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#1140942017-08-15
Most countries are better off with intact forests
Atlantic Forest, Gulf of Guinea and Thailand will benefit from forest conversion. Latin America, South-East Asia and Madagascar won’t see gains from conversion. Losses from deforestation is three times more than the gains from farm conversion.
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#1140952017-08-15
Accidental deaths of endangered North Atlantic right whales threatening species’ survival
At least 12 whales have died since April — or about 2 per cent of the population — nearly all of them in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The right whales are among the most imperilled marine mammals on Earth.
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#1140962017-08-15
A 30-Year-Old Treaty Proves Humans Can Still Save Planet Earth
As the United States government goes out of its way to roll back clean Earth initiatives of the past, it’s easy to forget that sometimes good policies can lead to meaningful change — and it can stick. A new paper published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters shows that a 30-year-old inte ...
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#1140972017-08-15
Does Climate Change Cause Extreme Weather Events?
It’s a challenge to attribute any one storm or heat wave to climate change, but scientists are getting closer.
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#1140982017-08-15
UNGA 72 Documents Reflect on Education, Environmental Conventions, Social Development
In preparation for the 72nd session of the UNGA, the UN has released several documents related to sustainable development and SDG implementation. Recent documents address progress on education for sustainable development, highlights from the UNFCCC, UNCCD and CBD, and reflections on social deve ...
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#1140992017-08-15
Climate change projected to significantly increase harmful algal blooms in US freshwaters
Harmful algal blooms known to pose risks to human and environmental health in large freshwater reservoirs and lakes are projected to increase because of climate change.
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#1141002017-08-15
South Africa: Environmental Affairs On Global Youth in Biodiversity Network Workshop
Young conservationists from 18 countries gather in Gauteng for the first Global Youth in Biodiversity Network in Africa workshop.
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#1141012017-08-15
Protecting a forest in the land of the Indonesian deer-pig
In a village in the northern part of Indonesia's giant Sulawesi island, hunters pursue rare animals that are protected by the law. A local affiliate of NGO BirdLife International is working with locals to preserve the Popayato-Paguat forest block — and the dozens of endemic species within. The ...
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#1141022017-08-15
Time-consuming consultations reason abs bill tabled late
Tabling of the Access to Biological Resources and Benefits Sharing Bill in the Parliament was delayed due to the time-consuming consultation process between the federal and state governments, the Dewan Negara was told today.
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#26522017-08-14
Opportunities under the Green Climate Fund
Reference: SCBD/MCO/DC/AF/NP/ML/YX/86771 (2017-077)
To: National Focal Points of the Convention and the Protocols
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#1140832017-08-14
Slash-and-Burn Agriculture must Stop
By burning peatlands to make way for palm oil plantations and vegetable plots, therefore, locals risk destroying these swamps’ ecosystems while simultaneously releasing vast amounts of CO2 back into the atmosphere, thereby exacerbating the effects of climate change. To stop that from happening, ...
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#1140842017-08-14
Sustainably managing our natural resources: Environmental Sustainability: Part 1
The Fifth National Development Plan (NDP5), which was launched earlier this year by President Geingob, forms part of a series of a total of seven national development plans that are to implement and achieve the objectives and aspirations of Namibia’s long-term vision, Vision 2030.
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#1140852017-08-14
Ecotourism to boost PH position as Asia’s freediving capital
Ecotourism and ocean preservation would be the centerpiece of the Department of Tourism in bolstering the country’s position as a freediving capital in the region.
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#1140862017-08-14
World Bank sanctions loan of USD 1 billion for cleaning river Ganga
World Bank has sanctioned a loan of USD 1 billion for funding Institutional Development and for the construction of priority infrastructure projects for municipal waste water treatment and solid waste treatment on the main stem of Ganga in five Ganga basin states.
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#1140872017-08-14
Creating the Next Generation of Urban Conservationists
There’s a few things kids can do to influence how adults view biodiversity, according to a new study.
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#1140882017-08-14
Climate change shifts timing of Europe’s floods, study finds
Implications for insurers and hydroelectric generation
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#1140892017-08-14
California Hopes ‘Healthy Soil’ Will Fight Climate Change
California lawmakers are enlisting farmers’ help in pulling carbon dioxide out of the air and storing it in their soil.
