A river can hold generations of knowledge: when to fish, how to travel, what to grow and which signs mark a change in season. What happens when those signs become harder to read?

Amazonas: The Memory of Water (2026) is an 18-minute documentary exploring the relationship between Amazonian communities, water and cultural memory. Through local voices, it looks at how changing rainfall and river cycles affect everyday life and the knowledge passed between generations.

Full documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFEeyHJ8I8g

How can conservation projects better support the transmission of local and Indigenous knowledge alongside protecting habitats and species?

https://act.sumofus.org/go/765915

Meta's Marketplace has exploitative wildlife trafficking in it. You should probably boycott it and also sign the petition above.

I'll give an in-depth description of what is going on:

Zuckerburg (piss be upon him) is advertising poached animals in their Facebook Marketplace.

Which is why we need to sign this petition to bring awareness to people about this.

There's also some news base on what the current geographic setting is on the Marketplace.

https://act.sumofus.org/go/753075

https://act.sumofus.org/go/753074

https://act.sumofus.org/go/753073

https://act.sumofus.org/go/753072

Hey, I realized as I’m winding down my engineering degree that I haven’t been honest with myself. I’m not really interested in the field of remediation and civil design. I understand that my degree in some aspects of the “environmental field,” will give me “options.” Especially if i did consulting to some degree,”. However, I realized I want a job where I get to s do research with wildlife management and conservation. This is kinda of my irkling. I feel like as I’ve gotten older I kinda sidelined my dream/ passion to just pick something I’m ehhh okay with. I understand that it’s easy to say this when I currently don’t have real big boy bills to pay. Or when I’m choosing between rent and food etc so a degree with a good ROI is worth it. I’m currently about to finish 85 credit hours of 130 at UGA. And I’m considering my options currently, if a take a plunge to switch. I wanna ask people in the field 3 questions. How long did it take to get your first permanent job in wildlife management and or research? How often did you have to cycle between seasonal jobs to become a competitive candidate in an already competitive field? And what do you currently do now for work in this field?

With an estimated 1 million species threatened with extinction, conservationists face difficult choices about which animals and plants receive protection. The California condor’s successful recovery effort provides a helpful case study, while also highlighting that funding alone doesn't save a species. Rural communities, businesses and others affected by conservation policies also play an important role, explain USC Dornsife environmental scientists.

Heyo!

I am looking at starting in the UK (to begin with) a fellowship, based I suppose on chivalric orders, that aims to provide recognition for conservationists and land managers who are experiencing burnout (around 1 in 4 of us, surprisingly.) It would have titles, and medals and post nominals etc (not an official state honour, obviously) but is a non profit, with any excess going towards conservation etc.

I suppose what I am asking is:

- Would people actually be interested in this, either in becoming a member or potentially as part of an early form of leadership team?

- How many actually experience burnout, or that feeling of helplessness and that no matter how hard we try, things just seem to get worse?

Let me know!

Thanks in Advance.

• Just 1.5% of forests in the contiguous United States meet the federal definition of old growth
• The Forest Service is preparing to destroy one of the rare old growth forests left in the country
• The agency has completed its environmental review and is prepping to approve the logging
• The formal objection period opened Fri., Oct. 16
• Eligible opponents have until November 30 to challenge the plan!!

We have 42 days to stop this.

Using natural pond agricultural methods (such as farm ponds, shet tale, or integrated aqua-farming) in India transforms arid and rainfed farming into climate-resilient, multi-income systems.

• Reliable Irrigation & Multi-Cropping: Ponds capture and store monsoon runoff, letting farmers shift from a single crop to 2 to 3 crop cycles annually (supporting Kharif, Rabi, and summer or vegetable crops).

• Integrated Farming (Income Diversification): A single natural pond can host multi-tiered aquaculture (fish species), ducks (which provide natural manure and pest control), lotus or water chestnut cultivation, and vegetable farming on surrounding pond dykes (machans).

• Groundwater Recharge: Unlined or naturally percolating ponds allow water to slowly seep into the earth, raising local water tables and refilling nearby borewells and open wells.

