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Conservationists have converted a remote-controlled plane into a potent tool for conservation.Using seed funding from the National Geographic Society, The Orangutan Conservancy, and the Denver Zoo, Lian Pin Koh, an ecologist at the ETH Zurich, and Serge Wich, a biologist at the University of Zurich and PanEco, have developed a conservation drone equipped with cameras, sensors and GPS. So far they have used the remote-controlled aircraft to map deforestation, count orangutans and other endangered species, and get a bird's eye…
Avaaz, una comunità on-line che si occupa di organizzare cittadini di tutto il mondo attorno a campagne di opinione, ha lanciato una campagna in sostegno dell'iniziativa del governo australiano per la creazione di una gigasntesa riserva marina.Fra 24 ore l'Australia potrebbe salvare per sempre un milione di chilometri quadrati di oceano, grazie alla più grande riserva marina del mondo e preservando così migliaia di specie in pericolo. Ma servirà un appello globale per sconfiggere la pesca industriale e le compagnie…
They say everything has a price, even when it comes to the foods you eat. Out-of-pocket cost reflects the environmental price tag. That lobster dinner at the restaurant costs as much as it does because of the effort and transportation expenses needed to bring it to your table.A study by Lancaster University and Small World Consulting provides a more precise picture of the environmental cost associated with different food items based on findings in the United Kingdom. The researchers determined…
La fumée des incendies de forêt provoque la mort de 339 000 personnes par an selon les chercheursChiffre impréssionant.. auquel on pense rarement...Cliquez sur le lien pour lire l'articleSource: Le monde
"Forest Life" is a project of Ooze architects located in Gundala, 35 km south of the Hyderabad city center in India. Their aim for ‘Forest Life’ was to create an eco-community with different individual villa typologies located within the existing forest next to a much denser mixed use development with residential towers and a commercial podium with proximity shops leisure activities and offices located along the main road leaving Hyderabad towards the south. With a communal sport/cultural center and a…
Ask Minister Kent “What is next?” in fight against climate changePlease join us in demanding that the federal government act responsibly and restore hope for future generations by supporting genuine action on climate change.So far 1,860 messages have been sent. Let's get to 10,000!Living outside of Canada? No problem just click Not in CanadaThanks everyone.Together we can stop Climate Change from Destroying our Planet
Research from University of Alberta biologist Isla Myers-Smith and about 30 other researchers from 10 countries suggests that sizable chunks of the alpine/tundra world are being taken over by shrub cover that is increasingly crowding out those plants that many Arctic animals depend on.“Climate warming may well be a reason why this is happening,” said Myers-Smith, who is the lead author of a paper published recently in the scientific journal Environmental Research Letters. “But snow cover, nutrient availability, and interactions…
 One of the world’s smallest butterflies, the Sinai Baton Blue, is threatened with extinction according to scientists.It feeds on a specific kind of wild thyme that can only be found in a small corner of the Sinai Desert.But overgrazing by Bedouin herds, over-collection of the plant for medicinal purposes and global warming could spell the end of this unique species.
El 2 de febrero de cada año es el Día Mundial de los Humedales y en él se conmemora la fecha en que se adoptó la Convención de Ramsar sobre los Humedales, el 2 de febrero de 1971.Todos los años por estas fechas miles de personas en todo el mundo realizan actos para aumentar la sensibilización del público acerca de los valores de los humedales.El lema para 2012 es “Humedales y turismo” y está relacionado con el tema de la…
Around 80 percent of the Andes' most biodiverse and important ecosystems are unprotected according to a new paper published in the open-access journal BMC Ecology. Looking at a broad range of ecosystems across the Andes in Peru and Bolivia, the study found that 226 endemic species, those found no-where else, were afforded no protection whatsoever. Yet time is running out, as Andean ecosystems are undergoing incredible strain: a combination of climate change and habitat destruction may be pushing many species…

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