Folks a conservation hero passed today. Gayatri made a massive impact in Indonesia for her beloved Les Village and worked with the community to make lasting change throughout Indonesia. I was so looking forward to visiting with her again.
Andrew L. Rhyne PhD
@andrewlrhyne.bsky.social
Professor of Marine Biology Aquaculture, Aquariums, Wildlife Trade, Cyanide Fishing aquariumtradedata.org wildlifedetection.org
@luisprada.bsky.social I’m a coauthor on that study you covered for vice and the study does not state nor conclude what your articles says. There are all sorts of errors in your piece happy to chat about them.
At illegal wildlife trade conf. In ASEAN, Gov speaker: with previous support from USAID we have significantly increased the regions ability combat illegal trade. Sad to think how much we (US gov) are walking away from these important investments into biodiversity.
Here is the pure evil part. … all existing grants to IHEs retroactive to Feb 2024… 15 percent indirect cost rate.
Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2y ago1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
A win? Nope just full a day of meetings, dread, discussions, planning for what ifs and nexts. 5 minutes to write the memo. Millions of minutes of folks dealing with it. They will likely call that a win.
Wildlife officials crack down on illegal bird trade in Lahore tribune.com.pk/story/252442...
Wildlife officials crack down on illegal bird trade in Lahore | The Express Tribune
The Wildlife Department has appealed to the public to avoid purchasing birds from such sellers.
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@rewiringamerica.bsky.social Anyway someone can get us the reasons why the Biden administration could t get rebate programs up and running for the IRA for years and are now likely dead. Seems like such a colossal example of failure act due to overwhelming bureaucracy.
I got an email a few years ago from the Carter Center asking about information about growing copepods to study Guinea Worm. I had no idea of Carters work on this until that email. What an amazing legacy. 6 cases this year.
Guinea Worm Case Totals
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