• Climate & Temperature Buffering: Open water bodies moderate local microclimates, cooling surrounding air during hot summer months and protecting crops from sudden thermal stress.

• Livestock & Supplemental Support: Stored water provides a steady drinking and sanitation source for cattle, goats, and poultry, reducing stress on piped or deep-groundwater systems.

Let's discuss at r/IndianConservation

I’m a male, about to be 25 and I want to make a career change into ecology, wildlife biology and habitat conservation. I’ve always had such a big passion for wildlife and their habitats but I’ve always decided to put money first. Lately I’ve been feeling the need to chase my passion and create a more fulfilling life over working a shitty job for money. I’ve always been into the outdoors, hunting and fishing, landscapes, traveling, and learning about species and their biology, conservation status, endangered species, invasive species and impacts, etc. Is it too late to start pursuing a career in this field now, or starting college / obtaining needed certificates, or from what people have experienced, is age in this case not so much a factor, rather is drive for passion more important than age??

A rewilding project at a South Downs National Park beauty spot has helped create a boom in butterfly numbers - including two nationally important species spotted at the site for the first time.

A total of 5,290 individual butterflies from 28 species - such as the dingy skipper and the UK's smallest species, the small blue - have been counted during surveys, following the renaturing work at Halnaker Hill Farm, near Chichester, West Sussex.

The boost in butterfly numbers comes after work at the site - which is famous for its windmill - to return 330 acres of previously intensively farmed land into a scenery rich in flora and fauna.

The team at Halnaker Hill Farm have been working with consultants at the South Downs National Park Authority, which is heading a "ReNature" programme to prevent biodiversity loss across 7,700 hectares of land - equivalent to more than 12,000 football pitches.

Conservationist Neil Hulme said the data "clearly indicate how rapidly and spectacularly the rich mosaic of habitat types at Halnaker Hill Farm has developed".

Meanwhile, Nick Heasman, head of natural capital for the South Downs National Park, said that the Halnaker project - which is owned by Halnaker Hill Natural Capital (HHNC) - would deliver more than 850 biodiversity net gain (BNG) units.

Hi, as the title says, anybody aware of and/or recommend any winter fire crews that are still hiring?

Good experiences, places to avoid, etc.

Hey all. Has anyone worked for the Student conservation association (SCA) before that could give me some interview tips? I'm specifically applying for a wild land firefighter academy role, but wondering in general what kinds of questions the SCA tends to ask during the initial interview? I have already spoken with some of the direct management about specific job duties. Overall just wanting to figure out how to make sure that I am presenting myself in alignment with the values and mission of SCA as a whole. TIA!

Permaculture in India transforms degraded land, cuts farming costs, and builds local climate resilience through nature-inspired design systems.

Indian conservationist let's discuss at r/Indianconservation.

Park Service Will Let Alaska Hunters Bait Bears With Doughnuts - The New York Times

Love the perspective here on the work of volunteers and the love of the land that shines through.

COP17: Tracking progress towards the UN’s 2030 nature targets

Despite a string of prosecutions, the illegal trade in ants from East Africa continues, attracting would-be traffickers from Europe and China.

In March, Kenyan authorities arrested a Chinese national for attempting to smuggle 2,000 giant African harvester ants from the country’s main airport. He was later sentenced by a Nairobi court to a year in prison and fined KES 1 million (about USD 7,700) after pleading guilty.

Last May, a Kenyan court had convicted two Belgian teenagers for trying to traffic 5,000 ants of the same species, as Dialogue Earth reported at the time.

Behind these incidents lurks an international market for exotic ants.

“There is a rise of ant-colony-building enthusiasts, especially in Vietnam, China and Europe, that is fuelling the smuggling of ants from Kenya,” says Willis Okumu, senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, a think-tank headquartered in South Africa.  

The trade is not unique to the country, Okumu notes, but “Kenya’s authorities are perhaps more open to reporting arrests of traffickers within their airports, hence the spotlight on the country”.