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Advancing the conservation of the world’s migratory ungulates by mapping migrations, compiling a global atlas, and conducting collaborative research.

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@migratinghooves
Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration
5 years
🚨 BIG NEWS! GLOBAL INITIATIVE ON UNGULATE MIGRATION PUBLISHED IN SCIENCE
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@migratinghooves
Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration
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New maps today: mule deer migrating in southern BC! There are no protected areas that are close to matching the extent of a deer’s annual range, highlighting the importance of collaborative management to maintain migrations. @ClaytonTLamb @BCGovNews @BonnConvention
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@migratinghooves
Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration
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Cape buffalo migrating in KAZA live in one of the world's largest transboundary conservation landscapes. Despite being constrained by veterinary fences, buffalo here have made some of the longest recorded movements for the species @BonnConvention @WWF
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@migratinghooves
Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration
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Elk migrating in Canada's Southern Rockies show how wild this landscape still is, and opportunities to make the region's roads more permeable for big game. Map & 📸 by @ClaytonTLamb check out more in the Atlas https://t.co/lLapIb2P22 @BonnConvention
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@migratinghooves
Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration
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Migration Monday! Migrating guanacos in Monte León NP have illustrated that protected areas' size and shape need to be informed by animal movement, says @RewildingArg 's Emiliano Donadio. Read more here: https://t.co/ynoc9fNUtC
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elrompehielos.com.ar
En la costa sur de Santa Cruz, donde el continente se recorta frente al Atlántico, los guanacos del Parque Nacional Monte León protagonizan una historia que ahora forma parte del Atlas Mundial de...
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@BonnConvention
Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
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Discover the newest migratory maps on the CMS & @migratinghooves Atlas of Ungulate Migration featuring guanaco, wild camel, Cape buffalo, and elk. Explore how these species move across landscapes, then dive deeper with their fact sheets. 🗺️ View the interactive maps:
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@migratinghooves
Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration
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We are excited to announce the release of FOUR new maps in Atlas of Ungulate Migration! Check out the journeys of guanacos in Argentina, elk in the Canadian Rockies, Cape buffalo in Zambezi, & wild camels in the Gobi Desert. https://t.co/lLapIb3mRA @BonnConvention @WildCamels
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Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration
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We've got some pronghorn migration maps coming out soon, but in the meantime check out the impactful, long-term conservation work led by our partners with @ConserveAlberta
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canadiangeographic.ca
Pronghorns used to race across the prairies — until people put up fences. Now, a group of volunteers is working to reconnect this divided landscape.
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Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration
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Not much is known about the migratory movements of eland, the world’s largest antelope. But based in recent tracking data, our new map depicts this animal’s long-distance migrations in the Serengeti ecosystem. https://t.co/7KwLBZSJrU @BonnConvention @tawiri_tz
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Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration
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The Knyszyn European bison herd began with the migration of a single bull from Białowieża in 1969, who traveled nearly 50km north to reach a new home range. Now 500+ animals, this herd has established seasonal migrations. Read more here: https://t.co/3uAtxhgqMq
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@BonnConvention
Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
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New migration maps from Poland reveal the seasonal journeys of Europe’s largest wild ungulates! 🇵🇱 The maps show the movements of Moose in the Biebrza River Valley and European Bison in the Knyszyn & Białowieża Forests. These are among the few species that still migrate between
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@migratinghooves
Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration
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New maps and factsheets published in the Atlas of Ungulate Migration today! Learn about the conservation successes and challenges facing Poland’s migratory moose and European bison. https://t.co/lXUdrt3HP7 @BonnConvention @ScienceinPoland @mriBialowieza
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@ScienceMagazine
Science Magazine
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Yellowstone’s roaming bison herds enhance nutrient cycles and boost ecosystem health at landscape scales, according to a new study. The findings, which challenge conventional grazing wisdom, suggest that restoring large-scale migrations could unlock the species’ full ecological
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@migratinghooves
Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration
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Sneak peek: Three migration maps will be published in the Atlas next week! In Poland's old growth forests, migratory populations of moose and European bison are testaments its ability to safeguard the phenomenon of large mammal migration. 📸 Rafal Kowalczyk w/ @mriBialowieza
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@migratinghooves
Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration
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New postdoc opportunity projecting the effects of climate change on the summer behavior and distributions of caribou in the Arctic. Apply here (job title: "Post Doctoral Fellow - Future of Species Range Shifts"): https://t.co/SBTylxBPu9. Photo by Joëlle Taillon.
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@migratinghooves
Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration
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Investigative journalism into South Africa and South Sudan's plans to drill in lands traversed by the Great Nile Migration -- read here and see how our maps were used to support this story! @dailymaverick https://t.co/LOp97kfjOU
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dailymaverick.co.za
The South African government petroleum agency has refused to provide details of its controversial oil and gas exploration project slap-bang in the middle of the world’s largest animal migration path.
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@BonnConvention
Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
6 months
Animals have culture too and it could change the way we protect them! Animal culture includes socially learned behaviours that groups pass down through generations. 🐋 @royalsociety's Philosophical Transactions B journal has just launched the first-ever themed issue on this
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@migratinghooves
Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration
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The tiang migration in South Sudan is one of our newest migration maps in the Atlas! As their landscape faces demographic shifts, energy extraction and infrastructure development, corridor maps are a tool for land managers in the region! 📸 Marcus Westburg
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@BonnConvention
Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
7 months
🚨 Just launched: new @migratinghooves maps of the Great Nile Migration, the biggest land-animal trek on Earth! Over 5 million white-eared kob + 400K tiang roam 100,000 km² between South Sudan & Ethiopia. 🐾 View the maps and discover how they can steer wildlife-friendly
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@migratinghooves
Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration
7 months
We are excited to announce the newest maps in the Atlas of Ungulate Migration: the white-eared kob and tiang in South Sudan and Ethiopia! These maps will serve as tools in balancing the needs of both people and wildlife in this incredible region. https://t.co/v2N3liVPzV
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@migratinghooves
Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration
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"The one thing they need to survive en masse is freedom of movement over large landscapes." A new study finds that the caribou's collective memory of bad winter conditions is driving a major migratory range shift in the Western Arctic herd. Read more:
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biographic.com
A herd of ungulates in Alaska draws on experience to adapt to a changing winter landscape.
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