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#1140902017-08-14
Humans massively increased odds of three consecutive hottest years
New research shows odds of record years and runs of record years have changed from tiny to probable because of greenhouse gases.
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#1140912017-08-14
Allowing polluters to offset carbon emissions by paying forest owners effectively reduces greenhouse gases, Stanford study finds
A pioneering California program to sell carbon offsets has surprising environmental benefits – including providing habitat for endangered species – and provides lessons for initiatives under development in other states and countries.
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#1140922017-08-14
Pakistan’s ‘Billion Tree Tsunami’ surpasses Bonn challenge commitment
Pakistan’s province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has reached a new milestone by planting one billion trees in two years, exceeding a global commitment of restoring 350,000 hectares of forests and degraded land.
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#5672Internation Youth Day 2017: "Youth Building Peace"
12 August 2017, New York, United States of America
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#1140712017-08-11
Bleaching incident led to late coral spawning
Warming seas caused Singapore's corals to suffer from the longest-ever bleaching incident on record last year, and observations show that the incident has far-reaching effects.
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#1140722017-08-11
Loss of biodiversity greater threat than climate change
The threat to humanity posed by the loss of biodiversity is as great or even greater than that posed by climate change, a Mexican biologist said.
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#1140732017-08-11
On World Elephant Day, troubling times for African elephants (commentary)
Every year on August 12, the world celebrates elephants, but so far, 2017 is not a great one for these iconic animals. This photo essay comes via Mongabay's partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society's Wild View blog.
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#1140742017-08-11
Canada curbs ship speeds to prevent right whale deaths
Canadian officials yesterday ordered boats including cargo and cruise ships to reduce their speed in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in a bid to protect endangered whales.
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#1140752017-08-11
Keep elephant corridors open and allow India’s national heritage animal to survive, it’ll help the whole ecosystem
India has for thousands of years revered and worshipped all natural resources, flora and fauna. And the elephant has a special place in Indian mythology. We now live in an India that has 17% of the world’s population while occupying 2.61% of the world’s landmass, which we also share with 60% of ...
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#1140762017-08-11
Study shows the cost of deforestation in Cambodia
For the first time, researchers have calculated the financial contribution the forest makes to Cambodia's economy - an estimated US$129.84 million per annum.
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#1140772017-08-11
Scientists are finally beginning to acknowledge how local communities aid them in their research
Ecologists admit that while communities living in the vicinity of an area, with their traditional knowledge of flora and fauna and sense of the landscape of the region, often form the backbone of their research, they are hardly acknowledged for their contributions. For some years now, this has b ...
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#1140782017-08-11
2016 surpasses 2015 as hottest year on record globally in 137 years
Loss of biodiversity, degrading ecosystem, ocean warming and the melting of ice sheets has the world's biggest nations pondering over effective ways to curb the phenomenon. In January 2017, independent analyses by American space agency NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratio ...
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#1140792017-08-11
Birds, Important Natural Wealth in Northern Cuban Keys
Birds are one of the main natural resources in the keys bordering the northern coast of the Cuban central province of Ciego de Avila, one of the island's prominent tourist destinations.
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#1140802017-08-11
Peru indigenous communities engage in rainforest conservation
Peruvian indigenous communities committed to the preservation of rainforests are granted financial incentives in recognition of their environmentally-friendly efforts, the Environment Ministry's Rainforest Program affirmed on Friday.
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#1140812017-08-11
How to Save the Bobcat – and Benefit Its Human Neighbors
It’s time to change the rules surrounding bobcat management across North America — for the sake of this beautiful wild cat, but also for the people who live amongst it. If hunting and trapping limits evolve to ensure bobcats are abundant enough to support not only sportsmen but ecotourism and ec ...
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#1140822017-08-11
DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS IN AFRICA WILL HELP BOOST ITS ECONOMY
umanity has long appreciated forests for the energy, food and medicine they provide, and as a source of wood products for construction and other purposes. But the role of forests in supporting agriculture, preserving biodiversity, protecting water supplies, creating jobs, increasing domestic GDP ...
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#1140512017-08-10
Artificial coastal defences could be used to enhance marine biodiversity, study shows
Future coastal defences, harbours and ports could enhance biodiversity within the marine environment through the use of cement substitutes. But the materials used need to be selected carefully in order that native and non-native species are not adversely affected, a study by the University of Pl ...
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#1140522017-08-10
What changes minds about climate change?
