biodiversity
Christian Devenish participated in the II Meeting of Environmental Researchers in the city of Arequipa, Peru (3 - 5 July 2013), organized by the Environmental Researchers Network, hosted by the Ministry of the Environment. One of the principal objectives of this meeting...
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GMBA Workshop on "Integrated assessments for IPBES in the framework of a world-wide high mountain environmental observatory system" at INTECOL conference, London
Wednesday, 21 August 2013, 12:45-14:15, ...
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) just released eight fact sheets, with information about the importance of forests and sustainable forest management, as well as their role in sustainable development and green economy. Some of the topics covered are the multiple functions of forests, food security and livelihoods, biodiversity and adaptation to climate change.
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Scientists spotted a toad species from the 'top 10 most wanted lost frogs', last seen by explorers in 1924. The first ever photographs of rediscovered "rainbow toad" last seen over four decades ago have been released by scientists exploring the mountains of Borneo.
In recent years, the Washington-based Conservation International placed the Sambas stream toad, also...
Just in time for the International Year of Biodiversity, the Ecological Continuum Initiative has printed an updated version of the brochure on Ecological Networks in the Alps. With a new design, the brochure "“Restoring the web of life – Ecological networks for more biodiversity in the Alps” illustrates the ecological connectivity topic and makes it understandable to a wide...
The world is in the midst of a biodiversity crisis. For those in the North, that can seem abstract; for the rural poor in the developing world, it’s all too real. Their absolute dependence on the bounty of forests, deserts and coasts means ‘biodiversity loss’ can mean losing all: food, fuel, building material, medicine, forage, livelihoods and culture.
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Ganesh Himal is a range of mountains to the northwest of Kathmandu, reaching an altitude of 7,402 m. The paper describes some of the many features of the physical (abiotique) sphere (e.g. exposure, topography, climatology etc.), the biological (biotique) sphere (i.e. flora and fauna) and the cultural (anthropique) sphere of the region, and the interrelationships between them.
Natural systems that support economies, lives and livelihoods across the planet are at risk of rapid degradation and collapse, unless there is swift, radical and creative action to conserve and sustainably use the variety of life on Earth.That is a principal conclusion of a major new assessment of the current state of biodiversity and the implications of its continued loss for human well...
This publication reports on the current status of American bison, in the wild and in conservation herds, and makes recommendations on how to ensure that the species is conserved for the future.
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