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Report shows deforestation threatens Brazil's Pantanal

...d government regulation and better coordination of conservation efforts at various government levels (municipal, state and federal); a review of current legislation regarding protected areas and legal reserves for the region; and implementation of a broad environmental restoration program in devastated areas. ...

African amphibians make extreme parental sacrifice: The skin off their backs

...re-seen behavior also highlights the importance of conservation efforts, Nussbaum said. "Concerns have been growing about amphibian populations that appear to be declining worldwide. Our discovery underscores the need for further studies to better document the amazing diversity of amphibian life history strategie...

Climate change drives widespread amphibian extinctions

...habitats in Costa Rica and elsewhere has perplexed conservation biologists since 1990, when the problem was first recognized. At least 110 species of brightly colored harlequin frogs once lived near streams in the tropics of Central and South America, but about two-thirds vanished in the 1980s and 1990s. In the ...

Report finds cruise industry is protecting the precious places it visits

...efforts to establish cultural attractions and fund conservation groups working to protect sensitive destinations. ...ns; educate passengers and crew on ways to support conservation through actions and behaviors; invest in local conservation and community development projects; and ...

International HIV/AIDS trial finds continuous antiretroviral therapy superior to episodic therapy

...ngoing basis to suppress HIV viral load; or a drug conservation strategy, in which ART was started only when the l...per cubic millimeter (mm3). Volunteers in the drug conservation group were taken off ART--with the aims of reducing drug side effects and preserving treatment optio...

Protecting endangered species helps reduce poverty

...he CBD and member governments to integrate species conservation work into efforts to alleviate poverty. "Now's t...nd eggs ever were. The community strongly supports conservation measures to promote ecotourism, and both turtle and tourist numbers have climbed over the past 30 ye...

Too much sugar not good for coral reefs

...tal to consider the carbon component as we develop conservation strategies for coral reefs." ...

The Amazon in 2050: Implementing the law could save a million square kilometers of rainforest

...s of new deforestation. The challenge of Amazon conservation is to find ways to redirect political and economic...as studied Amazon forests and strategies for their conservation for the last 21 years. His research includes forest fires and "savannization", the analysis of publi...

Bringing the zoos to the zebras

...wer Kenyan communities in endangered Grevy's zebra conservation The Grevy's zebra is the most endangered member o...uis Zoo's WildCare Institute is bringing effective conservation of Grevy's zebras within reach for Samburu pastoral cooperatives. Dr. Daniel Rubenstein of Princeto...

Hooked on fishing, and we're heading for the bottom, says scientist

...nience. And, he says, public policy on marine fish conservation issues is distorted by the fact that most governments view fishing companies, and not their citizens, who actually are the true owners of the resources, as their main constituency. While the situation is dire, Dr. Pauly believes this situation can b...

Invasive species harms native hardwoods by killing soil fungus

...ogist at the Harvard Forest, Harvard's ecology and conservation center in Petersham, Mass. "In North America, thousands of nonnative plants and animals have become established since European settlement and many more continue to be introduced. Some alien species cause little harm, while others can become very aggr...

Genetic study shows humans have pushed orangutans to the brink of extinction

...conducted the genetic study. "Developing effective conservation and recovery programs depends on determining when the decline of a population began, its trajectory, and the original population size." For their study, the researchers collected hair from tree nests and feces found under nests or near orangutans ...

Sustainable farm practices improve Third World food production

...rcent. Sustainable agriculture practices, such as conservation tillage and integrated pest control, also reduced pesticide use and increased carbon sequestration. In addition, sustainable farming practices require less water, an important factor given that predictions suggest by 2025 most developing countries wi...

Satellites show Amazon parks, indigenous reserves stop forest clearing

... indigenous territories are central to large-scale conservation in the Amazon. Last year, the Brazilian government...s that the most important tool for tropical forest conservation is the creation of protected areas. A tropical forest ecologist, Nepstad has studied Amazon forest...

Three new species of lemurs identified

... characteristics will provide the basis for better conservation programmes for these endangered animals. An international team comprising researchers from Madagascar, Germany, France and Switzerland classified individual lemurs on the basis of either their chromosome profile, called a 'karyotype', or the sequenc...

Pacific Islands paradise protected

...ands nation has distinguished itself on the global conservation map with the declaration today that it is creating...experienced little human impact and this important conservation action by Kiribati will protect the area from future threats including over fishing and help mitigat...

Computers to save unique type of American red squirrel

...ter Lurz and colleagues used the model to create a conservation strategy for the forest, assisting with planting a...forts to save Mount Graham Red Squirrel. Although conservation measures are already in place, concerns about the animal's viability have increased as numbers have ...

Free access to a digital library for developing countries

..., and other environmental subjects such as botany, conservation biology, ecology and zoology will be available through a portal presented in several world languages, in-cluding Arabic, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. The project developing OARE is a partnership between Yale University, the United Nation...

Overfishing in inland waters reduces biodiversity and threatens health

...ed biodiversity have received scant attention from conservation groups and the media, according to author J. David Allan of the University of Michigan and his colleagues. Allan and colleagues refer to the relative lack of attention to fresh waters as a "dangerous" imbalance, since freshwater ecosystems are by som...

New study of the world's smallest elephant

...abah Wildlife Department with a range of essential conservation and management information concerning the ecology,...There is clearly an urgent need to undertake sound conservation action. Our work will provide information that is currently lacking, including identification of pr...

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