Jul 9, 2018 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
The Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola, is a very special bird as it is crepuscular. During the day, it rests in places where there is not much light. Thus, this species was not very well known before the first tracking – in 2006, as before that the lightest Argos...
May 2, 2018 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Argos wildlife tracking helps to understand the best conditions for young lesser spotted eagles to survive their first migration. Using solar-powered tags, over 100 birds of different birth location and age have been followed since 2004 during their trip to Africa, to...
Mar 12, 2018 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) is responsible for the ecosystem-based management of fisheries in the Southern Ocean. The ‘ecosystem approach’ means that the effects of commercial fishing must take into...
Feb 27, 2018 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
The ARGOS system is a unique worldwide satellite tracking and environmental monitoring system created by the French Space Agency CNES, the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Each month more...
Dec 27, 2017 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Flying-foxes (Pteropodidae) are large bats capable of long-distance flight. Effective conservation and management of flying-foxes are constrained by lack of knowledge of their ecology, especially of movement patterns over large spatial scales. Thanks to research...
May 24, 2017 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Lake Izunuma-Uchinuma is located in northern Japan, covering an area of 491ha. The lake is renowned internationally for its high biodiversity. It is a Ramsar site, protected by an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands, and it is one...
