Dr. Dominic Dixon
India's stance on SDG 15: Life on Land
The Challenge Our fate as a species depends on the state of our most important habitat – land. Our future is linked to the survival of...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Oct 4, 20184 min read
India's stance on SDG 14: Life Below Water
The Challenge We are a land dwelling species, but we depend more on our oceans than we can imagine. Oceans cover close to three quarters...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Oct 4, 20186 min read
Synthetic rhino horns are supposed to disrupt poaching. Will they work?
Are synthetic rhino horns an ingenious conservation tool–or a misplaced idea that will make things worse? When 1,028 rhinos were poached...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 14, 20182 min read
Spix’s Macaw heads list of first bird extinctions confirmed this decade
Eight bird species, including two species of macaw, look set to have their extinctions confirmed following a robust new assessment of...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 13, 20182 min read
Kwita Izina: baby gorillas’ naming ceremony celebrates our close connection to endangered Great Apes
Each year, a naming ceremony is held for newly born baby gorillas in the Volcanoes Biosphere Reserve in Rwanda: Kwita Izina. Closely...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 9, 20183 min read
10 Interesting facts about koalas
Surely koalas are one of Australia’s most famous animals. It’s not hard to see why because these aww-inducing marsupials can make even...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 7, 20184 min read
Toxic algal bloom continues to suffocate Florida’s Gulf Coast
Florida in the United States of America recently declared a state of emergency as a red tide of toxic algae bloomed along its western...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 28, 20181 min read
Using new tech to help find illegal seafood trade
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU) costs the global economy up to $36.4 billion a year. While authorities work to keep...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 11, 20183 min read
Southeast Asia's appetite for pet otters supplied online | IUCN
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia —The online pet trade has emerged as a pressing threat to otters in Southeast Asia with a new TRAFFIC-IUCN Otter...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 11, 20182 min read
What is ivory and why does it belong on elephants?
We’ve all seen photographs of majestic elephants sporting long, off-white tusks on either side of their trunks. This ivory is both...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 9, 20184 min read
DIAMONDS OF THE ANDES | Conserving Genetic Resources of Suri alpaca in Peru
Indigenous people in a remote mountain town in the Andes in Peru are being helped to boost their incomes by preserving a valuable but...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 8, 20183 min read
Tiger Farms: A Threat to Conservation of Wild Tigers
On Global Tiger Day, the undersigned organizations affirm their commitment to the protection and preservation of wild tigers, are...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 6, 20184 min read
Leopards, pythons and zebras turned into potions, boots and lamps
This nondescript warehouse on the outskirts of Denver offers a creepy, deeply macabre view into both the human psyche and the...
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