conservazione

Seven wild horses have been reintroduced to the steppe of Kazakhstan, where they had been missing for at least two centuries.The specimens are Przewalski's horses, also called Mongolian wild horses or takhi.Four of them come from the Berlin Zoo, while three others from the Prague Zoo.According to the director of the zoo of the latter city, the reintroduction in question represents a "event of historical importance".Once they arrive at their destination, the equines will be kept for a year in an area where they can get used to coexistence with each other and to the new climatic and environmental conditions, all under the strict supervision of a group of experts.Subsequently, they will be released into the wild, where they will make a positive contribution in ecological terms, both for the fauna and flora of the steppe. Przewalski horses (in Kazakh known as Kertagy or Kerkulan) I am the last species of genetically wild horse left in the world.The species completely stopped exis...

A new study recently published in the prestigious journal Science confirmed that the strategies of conservation they work in protecting biodiversity.In particular, the analysis considered 186 case studies to evaluate the impact of the interventions conservation globally over the last century.Specifically, the research highlighted the effectiveness of various strategies conservation, such as controlling invasive species, restoring habitats and creating protected areas, in different geographic locations and in different ecosystems and political systems.The actions of conservation, it turns out, have improved or slowed the decline of species in over two thirds of the cases analyzed.“Our study shows that when conservation actions work, they really work – said Jake Bicknell, co-author of the work and conservation scientist at the University of Kent in the United Kingdom – in other words, they often lead to outcomes for biodiversity that they are not just a little bett...