http://farnar.info nature news and info by FARNAR Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:57:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://farnar.info/2008/11/09/animal-camouflage/ KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - The number of tiger attacks on people is growing in India's Sundarban islands as habitat loss and dwindling prey caused by climate change drives them to prowl into villages for food, experts said Monday. Wildlife experts say endangered tigers in the world's largest reserve are turning on ... http://farnar.info/2008/10/21/climate-change-linked-to-indian-tiger-attacks/ Debates around the potential benefits of GM crops for developing countries must be reasoned and evidence-based, says Albert Weale. The World Bank recently estimated that a doubling of food prices over the last three years could push 100 million people in low-income countries deeper into poverty. And the future does not ... http://farnar.info/2008/10/21/gm-crops-deserve-more-reasoned-debate/ OSLO (Reuters) - Almost half the world's monkeys and apes are facing a worsening threat of extinction because of deforestation and hunting for meat, an international report showed on Tuesday. "We have solid data to show that the situation is far more severe than we imagined," said Russell Mittermeier, president of ... http://farnar.info/2008/08/23/almost-half-of-monkeys-and-apes-under-threat/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A red-breasted bird discovered by accident in the forests of Gabon is a new species, U.S. scientists said on Friday. They have named the little bird the olive-backed forest robin, or Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus, but say they know little about it yet. The Smithsonian Institution team found the bird ... http://farnar.info/2008/08/17/little-robin-from-gabon-is-worlds-newest-species/ World Environment Day, commemorated each year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. The World Environment Day slogan for 2008 is Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy. Recognising that climate ... http://farnar.info/2008/06/05/about-world-environment-day-2008/ World biodiversity has declined by almost one third in the past 35 years due mainly to habitat loss and the wildlife trade, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said on Friday It warned that climate change would add increasingly to the wildlife woes over the next three decades. "Biodiversity underpins the ... http://farnar.info/2008/05/18/world-species-dying-out-like-flies-says-wwf/ Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the burning of fossil fuels stood at a record 8.38 gigatons of carbon (GtC) in 2006, 20 percent above the level in 2000. Emissions grew 3.1 percent a year between 2000 and 2006, more than twice the rate of growth during the 1990s. Carbon ... http://farnar.info/2008/04/16/carbon-dioxide-emissions-accelerating-rapidly/ A small greenish bird that has been playing hide-and-seek with ornithologists on a remote Indonesian island since 1996 was declared a newly discovered species on Friday and promptly recommended for endangered lists. The new species is called the Togian white-eye, or Zosterops somadikartai. It was first spotted by Mochamad Indrawan of the ... http://farnar.info/2008/03/19/new-bird-discovered-in-indonesia/ SYDNEY (Reuters) - Climate change might be causing reef fish to get lost, unable to return to breeding grounds from the open ocean, which could have profound implications for the survival of reef ecosystems, Australian scientists say. Climate change-induced environmental stress, including warmer and more acidic seawater, could be hindering ... http://farnar.info/2008/03/10/reef-fish-get-lost-as-climate-changes/