On the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, WCS Senior Conservation Scientist John Weaver argues for protecting remaining wild lands and preventing human-caused species extinctions rather than domesticating landscapes to serve economic growth of the human juggernaut.

A new paper looks at the issues facing biodiversity throughout the world’s mountain regions, sets agenda for conservation Do we need corridors between “habitat-islands?” BOZEMAN (September 2, 2014) – A recently published paper provides a history of scientific research on mountain ecosystems, looks at the issues threatening wildlife in these systems, and sets an agenda for biodiversity conservation throughout the world’s mountain regions. The paper, “Mountain gloom and mountain glory revisited:...