BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 31 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Ruling follows conservation groups' appeal to protect critically endangered species * * * Conservation groups applaud a First Circuit Court of Appeals decision reinstating a 2024 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) rule that protects critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from fishing gear entanglements -- one of two major threats to the species' survival and recovery.   more

WOLFVILLE, Nova Scotia, Jan. 28 -- Ecology and Society, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers ecological, political and social foundations for sustainable social-ecological systems, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 29, Issue 4): * A taxonomy-based understanding of community flood resilience * Assessing the delivery of ecosystem services and benefits to human well-being of three contrasting MPAs in Spain * Caring for standing crops in  more