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#935842013-05-09
Men are from marsh!
It’s the same story all over the country; we are polluting our lakes and rivers with no concern for mankind or the flora and fauna they harbour. River Noyyal is in bad shape; so is the Vaigai. The Ganges’ is yet another sad story.
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#935852013-05-09
Deep Sea DNA Discovered From Fossils Of Ancient Single-Celled Creatures.
In the middle of the South Atlantic, there's a patch of sea almost devoid of life. There are no birds, few fish, not even much plankton. But researchers report that they've found buried treasure under the empty waters: ancient DNA hidden in the muck of the sea floor, which lies 5000 meters below ...
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#935862013-05-09
Expedition finds biodiversity around undersea mountain
Rio de Janeiro: A group of scientists aboard a submarine capable of diving to depths of 6,500 meters discovered an "oasis" of biodiversity around the South Atlantic's largest undersea mountain, located off the coast of Brazil.
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#935872013-05-09
Rhino conservation: Dung science leads to zoo baby boom
Scientists at Chester Zoo say their work has achieved a rhino baby boom. The researchers have spent the past five years carefully monitoring the hormone levels of their resident female rhinos in order to work out the best time to introduce them to a potential partner. And after a decade during w ...
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#935882013-05-09
IUCN's 'Red List' Criteria: What Makes An Ecosystem Endangered?
With many of the world's ecosystems threatened or endangered by human activities like logging and urbanization, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published its criteria for a new "Red List" of endangered ecosystems today (May 8) in the journal PLOS ONE.
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#935892013-05-09
French centre to use research as tool for development
France's national centre for agricultural research for development plans to set up more local partnerships to study topics agreed with organisations in developing countries "for the benefit of the world's poorest people and with a view to ensuring sustainable development".
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#935902013-05-09
Maldives launches US$3.38 million eco-tourism wetland conservation project
With the launch of a US$ 3.83 million eco-tourism wetland conservation project, the Maldives continues to push forward with climate change mitigation and adaptation initiatives, aiming to serve as a model for small island states.
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#935912013-05-09
Climate change: Can nature help us?
Hard-engineered sea walls have a limited life span. Could saltmarshes and mangroves offer a different approach to buffering against storm surges and coastal erosion?
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#935922013-05-09
Environmental performance could matter for budgetary allocation: plan panel
New Delhi: The Planning Commission plans to link funding allocations to states to their environmental management, and is putting in place an index to gauge performance.
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#935932013-05-09
Seafood diet killing Arctic foxes on Russian island
An isolated population of Arctic foxes that dines only on marine animals seems to be slowly succumbing to mercury poisoning.
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#935942013-05-09
Overfishing threatens quarter of key grouper species
A quarter of grouper fish species face extinction or are near threatened because of overfishing and poor management of coral reef fisheries, and a further 30 per cent are so understudied there is not enough data to assess how threatened they are, according to a study.
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#935962013-05-09
Mexico – Ground Zero in the Fight for the Future of Maize
MEXICO CITY, May 8 2013 (IPS) - In the 2011 action-thriller “Unknown”, scientists are persecuted by the biotech industry because they plan the open release of a drought- and pest-resistant strain of maize that could help eradicate world hunger.
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#935972013-05-09
Climate Change Adaptation: A Race Against Time
DHAKA, May 7 2013 (IPS) - Adaptation and mitigation. Identified by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and by scientists as the two major responses to address the problem, these were also the twin preoccupations of a climate change conference held recently in Dhaka.
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#935982013-05-09
Climate Change Makes Life Tougher for Solomon Island Farmers
HONIARA, Solomon Islands, May 7 2013 (IPS) - Life is difficult enough for communities on the remote southern Weather Coast of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
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#935992013-05-09
Rich Countries Drag Feet at Climate Talks
UXBRIDGE, Canada, May 7 2013 (IPS) - Another week of international climate negotiations ended in Bonn, Germany last Friday, but there was little mid-level bureaucrats could do when world leaders remain in thrall to the fossil fuel industry, say environmentalists.
