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Scientists uncover secret of mass mortality event in remote steppe grassland of Central Asia

Sudden death of 200,000 Critically Endangered saiga antelopes was caused by unusual environmental conditions

 

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BLOG: Reflecting on DEFRA’s 25 Year Plan

Read our new blog on DEFRA's 25 Year Plan. 

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British countryside
Reflecting on DEFRA’s 25 Year Plan

“Hollow promises”, “lacking ambition”, “not urgent enough” are some of the main criticisms being directed at DEFRA’s recently released 25 year plan to improve the environment. Greenpeace stated we were more in need of a 25-month emergency plan for nature and George Monbiot denounced the policy content as being “pallid to pathetic” in an article entitled “A grand plan to do nothing”.

Gladys
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka joins ICCS as Biodiversity Fellow

We're pleased to welcome Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka as our new Biodiversity Fellow. Find out more about Gladys here and our Biodiversity Fellow programme here

 

What made you want to join ICCS as a Biodiversity fellow?

To network and learn about other ICCS members’ experiences in conservation

 

Is there a specific project you will be working on while you are…

A saiga antelope Saiga tatarica. Despite the species still being listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, over the last 15 years governments, conservation organisations and academics have worked together to increase the population five-fold. Credit: N J Singh.
BLOG: When a ripple becomes a flood – why we didn't sign Ripple et al.'s “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice”

Read our latest blog about why some of us didn't sign Ripple et al.'s “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice”

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