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

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “biodiversity”

 

• Pesticides significantly reduce biodiversity in aquatic environments

  
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  The pesticides, many of which are currently used in Europe and Australia, are responsible for reducing the regional diversity of invertebrates in streams and rivers by up to 42 percent, researchers report in the Proceedings of the US Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Mikhail A. Beketov and Matthias Liess from the ...
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• Definition of the geographic areas covered in the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment

  
  Random graphic of the day: UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library — Authority: 114
  The Arctic Council study on trends in the polar ecosystems - the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA) focuses on the areas displayed in this map. The high- and low Arctic regions are defined from the bioclimatic zones in the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map (CAVM), while the sub-Arctic zone is the area definition ...
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• New research suggests seaweed species may adapt to higher temperatures

  
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  Breakthrough research has shown a species of marine algae commonly found along Australia’s rocky shores may be able to adapt to increasing air and seawater temperatures, providing insight into the impacts of global warming on the future biodiversity of Australia’s coastlines. The ability of Hormosira banksii, ...
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• Fighting the poachers on Africa’s thin green line

  
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  Underpaid, ill-equipped and outnumbered, park rangers fight a one-sided war against vicious gangs of poachers. Hundreds have been murdered in the defence of endangered wildlife, and their deaths leave their own families in jeopardy. David Smith reports from Zambia . . . → Read More: Fighting the poachers on ...
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• Red, white and green – An Insight special

  
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  For the PDF version, please click here   The big tree debate  The past 50 years has seen the greening of Singapore. But even as people become more eco-aware, population needs put pressure on the environment. Grace Chua looks at the challenges. YOU look out the window of your HDB flat at a view that makes ...
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• Terraced Rice Field, China

  
  Rashid's Blog — Authority: 122
  Source: Green Yaatra Blog
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• Pursuing Responsible Mining in Liberia

  
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  The oldest republic in Africa, Liberia is a country rich in natural resources, including water, forests, wildlife and minerals. In
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• Many thriving species at risk from climate change

  
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  Alister Doyle PlanetArk 13 Jun 13;Many species of birds, amphibians and corals not currently under threat will be at risk from climate change and have been wrongly omitted from conservation planning, an international study said on Wednesday.The Amazon rainforest was among the places where ever more types of birds and ...
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• Ferns of Bristol’s stone walls

  
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  Whilst recently holidaying in Bristol in the UK I was amazed at the abundance and variety of ferns growing on the stone walls around the city.  The spleenwort or Asplenium ferns seem to be the most common ferns of this habitat. This genus also occurs in New Zealand and includes our hen and chickens fern.  […]
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• 10 Interesting facts about Mexico, for anyone curious or looking to go

  
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  For anyone interested in visiting or curious to learn more about Mexico, here’s a brief overview for help getting started with appropriate links for more information.
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• Australia’s national parks aren’t ‘national’ at all

  
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  Following our  The Conversation   article a few weeks ago about the rapid demise of national parks in Australia , a few of us ( me , Euan Ritchie & Emma Johnston ) wrote a follow-up piece on the Australia’s  national  park misnomer ( published simultaneously on  The Conversation ). – Australia ...
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• US researchers explore deep Caribbean reefs

  
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  Scientists with the Smithsonian Institution have discovered at least one new fish species at a deep reef off Curacao where they are conducting a yearlong project to gather data on temperature and biodiversity to monitor climate change effects in the Caribbean. The discovery occurred in recent weeks off ...
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• Dude, are those shrooms glowing? Unraveling the origins of bioluminescent fungi

  
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  Aristotle (384–322 BC) reported a mysterious light, distinct from fire, emanating from decaying wood. Pliny the Elder (23–79 AD) mentioned feasting on a glowing, sweet fungus found on trees in France and, in the late fifteenth century, a Dutch consul gave accounts of Indonesian peoples using fungal fruits to ...
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• Farmed Fish Production Overtakes Beef

  
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  Janet Larsen and J. Matthew Roney, Earth Policy InstituteThe world quietly reached a milestone in the evolution of the human diet in 2011. For the first time in modern history, world farmed fish production topped beef production. The gap widened in 2012, with output from fish farming—also called ...
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• White lion breeding at UK wildlife parks linked to ‘canned hunting’

  
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  Two parks have been accused of unethical breeding practices, as white lions are inbred and suffer from severe health issues . . . → Read More: White lion breeding at UK wildlife parks linked to ‘canned hunting’
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• Back from South Africa - #dimensionsZA

  
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  Protea canaliculata at Teeberg in the Swartberg Pass , South Africa Photograph by Kent Holsinger Click on the image for a high-resolution image in a new window. I left Capetown about 8:00pm last Thursday (2:00pm EDT), and I arrived back in Hartford just before 7:00pm EDT on Friday (1:00am Saturday in Capetown, 29 ...
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• 10 Interesting facts about Finland and the Finnish language

  
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  For people interested in visiting or curious to learn more about Finland and the Finnish language, here’s a brief overview for help getting started including appropriate links for more information.
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• Searching the coast for marine life

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 132
  Don Wong Today Online 13 Jun 13;SINGAPORE — From scooping for living specimens with a simple nylon net in the mudflats off Singapore’s coasts to peering through a high-powered microscope to determine whether a rare species is thriving in our waters once again, international and local scientists, aided by ...
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• Fishermens catch of the day: A 270kg grouper

  
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  Straits Times 13 Jun 13;It took a forklift and seven men to lift this 2m-long Queensland grouper, which was caught near Pedra Branca. Seafood restaurant owner Johnny Tan forked out more than $6,000 for the fish. -- PHOTO: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWSA 2M-LONG Queensland grouper weighing 270kg has been caught by fishermen off ...
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• Resource: The Indigenous World 2013

  
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  The Indigenous World 2013 Cæcilie Mikkelsen (ed.) International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), May 2013 | ISBN: 978-87-92786-33-3 This yearbook contains a comprehensive update on the current situation of indigenous peoples and their human rights, and provides an overview of the most important ...
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