(Source: USDA – United States Department of Agriculture) WASHINGTON, March 21, 2014 – Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Robert Bonnie announced today a renewed and expanded partnership to provide expert habitat advice to farmers and ranchers managing land within lesser prairie-chicken range. “Our goal is to deliver a win-win for agricultural producers […]
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WWF-Canada launches water health measure (WWF Canada)
(Source: WWF Canada) WWF-Canada launches water health measure Posted on 21 March 2014 | TORONTO, March 21, 2014 – Today, WWF-Canada released Freshwater Health Assessment results for five new watersheds across Canada, in honour of World Water Day on March 22, 2014. These assessments, along with seven existing ones, help create a clear, consistent understanding […]
Road to environmental destruction
Roads are considered connectors of human development providing opportunities for economic success and communication but the flip side of this network is that it has also brought enormous destruction to our fields and forests. With forest destruction comes increased human development and ecological degradation. Recent mapping and modeling has been done to document and measure […]
The power of connections: India to establish Asia’s largest protected forest
India has stepped up forest conservation efforts in recent years, with a major project underway to establish a large swath of uninterrupted habitat through the designation of additional protected areas and expanding those already under protection. If realized, these areas would converge to become Asia’s largest unbroken forest, encompassing approximately 15,000 square kilometers (5,790 square […]
Plankton make scents for seabirds and a cooler planet
The top predators of the Southern Ocean, far-ranging seabirds, are tied both to the health of the ocean ecosystem and to global climate regulation through a mutual relationship with phytoplankton, according to newly published work from the University of California, Davis.
When rewilding isn’t mad: guanacos can transform the espinal of Chile
The idea of resurrecting woolly mammoths and setting them loose in Siberia and the American Great Plains or lions roaming through central Europe is pretty mad. Mostly though, rewilding is much less barmy to the point of being conventional. Rewilding projects tend to have some features in common that distinguish them from your typical conservation […]
Nine Fisheries Cause Half of Drowned Whales, Wasted Fish
Nine fisheries are behind half of the U.S. fish and drowned animals thrown back into the sea. Continue reading →
Are Your Shaving Razors Inspired by Frog and Cricket Legs?
Despite the fact that no animals (except for humans!) shave, it turns out the animal kingdom can teach us a thing or two about shaving. Researchers at the Technion have found that by mimicking the texture of the legs of creatures who live in wet environments – they can create better razors.
Protect Elephants and Gorillas to Sustain Our Forests
[IPS]Bonn -With Mar. 21 designated by the United Nations as the “International Day of Forests and the Tree”, Bradnee Chambers, the executive secretary of the U.N. Environment Programme Convention on Migratory Species, explains why he sees forest and species conservation as two sides of the same coin….
Annual Investment of U.S.$30 Billion in Tropical Forest Conservation Can Support Green and Sustainable Economic Growth
[UNEP]Geneva/Jakarta -Forests support the livelihoods of 1.6 billion people, with the value of ecosystem services from tropical forests estimated at an average of US $6,120 per hectare each year….