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#936002013-05-09
UK public asked to spot biggest threats to tree health
Citizen science survey to monitor threats such as oak processionary moth and ash dieback disease
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#935702013-05-08
Esa approves Biomass satellite to monitor Earth's forests
A satellite that can "weigh" the Earth's forests has just been given the go ahead by the European Space Agency.
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#935712013-05-08
IKEA Co-workers Give Two Green Thumbs Up to Tree Planting!
Today, IKEA co-workers across Canada will show their ongoing commitment to their communities by joining forces with Tree Canada for the 17th annual Pick a Tree, Plant a Tree program. Since the program's inception, IKEA co-workers have planted over 23,000 trees and shrubs, which have the potentia ...
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#935722013-05-08
Desertification affects 400m Chinese
Some 400 million Chinese people's livelihoods are affected by desertification, which takes up 27.46 percent of the total land area, said a forestry official on Tuesday.
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#935732013-05-08
Australia makes list of ecosystems in bad shape.
Murray-Darling Basin lakes and the Coorong lagoons in South Australia would be deemed critically endangered under a new global system to rank the conservation status of ecosystems in the same way as threatened species.
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#935742013-05-08
Developing a clearer understanding of ocean ecosystems
The EU-funded HERMIONE project ('Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man's Impact on European Seas') has contributed much needed data on the complexity of deep-sea ecosystems.
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#935752013-05-08
How innovation could deliver a virtuous green growth spiral
I recently returned from the UNEP International Resources Panel meeting in Berlin where a familiar question was posed; can we really be green and grow?
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#935762013-05-08
Forest conservation could reduce malaria transmission.
Preserving the biodiversity of tropical forests could have the added benefit of cutting the spread of malaria, according to a new study.
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#935462013-05-07
South Africa: SA, Vietnam Set Biodiversity Agreement in Motion
Pretoria — South Africa and Vietnam have signed an action plan to implement the Memorandum of Understanding on Biodiversity Conservation and Protection.
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#935472013-05-07
Will California fall into the REDD trap?
California is world famous for its visionary environmentalism. So the state's Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32), intended to reduce carbon emissions from nearly all sectors of the economy, was welcomed as forward-thinking legislation. Yet good intentions may turn sour if California decides to ...
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#935492013-05-07
Unearthing the Value of Soil.
Healthy soil could be our best hope in the face of climate change, food crisis and biodiversity loss. Soil is the most diverse ecosystem on the planet. Just one teaspoon contains as many as one billion bacteria, which provide vital services to support the growth of plant species and the myriad c ...
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#935502013-05-07
Heat, sewage pollution caused fish kill
The mass mortality of fish reported from the stretch of the Karamana, near the Thiruvallam and Pallathukadavu ghats last week, could have been caused by the unusual rise in water temperature, reduction in flow and a surge in the concentration of sewage pollution.
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#935512013-05-07
How Coloring Books & Playing Cards Can Help Save Rare Speicies.
A third-grader at the main primary school in São Tomé with his biodiversity coloring book. The education team distributed these to over 2000 students across São Tomé and Príncipe in 2012.
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#935522013-05-07
Everglades National Park Hosts International Day for Biological Diversity on May 19
HOMESTEAD, Florida: Everglades National Park's nationally award winning volunteer program is hosting a volunteer event in recognition of the International Day for Biological Diversity on Sunday, May 19, at Shark Valley. The International Day for Biological Diversity aims to increase understand ...
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#935532013-05-07
Biodiversity Day
The Manipur Biodiversity Board would celebrate the International Biodiversity Day.
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#935542013-05-07
Climate Change Makes Life Tougher for Solomon Island Farmers
Life is difficult enough for communities on the remote southern Weather Coast of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Sustaining a livelihood from the land is a daily struggle on the steep coastal mountain slopes that plunge to the sea, made worse by the absence of adequate roads, transport and ...
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#935552013-05-07
EU embraces green infrastructure package
The European Union adopted a new strategy yesterday (6 May) aimed at promoting green infrastructure, and putting natural processes at the heart of its spatial planning.
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#935562013-05-07
Can we offset biodiversity losses?
