction in the 1980s.

A tough combination of plague and drought — both big issues for the embattled western species — are suspected causes of a population collapse in the Meeteetse area, where wildlife managers returned ferrets to the wild in 2016 after a three-decade-long absence. It’s not assured that the reintroduced population is completely gone, but it’s not looking promising, Wyoming Game and Fish Department small carnivore biologist Andy Gygli said.

“We spent a couple hundred hours of effort surveying 4,000 to 5,000 acres of the Meeteetse reintroduction area,” Gygli said. “We didn’t see any ferrets.”

The complete absence of ferrets during the late August surveys wasn’t wholly surprising. Sylvatic plague flared in the region in 2018 and 2019, and ferret numbers plunged to just one confirmed animal in 2020. Subsequent releases of captive-raised ferrets, including 18 animals in 2022, helped the small population temporarily recover, but plague struck again in 2023. By 2025, spotlighting surveyors again detected just a single ferret. This summer, there were none.

Ferrets bottoming out and potentially disappearing struck Meeteetse rancher Allen Hogg as a big letdown.

“I’m really disappointed, of course,” Hogg told WyoFile. “They might be gone. But just because they didn’t find them doesn’t mean they’re not there, either. I’m not saying all hope is lost.”

The Meeteetse rancher’s family name became synonymous with black-footed ferrets 45 years ago, when a blue heeler owned by his parents brought a dead weasel-like critter home. Subsequently, biologists found more than 100 other black-footed ferrets — presumed extinct for the two years prior — on and near the family ranch.

The exact cause of the ferrets’ absence during the surveys is unknown, but recently drought in the Bighorn Basin walloped their primary prey species, prairie dogs. In many corners of the West, there just hasn’t been enough vegetation growth to sustain strong numbers of the grass-eating mammals.

“We’ve heard a lot about deer, elk, pronghorn and cattle having hard times,” Gygli said. “It’s the same with our other herbivores. Prairie dogs also have to eat, and lack of \[vegetation\] coverage can result in low recruitment, which can result in downstream effects.”