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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “biodiversity”

• Conservation areas threatened nationally by housing developments

  
  Carbon-Based — Authority: 144
  Science Daily : Conservationists have long known that lines on a map are not sufficient to protect nature because what happens outside those boundaries can affect what happens within. Now, a study by two University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists in the department of forest and wildlife ecology measures the threat of ...
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• The Singapore Green Plan and "Areas of Natural Scenic Beauty"

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 583
  Not part of the planHome to several endangered species, but this green spot at Lorong Halus is itself in danger of being wiped outEsther Ng Today Online 25 Dec 09;SINGAPORE - The path leading to the ponds at Lorong Halus is a scenic sight of grasslands and wooded hills. If it is hard to imagine that this once housed a ...
  16 hours ago

• Plants and animals race for survival as climate change creeps across the globe

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 460
  Global warming creeps across the world at a speed of a quarter of a mile each year, according to a new study that highlights the problems that rising temperatures pose to plants and animals. Species that can tolerate only a narrow range of temperatures will need to move as quickly if they are to survive. Wildlife in ...
  18 hours ago

• The Lights of Africa Tour

  
  Rolling Rains Report — Authority: 136
  Lights of Africa is an 8-month media expedition throughout Southern andEastern Africa. Its purpose is to seek out, produce and disseminateinspiring and creative media stories about this compelling region. Fourmajor themes - Biodiversity Conservation, World Heritage sites,Desertification, and Sustainable Tourism - ...
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• Hercule Poirot: How Does Your Garden Grow?

  
  Kurashi - News From Japan — Authority: 466
  I can only hope that you are all having a jolly good holiday, wherever you are, in Japan or anywhere else on this precious planet. Thank you for visiting Kurashi, and a very God Jul to all of you. May I introduce an episode of the 1991 Hercule Poirot series, called How Does Your Garden Grow? It is set in 1935, in a ...
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• A TREE ALMOST OLDER THAN DIRT

  
  Rashid's Blog — Authority: 125
  A newly discovered Palmer’s oak ( Quercus palmeri ) that researchers estimate is over 13,000 years old, making it one of the oldest plants on Earth.Researchers, led by Michael May of the University of California, Davis, found the tree a decade ago during a routine survey of local plant life. full story
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• “Nature’s Gallery of blue wonders – really true blue” part 1

  
  Nature's Crusaders — Authority: 122
  Nature’s wonders a variety of colors, but these are really true blue year in and out. The blue-crowned motmot has a large head with down curved, short, broad beak, which is serrated along the upper edge. Their tarsi (feet) are unique in that they are particularly short with a middle toe almost completely ...
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• On the move: Species face race against climate change

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 583
  Yahoo News 23 Dec 09;PARIS (AFP) – Land ecosystems will have to move hundreds of metres each year in order to cope with global warming, according to a letter published on Thursday in Nature, the British-based science journal.On average, ecosystems will need to shift 420 metres (about a quarter of a mile) per year to ...
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• Decades Top 10 Earth Stories: No. 7 - The Great Species Shuffle

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 154
  [Editors note: See the entire list here] If the 1990s saw the popularization of the poster animal -- the most majestic or cuddly of at-risk species -- then the past decade saw conservation interest democratized. Yes, animals like tigers and ...
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• Try Council’s LocalView marine map of Loch Fyne

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 443
  This initiative was born from the work in putting together the final version of the Loch Fyne Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan (ICZM).Staff used the Council’s LocalView mapping software to develop a marine nap of Loch Fyne and to populate it with a real depth of information from the Plan, creating a ...
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• Scientia Pro Publica #18: the last of the oughties edition!

  
  Reconciliation Ecology — Authority: 125
  Well, this carnival doesnt really have much to do with the impending end of the oughties decade, but since everybody seems to be going on about it, compiling decadal reviews and best-of lists, I...
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• Asking to get shot

  
  The annotated budak — Authority: 427
  Katydid, Upper Seletar. "The real problem with wildlife photography is not that there is too much of it but that photographers – amateur and professional – are failing to reflect natural diversity . Far from inhibiting productivity, it needs to be expanded greatly, telling the story of species and locations ...
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• Humbug

  
  The annotated budak — Authority: 427
  Cosmolestes picticeps (Reduviidae), Upper Seletar. Ghosts of dinners past wait on tables this season asking, fries with that?
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• Waiting dragon

  
  Wild Light | Wildlife Photography | Insect Art | Bird Art | Honey Bee Art — Authority: 118
  Hidden within the sparkling tinsel, a damsel waits for St. Nick’s visit, a tiny dragon reflecting the twinkling ornaments of a holiday tree.  
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• The real Avatar story: indigenous people fight to save their forest homes from corporate exploitation

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 143
  In James Camerons newest film Avatar an alien tribe on a distant planet fights to save their forest home from human invaders bent on mining the planet. The mining company has brought in ex-marines for security and will stop at nothing, not even genocide, to secure profits for its shareholders. While Camerons film ...
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• These tender curls

  
  The annotated budak — Authority: 427
  Cerianthid , Tanah Merah . I know the risks. But I cant help it. The lure of this bloom is too strong for me to turn the other buttcheek and march out of the water to soak in an assault of gadflies that bite but never hard enough to bleed. This tangled, tussled mop, however, beckons with a touch of deceiving ...
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• Happy Christmas to all those who read my Blog on Biodiversity, Mountan Tourism & Ornithology in Ireland during 2009

  
  Biodiversity and Ornithology in Ireland — Authority: 121
  Happy Christmas from the Comeragh Mountains Originally uploaded by Mike Maunsell Wishing you a Very Happy and Peaceful Christmas.
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• Three Really Irritating Habits of Conservationists

  
  Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy — Authority: 503
  For years I have bitten my tongue as my coreligionists in conservation have driven me up the wall with their infuriating behavior. No more! It is time to let the world in on our dirty little secret: Conservationists can be as irritating as anyone . And here (with thanks and apologies to this recent Economist ...
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• Please give Gaia a special christmas present

  
  Gaia Community: Zephyr's Blog — Authority: 119
  Giant rainforest trees, tiny fungi and wild coffee plants are among almost 300 species that have been described by UK botanists for the first time in 2009. The finds were recorded by researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, who carried out surveys involving teams in 100 countries around the world. The ...
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• Hindus laud Pope for environmental stand

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Nevada (US), Dec 22 (ANI): Hindus have applauded Pope Benedict for connecting environmental protection with peace promotion in his message for the celebration of World Day of Peace, which falls on January one.Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, commended His Holiness Pope ...
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