Clive Palmer’s China First Coal Project is entering the last stages of review for its proposed coal mine in Queensland’s Bimblebox Nature Refuge. As part of the Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), the proposal suggests protecting about two hectares of remnant bush for every one ...
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#935572013-05-07
Dialogues on the Environment: Q&A With Edward Norton
Since joining The Nature Conservancy, and over the course of writing Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature, I've been fortunate to benefit from the perspectives and advice of many leaders of the environmental community.
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#935582013-05-07
When cuddly bees influence the rules
It may be easier to show concern about cuddly animals like bees than about some of the millions of indigenous insect and microorganisms found in the European biodiversity.
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#935592013-05-07
In Pursuit of an Underwater Menagerie
After a long, cold swim in the dark, we spotted it on the night reef with our dive lights: Octopus ornatus, the ornate octopus, a foot-long creature in an amber shade of orange with bright white spots and dashes along all its arms.
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#935602013-05-07
Developing a clearer understanding of ocean ecosystems
The EU-funded HERMIONE project ('Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man's Impact on European Seas') has contributed much needed data on the complexity of deep-sea ecosystems.
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#935612013-05-07
Abrupt rain brings out rare butterflies
The earlier concerns of entomologists in Kuwait regarding the disappearance of a rare species of butterfly, Painted Ladies, has been put to rest by the recent bouts of rain, says Mohammed Marafie, Entomologist at Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources
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#935352013-05-06
Arctic Ocean 'acidifying rapidly'
The Arctic seas are being made rapidly more acidic by carbon-dioxide emissions, according to a new report.
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#935362013-05-06
Nepal floods change river course and threaten tourism
A major tourism destination in western Nepal faces increased risk of natural disasters following a devastating flood last year, experts have warned.
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#935372013-05-06
Scientists map global routes of ship-borne invasive species
Scientists have developed the first global model that analyses the routes taken by marine invasive species.
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#935382013-05-06
Boom in Jellyfish: Overfishing Called Into Question
May 3, 2013 — Will we soon be forced to eat jellyfish? Since the beginning of the 2000s, these gelatinous creatures have invaded many of the world's seas, like the Japan Sea, the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, etc.
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#935392013-05-06
Brighter Clouds, Cooler Climate? Organic Vapors Affect Clouds, Leading to Previously Unidentified Climate Cooling
May 5, 2013 — University of Manchester scientists, writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, have shown that natural emissions and humanmade pollutants can both have an unexpected cooling effect on Earth's climate by making clouds brighter.
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#935402013-05-06
As Climate Changes, Boreal Forests to Shift North and Relinquish More Carbon Than Expected
May 5, 2013 — It's difficult to imagine how a degree or two of warming will affect a location. Will it rain less? What will happen to the area's vegetation?
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#935412013-05-06
Lemur has unexpectedly wide range, diversity of color variations
An endangered lemur has a larger range than originally believed but is still at risk due to forest fragmentation and land clearing, reports a study published in the journal Primate Conservation.
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#935422013-05-06
All the world's rarest birds in one book: photo contest enlivens new guide
590 different bird species are classified as Endangered or Critically Endangered, with many species only existing in captivity.
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#935432013-05-06
Climate changes could bring malaria to the UK
Leading health experts are urging the government to take action against the growing threat that mosquito-borne diseases, including potentially fatal malaria, could soon arrive in the UK.
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#935152013-05-03
Drill baby drill! The fate of African biodiversity and the monkey you've never heard of
Equatorial Guinea is not a country that stands very large in the American consciousness. In fact most Americans think you mean Papua New Guinea when you mention it or are simply baffled.
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#935162013-05-03
Celebrating 100 years of Biodiversity Science at Kirstenbosch
As part of the celebrations of 100 years of biodiversity science and Kirstenbosch, entrance to the gardens will be free on International Biodiversity Day on 22 May 2013.
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#935172013-05-03
Nicaragua cloud forest 'under siege' by illegal loggers
A famed rainforest in Nicaragua is under growing threat from illegal loggers, say indigenous leaders.The Bosawas Biosphere Reserve is Central America's largest tropical forest with clouds constantly drifting over the hilly terrain