Professor Troy Abel from Huxley College of the Environment and his students share their insights on ecological citizenship, political biogeography, and immersions in one of the most biologically intense places on the planet. Costa Rica is translated as rich coast, a name originating from Spanish conquistadors who mistakenly thought the land was filled with gold. Many now recognize that Costa Rica’s riches are more green than gold with more than 4 percent of the world’s estimated biodiversity. Costa Rica has universal health care, a longer life expectancy than the U.S., and no military. Only by expanding our attention to all of these facets can one begin to see “Ecotopia’s Prism,” or Costa Rica’s intersections of ecology, economy, and culture fostering and inhibiting sustainability.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Island biogeography concerns in Brazil

Disturbing study on forest disturbance and "defaunation" in the Atlantic rainforests of Brazil.  No Tapirs!  First link is the New York Times story.  The second is the journal where the article was published.

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/in-fragmented-brazilian-forest-few-species-survive/?smid=pl-share

Canale GR, Peres CA, Guidorizzi CE, Gatto CAF, Kierulff MCM (2012) Pervasive Defaunation of Forest Remnants in a Tropical Biodiversity Hotspot. PLoS ONE 7(8): e41671. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041671

http://www.plosone.org/article/related/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0041671
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