Conservation Action Award: Ellie Cohen
Wed, 30 May 2012 11:57:42 -0700

Ellie Cohen became president and CEO of what is now PRBO Conservation Science in 1999. Under her leadership, the organization has grown from the local Point Reyes Bird Observatory, founded in 1965, to a hemisphere-scale operation, ...

The Dominican Republic Fights to Save its Forests
Tue, 29 May 2012 13:02:01 -0700

And for conservation ? Not so much. But now, buoyed by an elusive songbird that makes its way to the Caribbean country each year, the Dominican Republic is embarking on an ambitious conservation effort to preserve what many say is a global biodiversity ...

Loyall r Brand Becomes Official Dog Food of Delta Waterfowl
Wed, 30 May 2012 11:16:05 -0700

Delta, a leading North American waterfowl conservation group, is partnering with Cargill to offer savings and special promotions on Cargill's Loyall r brand to its members. Cargill will provide support for Delta's scientific research and duck ...

Opinion: NJ Forest Stewardship Bill is a giant leap for conservation
Wed, 30 May 2012 04:22:10 -0700

A pair of bills moving through the Legislature would create a forest harvest program on state owned land, essentially allowing for logging By Anthony P. Mauro Sr. The op-ed denigrating the Forest Stewardship Bill (S1085), Logging in NJ forests would ...

Ikea Accused of Logging Old-Growth Forests
Wed, 30 May 2012 06:44:19 -0700

A subsidiary of furniture retailer Ikea is logging old-growth forests and other high conservation value forests in western Russia, according to the Global Forestry Coalition. GFC an alliance of NGOs from more than 40 countries alleges that Ikea's ...

From Z(oos) to A(rks)
Wed, 30 May 2012 05:03:13 -0700

There is the example of the black and white ruffed lemurs, which I mentioned in my article on the conservation challenges facing zoos on Monday. One problem for these lemurs is that the rainforests of Madagascar have been so shrunken by the clearing of ...

Palisades Conservation Area
Tue, 29 May 2012 22:02:41 -0700

While Pacific Palisades Conservation Area has no defined trails, the service road offers access to prairies, forests and rock formations deeper into the area. Photo by Harry Jackson Jr., The access road into the interior ...

SFI Awards $32000 Research Grant to Protect Water Resources in the Boreal Forest
Wed, 30 May 2012 06:53:27 -0700

Thunder bay, Ontario, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Sustainable Forestry Initiative r (SFI) announced today the Forest Ecosystem Science Co-operative Inc. (Forest Co-op) will receive a $32000 grant to support graduate research activities ...

All Set for Environment Week
Wed, 30 May 2012 05:57:45 -0700

Moshi Municipal Executive Director Ms Bernadette Kinabo, said that preparations for the occasion are in full swing and the aim is to mobilize urban dwellers countrywide to conserve and preserve environment . She warned that unless Tanzanians devote ...

Students soak up conservation message at Project Wet event
Wed, 30 May 2012 12:04:13 -0700

Swift Elementary School students listen as middle school students explain water conservation ideas to them. egg harbor township sixth-graders from Alder Avenue and Fernwood Avenue middle schools combined fun and learning as they hosted the third ...

Group: Nantasket cleanest DCR beach in Boston area
Tue, 29 May 2012 22:07:05 -0700

The report by Save the Harbor/Save the Bay -- relying on 2011 swimming season data from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Department of Conservation and Recreation, US Environment Protection Agency -- outlines the water quality conditions of ...

Wildlife minister Richard Benyon under fire in another game-shooting case
Wed, 30 May 2012 04:22:56 -0700

... a grouse-shooting estate that was burning peatland in a conservation area. Natural England, the Government's environment watchdog, withdrew from an attempt to ban Walshaw Moor Estate from burning heather and other unauthorised activities in March.

Conservation volunteers spruce up forest walks
Tue, 29 May 2012 18:31:59 -0700

Forests NSW is hosting a team of enthusiastic international students who will undertake environmental projects which will benefit visitors to State forests near Wauchope on the Mid North Coast. The team of nine come from across the United States, ...

Time is ticking for some crop's wild relatives
Wed, 30 May 2012 11:40:45 -0700

The truth of the matter is creating a current revival in both interest and conservation of what's now called a crop's "wild relative." And several researchers members of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) and Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) ...

Studies show land rights key to saving forests
Wed, 30 May 2012 03:42:25 -0700

RRI says studies in China, India and Brazil show local residents must have a say over how forests are used to ensure sustainability. China has made significant progress in restoring its forest cover while also allowing residents to make a living from ...

IKEA under fire for ancient tree logging
Tue, 29 May 2012 06:59:54 -0700

According to leading environmental organisations, such logging is destroying ancient and unique forests that have a high conservation value. Wood is by far the primary raw material in Ikea's products. Roughly 60 percent of the products stocked in the ...

Conserve Alberta water now: report
Tue, 29 May 2012 18:26:08 -0700

Water Matters project manager Julia Ko and director of policy and science Dr. Bill Donahue discuss their group's new report on water conservation and management Tuesday at the Environmental Law Centre Boardroom, 10025 106 St. kevin maimann/Edmonton ...

Calling teak farmers Forrest groups encourage planting of durable timber
Wed, 30 May 2012 00:22:24 -0700

Describing it a prime investment opportunity for growth within the local economy, executive director of Jamaica Protected Areas Trust/Forest Conservation Fund (JPAT/FCF) Allison Rangolan-Mc Farlane is calling on Jamaicans to plant teak forests .

Montezuma refuge pens draft conservation plan
Wed, 30 May 2012 00:13:32 -0700

In a 702-page-long draft comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) released for public review on May 22, the US Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service detailed the three management plans it is considering adopting to best allow the refuge to ...

EAD satellite tags four dugongs in Abu Dhabi waters
Wed, 30 May 2012 06:09:29 -0700

Scientists at the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) are now actively tracking the movement and habitat use of 4 dugongs after successfully tagging them with satellite transmitters off the UAE's Marine Protected Area of Al Yasat Island and Marawah ...