Seventy percent of Americans now believe global warming is occurring, and more than half understand that it is mainly caused by human activity, a new report reveals. This is an improvement over 2013, said Edward Maibach, a principal investigator on the report, which came out of the Yale Program ...
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#1140532017-08-10
Federal Science Report Finds Human Activity Does Influence Climate Change
“Many lines of evidence demonstrate that human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse [heat trapping] gases, are primarily responsible for the observed climate changes,” notes the Climate Science Special Report, which was available on request during a public comment period earlier this y ...
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#1140542017-08-10
Europe's taste of a hotter planet
With 2017 set to be among the hottest years on record, Europe's extreme-weather summer may be a taste of the new normal.
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#1140552017-08-10
BEHIND THE RESTORATIVE EFFECTS OF CORAL GARDENING
New research finds that "coral gardening," which involves planting fragments of nursery-raised coral on reefs in the wild to replenish depleted coral colonies, is playing a key role in the restoration of staghorn coral reef systems in the Caribbean—and might just help inform strategies to ensure ...
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#1140562017-08-10
Prague zoo visitors can newly help save endangered animal species
Visitors to the Prague Zoo can contribute to the protection of four critically endangered animal species in the wild, or the Przewalski's horse, the western gorilla, the gharial and the Laotian rock rat via a new system as from today. The garden has helped protect these and other species right ...
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#1140572017-08-10
Scientists hope to breed Asian ‘unicorns’ – if they can find them
Conservationists see only one hope for the saola: a risky captive breeding programme.
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#1140582017-08-10
Photographer Vincent Munier captures the endangered snow leopard
Wildlife photographer Vincent Munier has completed an ambitious project to document Tibet’s most endangered wildlife. In a bid to photograph this relatively unknown and unexplored region, Vincent travelled across high altitudes, freezing temperatures and rough terrains, equipped with a tent, war ...
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#1140592017-08-10
WATCH: The race is on to photograph endangered animals before they vanish
“RARE: Creatures of the Photo Ark” is a new PBS documentary that chronicles renowned National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore on his journey to archive portraits of some of the rarest animals on this planet.
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#1140602017-08-10
Who Governs the High Seas?
The earth’s surface is more than 70% ocean, more water than land, a mass of blue connecting disconnected green. Nation states claim up to 200 miles from their coasts as areas of “national jurisdiction” over which they have the power to exploit, consume, and regulate. But the vast majority of the ...
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#1140612017-08-10
Father and son butt heads in decades-long battle over bird tourism site
Five years ago, Sergio Basantes and his wife Doris made history when they decided to turn their lush finca just outside of Quito into a hotspot for bird watching. It’s the first bird tourism site of its kind in the Ecuadoran province called Pacto, which rests at the southernmost tip of 65,000 sq ...
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#1140622017-08-10
Sea urchins—from pest to plate
It is one of the most valued seafood products and destroys kelp forests worth millions of NOK. Can sea urchin harvest be profitable? This is the subject of a project led by the Norwegian Institute of Water Research (NIVA). The project is part of a research program at The Fram Centre in Tromsø.
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#1140632017-08-10
Stakeholders validate National Biodiversity Committee
The Gambia - The Department of Parks and Wildlife Management with the support of the PRCM Regional partnership for Marine Conservation in West Africa as well as stakeholders from various units on Wednesday converged at the Baobab Holiday Resort to validate the National Biodiversity committee to ...
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#1140642017-08-10
See What It Takes to Move 500 Elephants
In late July, wildlife managers in Malawi finished a two-year project that involved moving 520 elephants from Liwonde National Park and Majete Wildlife Reserve to their new home in Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve. The hope is that the transplanted pachyderms will help solve conservation problems in ...
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#1140652017-08-10
Yoda bat gets happy: New species officially recognized
An unusual breed of fruit bat -- previously nicknamed 'Yoda' due to its resemblance to the Star Wars Jedi Master -- has now officially been registered as a new species and renamed the happy (Hamamas) tube-nosed fruit bat.
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#1140662017-08-10
The benefits -- and potential pitfalls -- of urban green spaces
With the rapid expansion of the urban landscape, successfully managing ecosystems in built areas has never been more important. However, our understanding of urban ecology is far from complete, and the data at hand are often patchy, leaving stakeholders without the tools they need to successfull ...