Extinction in pieces Study reveals mixed feelings about tigers, medicine and conservation Farming tigers Panthera tigris to supply the demand for traditional Chinese medicines is not likely to safeguard their wild counterparts, according to a paper published in PLoS ONE this week. …
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Extinction in pieces
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Cow pharming
http://journalwatch.conservationmagazine.org/2008/07/01/cow-pharming/Cow pharming Drugged cows produce more milk, cutting greenhouse gas emissions Cows might cultivate an image of gentle, vegetarian all-round pleasantness, but don’t be duped: their methane-laden flatus is the source of ten percent of the global annual emissions of this powerful greenhouse gas. …
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Six billion dollar answer
http://journalwatch.conservationmagazine.org/2008/06/26/six-billion-dollar-answer/Six billion dollar answer No-take marine reserves help species recover faster than expected The world’s largest network of no-take marine reserves is a success. Relieved readers of Current Biology this week can see how the controversial closing down to all fishing on more than a third of …
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El hombre desmedido
http://fismare.net/verdeprofundo/?p=355más antiguas que el fósil madre descubierto, cabe pensar que la viviparidad evolucionó con anterioridad y que el tiburón más antiguo, de al menos 400 millones de años, era vivíparo, como nosotros. Más me sorprendente la noticia, publicada en Conservation Magazine, de que una hembra virgen de tiburón martillo, Sphyrna tiburo, ha dado a luz. En el artículo original, se explica que sus crías han nacido realmente por partenogénesis (es decir, sin la intervención de un macho) y que por lo tanto son idénticas
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Tree of life - Journal Watch
http://market-research.typepad.com/microbiological_test/2008...Tree of life
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SharkNews
http://edesabata.wordpress.comWhat’sup La7.it Missione Natura - nuovo studio scientifico mostra un allarmante declino dei predatori in Mediterraneo Altri: Mongaby Bay: Large sharks population fall 97% in the Mediterranean Conservation Magazine: Jets and sharks Plenty: Mediterranean sharks see 99% extincion, now “functionally extinct” International Animal Rescue: Med sharks, numbers plummet RedOrbit: Shark popultations declining in the Mediterranean
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Our fault? Sure is.
http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/05/21/our-fa...Link Thirty five years’ worth of data covering hundreds of independent studies put beyond reasonable doubt the impact of human activity on the planet, according to a paper published today in Nature.
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A DC Birding Blog
http://dendroica.blogspot.comtop 20 U.S. counties in terms of carbon dioxide emissions. On the list: Carbon, PA. Also see their emissions maps (click to expand the one at right).There is still debate over how much, and under what circumstances, tree-planting reduces greenhouse gases. Ocean Conservancy volunteers removed millions of tons of trash from beaches around the world. Enviroblog: Out of the frying pan: Sludge fertilizer as the antidote to lead poisoning The Green Miles:
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Contact Support
http://pond.patiopondgarden.comSomething else in the water iâ??m rambler man wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt Ghosts of residents past and present show up in pond water, DNA analysis reveals Pond water is a veritable soup of DNA, the ingredients of which are
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Go Green - Daily Green Tips
http://www.aboutmyplanet.comaccount, organic farming still probably comes out way ahead of conventional methods from an environmental standpoint. But it just goes to show that there are no easy answers when it comes to living more lightly on the earth. Source: Nick Atkinson, Scrambled Organic Eggs. Journal Watch Online, May 21.
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Wildlife Disease News Digest
http://wdin.blogspot.com>>>FULL ARTICLE Cited Journal Article >>>Riding the Wave: Reconciling the Roles of Disease and Climate Change in Amphibian Declines Related News >>>Waving goodbye to frogs OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS Photo by Jerry Acton, New York courtesy GBBC Birders Set New Records in Great Backyard Bird CountRabies rising in Michigan: Health officials don't really know why
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That's Tariffic!
http://invasivespecies.blogspot.com/2008/03/thats-tariffic.h...an interesting study
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Resilience Science
http://resilience.geog.mcgill.ca/blogdouble whammy that such fires encourage vigorous birch regrowth, making it prone to further blazes. The likely consequence is that another source of carbon dioxide will enter the scene, as vegetation and long-frozen soil go up in smoke. via SCB’s Journal Watch Online
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