Bird Species
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Climate Change Response Program - Get Involved - Internships Research Opportunities
www.nps.gov via @BeringLandNPS &bull 5 Hours AgoNational parks serve as a natural laboratory for understanding climate change. Photo by Tyler Nordgren. Are you interested in an internship in a national park for a summer, or conducting research on park lands? The National Park Service engages young scholars to help us tackle research and education projects to look at the effects of climate change. Established in 2010, the George Melendez Wright Climate Change Internship and Fellowship programs are designed to harness the energy and creativity of college and university undergraduate and graduate students and put them to work alongside national park managers, scientists and educators. Internship Program… Full Story »
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A week's look at local conservation on the ground in Columbia (photo essay)
Rare Conservation Blog &bull Jul 28, 2010Megan Hill, Rare's Senior Director, Cohort Learning Networks, spent a week in Colombia with barrier removal consultant, Robert Yaguache, visiting four different Rare Pride campaign sites in four different regions of Colombia. Robert is from Ecuador and is an expert in designing and negotiatingA agreements where farmers are compensated for conserving their land in exchange for… Full Story »
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Kansas Wetland Plants
ecosystem-preservation.suite101.com via @melicessno &bull Jul 28, 2010Kansas has many wetlands that support rich biodiversity. Preserving these wetlands helps keep the environment healthy and provides habitats for many plants. The Kansas wetlands are rich in biodiversity. Many types of wetland plants can be found in that area. Wetlands are areas in which there is a highly developed ecosystem, and external disturbances… Full Story »
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Long-term experiments and crop wild relatives
agro.biodiver.se via @RaysTechLawHash &bull Jul 27, 2010So I was idly reflecting on the recent paper by Magurran et al. When we talk about protected areas, we usually mean national parks and reserves and the like (or at least that's what I usually mean), but I wonder… Full Story »
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Mini cows threaten to oust pocket pigs
agro.biodiver.se via @RayBeckerman &bull Jul 27, 2010We hate to come over all smug, but when the mainstream media pick up on a story almost a year after we first brought it to your attention, it's hard not to. Such is the case with The Guardian's recent… Full Story »
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Do Wind Turbines Kill More Birds than Tailing Ponds?
environmental-engineering.suite101.com via @Carydc &bull Jul 24, 2010Syncrude Canada Ltd., faces fines totalling $800,000 for failing to prevent the deaths of these ducks, which were polluted with oil when they lighted on a company tailings pond two years ago. While problems with tailing ponds are not insignificant when it comes to destroying… Full Story »
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Global versus Local Conservation Focus of U.S. State Agency Endangered Bird Species Lists Facultas - Sustainable Development Resources
facultas.wordpress.com via @konzultant &bull Jul 22, 2010Jeffrey V. Wells, Bruce Robertson, Kenneth V. Rosenberg and David W. Mehlman have recently published a paper titled aGlobal versus Local Conservation Focus of U.S. The development of species priorities for conservation at local or regional scales (for example, within… Full Story »
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The embattled forest
Convention on Biological Diversity: Headlines &bull Jul 16, 2010At 107 sq km, it is 34 times the size of Manhattan's Central Park. There is nothing ornamental here. This is an old-growth forest, the home of 274 bird species, 150 species of butterflies and 42 mammals - including the… Full Story »
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GALAPAGOS: The Return of the Giant Tortoise
IPS Inter Press Service - Environment &bull Jul 7, 2010
Lonesome George in captivity.Credit:Courtesy of Joe Flanagan, Houston ZooQUITO, Jul 7, 2010 (Tierramerica) - The historic reintroduction of giant tortoises is under way on Pinta Island, where not a single one of the famous animals that gave their name to the Ecuadorian archipelago of Galapagos remained. The expert explained in an e-mail interview with Tierramerica that a group of students working on the site is recording the movement of the reptiles, their activities, data on environmental conditions and the animals' impacts on vegetation and the ecosystem in general. To do so,… Full Story »
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Warm climates boost bird beak size
