37 days ago by Jayvee Fernandez

This is very timely especially since the Philippines is re-launching its new tourism campaign. I am not against mining per se, but mining in an archipelago — one of the centers of the world’s biodiversity — is like taking away our core competence when in fact eco-tourism is so scarce nowadays we’re ...

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38 days ago by info

Miriam Rothschild Scholarship Programme in Conservation Leadership to support students from less developed and developing countries that are rich in biodiversity, to attend the MPhil in Conservation Leadership at University of Cambridge, UK Study Subject(s): Conservation Leadership Course Level: MPh ...

Free Scholarship Information - infoscholarship.net · 9 references

38 days ago by Cathie Bird

Interesting (open access) study of organisms found in hydrothermal vent areas of the Southern Ocean...important discovery relative to biodiversity of species in this underexplored region of Earth's oceans. Authors Summary: Deep-sea hydrothermal vents are mainly associated with seafloor spreading at ...

Earthbytes - tennesseehawk.typepad.com/earthbytes

38 days ago by Redaktion

Über 7.000 Tierarten gelten in Deutschland als gefährdet oder sind sogar vom Aussterben bedroht. Fast zwei Drittel der in Deutschland vorkommenden Reptilienarten sind in ihrem Bestand gefährdet. Die Bundesregierung stärkt angesichts dieser alarmierenden Lage die Erforschung und den Schutz der biolog ...

Bonn Sustainability Portal - bonnsustainabilityportal.de · 6 references

38 days ago by Stephen

12 Million Hectares Lost Every Year to Desertification Dealing with desertification has a long history of failure. By Stephen Leahy CHANGWON, South Korea, Oct 13, 2011 (IPS) Degradation of land is the world’s quiet crisis, undercutting food production, increasing water scarcity, impoverishing hundre ...

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39 days ago by Stephen

Humanity faces unprecedented challenge of climate change combined with food, water and energy shortages “Markets are preconditioned on inequality and will only make matters worse” By Stephen Leahy THE HAGUE, Jul 5, 2011 (IPS) Avoiding the coming catastrophic nexus of climate change, food, water and ...

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39 days ago by Alternative Energy

Climate change It has become one of the main threats to the balance of nature and this means in particular that what is at stake is something as vital as the biodiversity and the maintenance of the ecosystems. In this issue we turn this article from Erenovable. Climate change is the set of changes t ...

Alternative Energy Report - alternativeenergyreport.blogspot.com · Rank: 142,834 · 6 references

39 days ago by David

Towards the end of last summer I was trying to decide what form of Ragwort was growing in our meadow and requested help from Anne and John Bebbington. It may be that we have both Hoary and Common Ragwort. To help John has sent me these photos and as they look so bright and cheerful on this very wet, ...

Wildlife Conservation: ... - heartofthelevels.blogspot.com · 1 reference

40 days ago by wendyrapacchi

A HAPPY 2012! This website will be off line for just a day or two whilst we update the site. The contacts pages and photogallery will remain accessible. The new site will give a full update on the Appeal to the Planning Inspectorate, the views of Central Bedfordshire’s Standards Committee and the ri ...

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40 days ago by Govind Singh

Delhi Greens welcomes all its members, subscribers and readers to a happy and warm New Year! 2012 will be challenging not only because Delhi will play host to the Rio+20 COP this year but also because the now 100 year 'young' "Delhi capital" enters the next phase of its existence as the political ne ...

Delhi Greens Blog - delhigreens.com · 27 references