The Caspian Gull’s European Advance: Root Causes and the Next Frontiers
A voice from Europe’s inland waterways — the Caspian Gull’s expansion is no longer a future possibility, but a process already underway. © Mark Johnson

The Caspian Gull’s European Advance: Root Causes and the Next Frontiers

A powerful source population, a freshwater corridor and unusual ecological plasticity have carried the Caspian Gull from Ukraine to the North Sea — and further expansion seems inevitable.


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Peregrine Falcon Downlisting Debate Exposes a Flawed Conservation Cycle
A proposal to ease international trade restrictions on the Peregrine Falcon has triggered warnings that conservation gains could be undermined just as the species recovers. © Attila Szilágyi

Peregrine Falcon Downlisting Debate Exposes a Flawed Conservation Cycle

Peregrine Falcon CITES Downlisting 7Dec250:00/194.664489795918371× The proposal to downlist the Peregrine Falcon from Appendix I to Appendix II under CITES has prompted a wave of concern among raptor specialists, who warn that the move risks destabilising one of conservation’s most expensive recovery stories. The issue, highlighted in The Parliament Magazine, underscores a broader problem in international wildlife governance: the assumption that population recovery is equivalent to lo


Gyorgy Szimuly

Gyorgy Szimuly