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Climate Change is a key challenge for society IPCC presents report on impacts of climate change (Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of the Federal Republic of Germany)

April 1, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

(Source: Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of the Federal Republic of Germany) No. 054/14 | Berlin, 31.03.2014 Joint press release with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research IPCC presents report on impacts of climate change The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlights the far-reaching impacts […]

Death of young Sumatran rhino shouldn’t discourage captive breeding efforts say conservationists

April 1, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Just over two weeks ago, conservationists in the Malaysian state of Sabah managed to finally catch a wild Sumatran rhino female after months of failed attempts. But following such hopeful events, comes bad news thousands of miles away: a young female rhino, named Suci, died over the weekend at the Cincinnati Zoo.

Stop! Think before buying your child a mallard duck for Easter (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)

April 1, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

(Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) I hope all you turkey hunters south of State Road 70 took a nice bird or two this year, as your season is coming to a close. For those of us in the rest of the state (excluding Holmes County), we still have until April 20 to bag […]

A goodbye message to staff and stakeholders from Dr David Mabunda (South African National Parks)

April 1, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

(Source: South African National Parks) A goodbye message to staff and stakeholders from Dr David Mabunda Date: 1st April 2014 A goodbye message to staff and stakeholders from Dr David Mabunda,outgoing CEO of South African National Parks (SANParks). Saying farewell is never considered to be a joyful thing to do and becomes even more difficult […]

Magnetic Bricks Bring 3-D Interaction to Screens

April 1, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

GaussBricks lets tablet users create interactive shapes that bring digital drawings, animations and games to life Continue reading →

Air pollution, now the world’s single largest environmental risk

March 25, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

The World Health Organization today released mortality data from 2012 estimating that around 7 million people (one person in eight) died globally that year as a result of air pollution exposure. This finding more than doubles previous estimates and confirms that air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk.

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Biologists use sound to identify breeding grounds of endangered whales

March 25, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Biologists have confirmed what many conservationists fear — that Roseway Basin, a heavily traveled shipping lane, off the coast of Nova Scotia, is a vital habitat area for the endangered North Atlantic right whale.

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Kenyan Conservationists and Wildlife Officials Offer Conflicting Accounts of Poaching and Prevention

March 25, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

The Kenya Wildlife Service called upon Kenyans Tuesday to report wildlife crimes and suspected poachers who are killing the nation’s iconic elephants and rhinos to earn a profit from the sale of ivory tusks and rhino horns.

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COLLEGIATE CORNER: Humanity of factory farming

March 25, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Most omnivores like bacon, but I say omnivores because not every human is an omnivore. Have you ever thought to yourself what was the process this bacon went through? Well if you have, it was not a fun process for that pig. Farming has helped humans advance in size, without the farming innovations created through […]

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EPA and Army Corps bring clarity to Clean Water Act Expansion proposal

March 25, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

In a joint document the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers released a proposed rule to clarify protections provided by the Clean Water Act. Following Supreme Court decisions in 2001 and 2006, there has been much confusion about definitions within the Act and applicability. The proposed clarifications will enhance understanding for industry, agriculture, local […]

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Indonesia’s Fatwa Shows Religious Duty Can Be A Route To Sustainable Behaviour (WWF – World Wildlife Fund USA)

March 25, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

(Source: WWF – World Wildlife Fund USA) The edict on wildlife trafficking is leading secular organisations to recognise that environmentalism is embedded in most scripture In January, a holy voice rang out across Indonesia’s archipelago of lush, tropical forests and teeming mangroves. It came in the form of a fatwa, an Islamic edict, which instructed […]

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Future cost of water is no small change

March 25, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Water scarcity was, until recently, considered by most of the developed world to be like James Hilton’s Lost Horizon: “far away, at the very limit of distance.” However, the convergence of aquifer depletion from increasing agricultural, industrial and municipal water use with more frequent and intense extreme weather events creates an urgency to develop new, […]

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Invasive trees use logging roads to invade Borneo forests

March 25, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

The spiked pepper tree (Piper aduncum) is native to the American tropics, but has made itself at home in a variety of other locales where it can crowd out local vegetation and interfere with forest recovery. Although it’s been slow to spread through Borneo since its introduction to Indonesia in 1952, new logging roads appear […]

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There’s No Poaching Crisis in Kenya – KWS

March 25, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

[Capital FM]Nairobi -The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has slammed Non-Governmental Organisation for ‘misleading’ the world that there is crisis on elephant and rhino poaching in the country….

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U of M Crookston Professor Dan Svedarsky Receives Education Award from the Minnesota Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society (University of Minnesota – Crookston)

March 25, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

(Source: University of Minnesota – Crookston) Dan Svedarsky, professor in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department at the University of Minnesota Crookston, was recently honored with the 2014 Education Award. Presented by the Minnesota Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, Svedarsky received the recognition at the annual meeting of the Chapter at St. […]

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