New paper on the relationship between forest quality in South-east Asia + mammal occupancy from camera-traps Good forest matters #conservation #mammal #Asia www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Tom Gray
@mekongtom.bsky.social
Wildlife, Conservation, Birds, Science in Asia and beyond
How does iNaturalist compare to scientific structured surveys for mammals? Interesting new paper comparing this in USA pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Wildlife Letters a new(ish) @wiley.com #Conservation journal See our Editorial on #Human #BigCat conflict 🐅🦁 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... for a special issue of the #journal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/28325869...
Blue-winged leafbird from recent successful trip to Lengor Forest Reserve, Johor #Malaysia Target 🎯 the unique crested jayshrike
🧪 New research confirms climate change is a primary driver of worsening forest fires. The likelihood of extreme fire weather has doubled since the preindustrial era, contributing to a dramatic increase in burned forest area globally. #Climate #Fires
Climate Change Is Making Fire Weather Worse for World’s Forests
nytimes.com
Mekong Eye investigation into the impact of industrial #banana cultivation in #Laos on communities, environment, and soil health www.mekongeye.com/2025/02/17/b...
Banana boom, soil bust
Long-term intensive chemical use in Laos' banana farms has degraded the country’s once-fertile soil, and it may take nearly half a century to restore it
mekongeye.com
The Sundarbans of #Bangladesh A critical & unique ecosystem threatened by climate change and more. Fantastic to just visit here and see some amazing wildlife including the Critically Endangered masked finfoot
Our new collaborative paper on the historic range of #Tiger 🐅 Historically from Turkey to Korea over >11 million km2 in 36 countries. Now reduced to <10% of this range @wcs.org onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....