Convention on Biological Diversity: Headlines &bull Jul 6, 2010IF THE toco toucan had evolved in chilly Ireland, its impressive bill would have been much more modest. That's the conclusion of researchers who say heat exchange can be added to diet and mate attraction as key drivers of bird… Full Story »
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Namibia: Biodiversity Body to See Light of Day
Convention on Biological Diversity: Headlines &bull Jul 2, 2010LIKE climate change, biodiversity (the genes, species and ecosystems on earth) is to get a body to assess its global loss, as well as come up with what should be done to preserve it. The idea of setting up an… Full Story »
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Bharatpur India
www.askbiography.com via @vishunilu &bull Jun 22, 2010Bharatpuris a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It was founded by Maharaja Suraj Mal in 1733. Located in [Brij] region but some part of the district also lies in [Mewat] region, Bharatpur was once an impregnable, well-fortified city,… Full Story »
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New protected areas established in Brazil's fragmented Atlantic Forest
Monga Bay: Biodiversity &bull Jun 17, 2010
Brazil has designated an additional 65,070 hectares (161,000 acres) of land to be protected in the Mata Atlantica, or Atlantic Forest. The land is split between four new protected areas and an expansion of a national park. Once covering a significant portion of the eastern coast of… Full Story »
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Arctic Bird Poop Loaded with Environmental Poisons, Biologists Say.
Organic Consumers Association &bull Jun 16, 2010
High Arctic seabirds carry a ``cocktail'' of contaminants, confirms new research, which analyzed the excrement of Arctic terns and eiders nesting on a small island north of Resolute Bay. The seabirds' cocktail is not a particularly healthy mix for the birds or… Full Story »
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Moving On Up Means More Invasive Species
TreeHugger &bull Jun 8, 2010The open borders of the European Union, it is argued, make the natural shift of populationsfrom places with few jobs to those with more opportunities-a simpler prospect. Plant and animal species, of course, have never been bound by the political… Full Story »
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California May Pass Ban On Plastic Bags
AboutMyPlanet.com &bull Jun 6, 2010
Plastic bags are being banned in various cities across the United States Many of these cities are in California, which include San Francisco and Malibu. Plastic bags are looked down upon due to their impact on the planet, including being… Full Story »
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Can Audubon's "Frozen Zoo" Save Endangered Species?
TreeHugger &bull Jun 6, 2010With the recent declaration of the rusty grebe extinction, due to a non-native carnivorous snakehead murrel being introduced to its habitat, Lake Alaotra in Madagascar, as well as drowning in nylon fishing nets, there's no chance of resurrecting it. Unlike… Full Story »
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Scientists skeptical about rush to build sand barriers
L.A. Times - Environment &bull Jun 6, 2010
L.A. O.C. D.C. Money & Co. Opinion L.A. Dolphins swim in heavily oiled waters off Grand Terre Island as a few boats skim in the pass. Oil could be seen on the dolphins' fins. The frenzied response to the BP oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico has featured any number of wing-and-a-prayer options from engineers and elected officials. But the debate over a sand-barrier plan that skeptical scientists are referring to as "The Great Wall of Louisiana" has been the most politically charged. Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal, Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) and angry parish presidents have hammered the… Full Story »
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INRI to yield wave energy from Gulf of Mexico using SEADOG Pump system
Green Diary &bull Jun 1, 2010
The Gulf of Mexico has been in news for a massive oil spill, which threatens the fishing industry, tourism, and habitat of hundreds of bird species. We hear of the Gulf yet again, but this time around for producing clean… Full Story »
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Conference paper on Kanda River, biodiversity and new urbanism in Tokyo Tokyo Green Space
tokyogreenspace.com via @a_small_lab &bull Jun 1, 2010Posted by palmsundae in Community, Governments, Residences, Tokyo University of Agriculture, biodiversity, parks, public space, trees. Tagged: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, China, biodiversity, Suzuki Makoto, species, Plant, fish, bird, river, new urbanism, downtown, nternational Federation of Landscape Architects, World Congress, Suzhou,… Full Story »
