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  Eco-Lettering
  Lettering artist promotes eco-consciousness
  by yihyeewong / on Aug 20, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “biodiversity”

 

• Amazon rainforest mapped in unprecedented detail

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 162
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Amazon rainforest mapped in unprecedented detail Scientists record Amazon’s structure and biodiversity by bouncing laser beams off forest 400,000 times per secondFive thousand metres above the most biodiverse corner of the Amazon, tropical ecologist Greg Asner and his team see ...
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• Amazon rainforest mapped in unprecedented detail

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Scientists record Amazons structure and biodiversity by bouncing laser beams off forest 400,000 times per second Five thousand metres above the most biodiverse corner of the Amazon, tropical ecologist Greg Asner and his team see a kaleidoscope of colours among a mass of green. Huddled in a twin-engine Dornier 228 ...
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• Why Biodiversity Loss Deserves as Much Attention as Climate Change

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 606
  Biodiversity loss is probably a challenge that is often ignored as climate change looms. Currently the world is losing species at a rate that is 100 to 1000 times faster than the natural extinction rate, further, it is currently seeing the sixth mass extinction. The previous mass extinction occured 65 million years ...
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• From Detroit to Doha, Citizens Are Building a More Green Economy

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 606
  My recent stay in Detroit and current trip to Doha have opened my eyes to how citizens are taking matters into their own hands and building more sustainable economies.
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• Tree Hugging

  
  Robert Kyriakides's Weblog — Authority: 110
  Timber is big business. In all places in the world where trees grow humanity has cropped the trees for fuel, for shelter for furniture and for the luxuries of life. When humanity was species that was few in number tree cutting had little effect, although some think that many of the great deserts of the world have been ...
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• Environmental protection rules may be headed for government shredder | Damian Carrington

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Oliver Letwin wants all guidance covering pollution, wildlife, and waste more replaced with one 50-page document, source says, as is happening to planning rules On 12 January, cabinet office minister Oliver Letwin met senior officials from the department of the environment along with representatives from the ...
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• Alan Kapuler: Man of Science, Ideas, and Humanity part 4 (video)

  
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  The garden is not just a garden. The garden is a metaphor for having a place to develop an ethical way to understand life, and to make a life that is ethical. —Alan Kapuler If there were an intergalactic spacecraft capable of carrying but one life safely in search of contact with other sentient beings, my vote ...
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• Political economy and food security

  
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  In our second post on the Durban Climate Change Conference, David Howlett asks what was agreed on agriculture. I am co-author of a new paper – What next for agriculture after Durban? – published in the journal Science . Here are some thoughts from the article and the conference itself. The 17th ...
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• New to Nature No 64: Nadzikambia baylissi

  
  ThinktoSustain- the sustainable development blog — Authority: 119
  Nadzikambia baylissi, a new species of chameleon, was discovered in Mozambique, with help from Google Earth . . . → continue reading..: New to Nature No 64: Nadzikambia baylissi
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• A glass more than half full of awesome

  
  Deep Sea News — Authority: 519
  The other deeplings (except RickMac) are at the fantastic Science Online conference this week, meeting with other scientist communicators and hatching various plots for DSNs ascendancy to world dominance using, I suspect, some combination of Ferragarmos, rum and giant squid tentacles.  So, I guess youre stuck with ...
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• Conserving biodiversity hotspots could bring worlds poor $500bn a year

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Study puts economic value on the indirect ecosystem services provided by the worlds poorest people Some of the worlds poorest people would be half a trillion dollars a year better off if the services they provide to the rest of the planet indirectly – through conserving natural habitats – was given an economic ...
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• Valencia Region | Biodiversity

  
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  The Valencia region in Spain, which includes the Costa Blanca and the Costa Azahar , has one of the highest levels of biodiversity in Europe, more than the UK , Germany or Sweden.There are more than 18,487 species known in the region.The regional government has stated that this is 21.7% of the national total in ...
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• New video edition : “My bird bottle feeder 2″ – (Willem Van Cotthem)

  
  Desertification — Authority: 126
  This is the second edition of my video.  I now added some video takes of feeding birds. For some daily moments of distraction in the drylands : http://youtu.be/PowLtjSAv3g One of the most exciting views is the back and forth flying … Continue reading →
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• To Alleviate Poverty, Biodiversity Conservation is Critical

  
  Conservation International Blog — Authority: 104
  A girl carries yams at a market near Caye Michel in the Massif de la Hotte, Haiti. Pollination and other ecosystem services are essential to maintain the worlds agricultural systems. (© Robin Moore/ iLCP) This week, a paper entitled “Global Biodiversity Conservation and the Alleviation of Poverty” was ...
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• Cambodia: Extremely Rare Turtle Is Released Into the Wild

  
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  ScienceDaily 18 Jan 12;The Wildlife Conservation Society, in conjunction with the Cambodian Fisheries Administration and Wildlife Reserves Singapore, just announced the successful release of a Southern River terrapin (Batagur affinis) -- one of the most endangered turtles on earth -- into the Sre Ambel River in ...
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• Photographing the Planet’s Rarest Species: Q&A with Joel Sartore

  
  Conservation International Blog — Authority: 104
  At CI, we know that iconic species can be a powerful tool to engage the public in conservation issues. National Geographic magazine photographer Joel Sartore knows this too; that’s why he’s taking “ The Great American Zoo Trip ,” photographing as many endangered animals as possible to show what’s at stake in ...
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• Bloody Start to New Year with Both Rhino and Poacher Lives Lost

  
  Ecology Global Network — Authority: 419
  The New Year is off to a grisly start with two suspected poachers killed in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, one day after eight adult rhinos were found dead and de-horned. During an anti-poaching operation, SA National Parks spokesman Reynold Thakhuli said, two alleged poachers were slain in a shoot-out with ...
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• Greenroofs & Walls of the World™ Virtual Summit 2011 Episode 6: “Sky Meadows – Integrating People and Nature: Sustainable Green Roofs and Roof Gardens” by Dr. Nigel Dunnett

  
  Sky Gardens — Authority: 103
  Today we have the pleasure to air Dr. Nigel Dunnett’s video presentation “Sky Meadows – Integrating People and Nature: Sustainable Green Roofs and Roof Gardens” from our Greenroofs & Walls of the World™ Virtual Summit on greenroofs.tv and our GreenroofsTV channel on YouTube . Aramis and I have ...
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• Resource: CISDL paper on national and regional ABS measures

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 107
  Overview of National and Regional Measures on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing: Challenges and Opportunities in Implementing the Nagoya Protocol Jorge Cabrera Medaglia, Frederic Perron-Welch and Olivier Rukundo Centre for International Sustainable Development Law Biodiversity & Biosafety ...
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• Resource: Article on community-managed forests and protected areas

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 107
  Community managed forests and forest protected areas: An assessment of their conservation effectiveness across the tropics Luciana Porter-Bolland, Edward A. Ellis, Manuel R. Guariguata, Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Simoneta Negrete-Yankelevich, Victoria Reyes-García Forest Ecology and Management , June 2011, ...
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