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Five Countries to Establish World's Largest Transnational Conservation Area The Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA-TFCA), set to be the largest transboundary conservation project in the world, will be based in Gaborone, Botswana. The Ministers responsible for environment, wildlife and tourism from Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe have been in meetings to establish the KAZA-TFCA. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs Australia to Build Cross-Continent Climate Corridor Australia will create a wildlife corridor spanning the continent to allow animals and plants to flee the effects of global warming. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs New Tools for the Biodiversity Tool Kit An online multiplayer biodiversity game called CONE Sutro Forest (CONE-SF) allows players to earn points by taking remote, live photos of a wilderness area and then classifying wild birds. Players use a remotely controllable robotic pan-tilt-zoom video camera with live streaming video to view the birds. The Conservation Geoportal is a comprehensive listing of GIS data sets and map services relevant to biodiversity conservation. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility Portal is a service that provides access to millions of species occurrence records together with a mapping capability The use of a quantitative ecological tool such as the umbrella index instead of political or popularity criteria is strongly recommended for future selection of umbrella species. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs Speciation is Faster in Temperate Zones "Our analysis shows that new species actually evolve faster as we move towards the poles. It would take one species in the tropics three to four million years to evolve into two distinct species, whereas at 60 degrees latitude, it could take as little as one million years...In comparison, even though there is a lower speciation rate in the tropics, the stable environment contributes to an equally low extinction rate. As a result, more species survive. This could help explain why there are more species in general in warmer climates..." >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs Species Watch Malaysia Mulls Cloning Leatherback Turtles Adaptive Management Applied to New Zealand's Hihi Glimmer Of Hope For Tahitian Tree Snails' Survival Probiotic Bacteria Could Protect Amphibians Worldwide U.S. Agency May Reverse 8 Decisions on Wildlife Status New Russian Reserve For Polar Bears, Walrus, Loons Goats Prove Effective Against Invasive Kudzu Northern Spotted Owl's Decline Revives Old Concerns Business Corporations and Finance
Suit Seeks Belated Cleanup of 57-Year-Old Oil Spill The spill — said to be originally almost twice as large as the Exxon Valdez disaster, which dumped 11 million gallons of oil off the Alaskan coast in 1989 — resulted from an industrial explosion in 1950. It went undiscovered until 1978, when the Coast Guard found a subterranean pool that contained an estimated 17 million gallons of oil products in the Newtown Creek area of Brooklyn and Queens, NY. The companies named in the suit are Exxon Mobil, BP, Chevron, KeySpan and Phelps Dodge. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs Novozymes to Exploit Kenya's Rare Microbes The Kenyan government unveiled an agreement with the world's top producer of industrial enzymes Novozymes to exploit the east African country's rare microbes. Enzymes developed from rare microbes can be used in detergents, in the analysis of drugs or blood components, in food additives, fiber or pulp processing in the paper industry, and for environmental purification. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs Aveda Hosts Equator Prize Ceremony The prestigious international prize, awarded biennially since 2002, serves to further advance the understanding within the global community of the vital link between healthy, biologically diverse environments and the creation of sustainable livelihoods, it recognizes outstanding local efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs HP Ramps Up E-Waste Program HP in 2006 globally recycled 74 million kilograms of e-waste, a mass equivalent to 600 jumbo jets. That’s roughly 25% of all the e-waste generated in the US. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs Fortis, UN Ink Deal on Financing "Green" Projects The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an agreement with Belgian-Dutch financial group Fortis to finance environmentally friendly projects in developing countries. The two-year pilot project should produce 15 million CO2 emission certificates, which translates into 15 million tons of CO2 emissions. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs Staples Set to Become Major E-Waste Player Staples Inc. has expanded its electronics waste recycling program by accepting used computers and monitors that can now be dropped off for a $10 fee at any of the chain's 1,400 U.S. locations. The program accepts items regardless of brand and original point of purchase. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs Climate
US Outsourcing of Carbon Emissions Two engineering researchers argue that rising U.S. trade with countries like China has major consequences for the future of global climate policy. In a recent paper published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, the researchers describe how the U.S. has reduced its increasing carbon emissions by importing more carbon-intensive goods from other countries. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs Neanderthal Extinction Hypothesis Offered A Spanish study suggests climate changes might have caused the extinction of the Neanderthals on the Iberian Peninsula. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs Build Parks to Climate Proof Cities Scientists looking at the effect global warming will have on our major cities say a modest increase in the number of urban parks and street trees could offset decades of predicted temperature rises. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs The Importance of Equity in International Climate Policy: An Empirical Analysis This study indicates that future international climate agreements should be based on a combination of the polluter-pays, the egalitarian, and the poor losers rule. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs Sun Blocking Aerosols Steadily Decreased Since 1991 A NASA study has found that an important counter-balance to the warming of our planet by greenhouse gases – sunlight blocked by dust, pollution and other aerosol particles – appears to have lost ground. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs Energy
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US-NREL Updates National Solar Radiation Database The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and collaborators have updated the National Solar Radiation Database, a planning tool that provides critical information about the amount of solar energy that is available at any given location. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs Wind Power Up by 27% in US, 2006 In 2006, 2,454 megawatts of new wind generating capacity was installed, with US$4 billion invested. Only natural gas generating plants accounted for more new power generation capacity last year. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs Installation of World's First Commercial Tidal Current Power System Confirmed Marine Current Turbines confirmed that installation of its commercial tidal energy system will commence during the week of August 20th in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough. At 1.2MW capacity, SeaGen will be the world’s largest ever tidal current device by a significant margin. >Story (pdf) >Post Comments >Related Blogs US-DOE Provides Nearly $88 Million to Low-Income Families for Home Weatherization This sum represents the second installment of $200 Million in total Weatherization Grants for FY 2007. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs US-EPA Launches 'Go Green!' Newsletter EPA is launching this monthly, email newsletter to provide "what you can do" information on activities and events that everyone can use to make a difference just about anywhere - in homes, workplaces, schools and communities. >Story >Post Comments >Related Blogs Nuclear Watch Why the GNEP's Nuclear Waste Recycling is Not a Good Idea Nuclear Fuel Doughnuts Improve Energy Output 50% Who is Building Nuclear Power Plants? India, China, Russia Colombia Reactivates A Nuclear Reactor 20 Years of Yucca Mountain Research Now Available for Review Britain Looks at New Nuclear Plants Should the US Sell its Uranium Stockpiles? Russian Nuclear Waste Worries Norway International Nuclear Fusion Project Underway Project to Improve Sodium Cooled Reactors | |
