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BRI Fire Management Research Published in One Earth

Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) announces the publication of the scientific paper Savanna fire management can generate enough carbon revenue to help restore Africa’s rangelands and fill Protected Area funding gaps in the December issue of the journal One Earth (Open Access online). The new study builds on a history of collaborative and independent research [...]

By |2021-12-09T12:44:25-05:00December 9, 2021|

BRI’s Eider Research and Waterfowl Program featured in Wildfowl Magazine

BRI's eider research is highlighted in a new article by Chris Ingram featured in Wildfowl Magazine. The article details research conducted by Environment Canada- with cooperators from BRI, state wildlife agencies, university researchers, and others- intended to better understand why the Atlantic population of common eider continues to decline. Lucas Savoy, BRI's Deputy Director [...]

By |2021-12-08T08:49:56-05:00December 8, 2021|

BRI research reviewing the effectiveness of turbine curtailment on reducing bat fatalities published in PLOS ONE

As wind energy development increases worldwide, hundreds of thousands of bat fatalities are estimated to occur due to collisions with terrestrial wind energy facilities in North America. “Turbine attraction is a leading hypothesis for high observed fatality rates, particularly in migratory tree bats…[and] while fatality rates vary among sites, the estimated cumulative mortality is [...]

By |2021-11-17T15:31:49-05:00November 17, 2021|

BRI’s Motus Guidance featured in USFWS blog

BRI's Motus guidance efforts featured in a blog posted by USFWS detailing research at Block Island Wind Farm. The Motus Wildlife Tracking System deploys coded radio transmitters on birds and bats to study their migratory routes and behaviors. BRI biologists, along with researchers from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the University of Rhode Island, [...]

By |2021-10-27T13:32:59-04:00October 27, 2021|

BRI’s Climate Research Published in the World Economic Forum

Tim Tear, director of BRI'S Climate Change Program, has co-authored an article published in the World Economic Forum. The article, Africa’s remaining forests are under pressure: This is no time to sideline forest carbon markets, emphasizes the degradation of Africa's remaining forests and wildlife, and the need for forest carbon markets. Click here to [...]

By |2021-09-24T11:18:26-04:00September 24, 2021|

BRI Marine Bird Research Featured in Audubon Magazine

BRI's Marine Bird Program and research from Dr. Iain Stenhouse have been featured in Audubon Magazine. Iain's research contributed to a study published in the Journal of Climate, that "identifies a 220,000-square-mile "hotspot" southeast of Greenland where millions of marine birds spend the winter." Click here to read the article to learn how this [...]

By |2021-09-23T08:53:44-04:00September 23, 2021|

BRI Part of Two NOAA RESTORE Projects

Quantitative Ecologist Evan Adams is the BRI lead on two NOAA RESTORE Projects; Restoration of Gulf of Mexico islands and beaches for wildlife: Reducing the uncertainty, and Designing effective stewardship and post-restoration management plans through co-production to protect vulnerable Gulf of Mexico coastal birds. These studies aim to engage stakeholders in the Gulf of [...]

By |2021-09-16T13:12:16-04:00September 16, 2021|

BRI’s Marine Bird Research Published in Conservation Letters

BRI's marine bird research has been published in Conservation Letters, a journal of the Society for Conservation Biology. The research is used to help "identify important aggregations of seabirds in the North Atlantic to inform ongoing regional conservation efforts." To access the full paper, click here.

By |2021-09-16T10:46:05-04:00August 16, 2021|
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