Tag: life
member name: Jonathon D. C.
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May 18, 2006 03:03 PM EDT --
Do you want to make a difference every day? Want to learn about simple, effective actions you can take to help save coral reefs and the fish, animals, and plants that depend on them? You've come to . . .
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May 20, 2006 10:32 AM EDT --
The Best Deal I Know: Personal Reflections on Spring Migration
by Phil Hoose
One of the benchmarks in my year's orbit, as distinctive as any holiday, is the first April morning that I pedal my bike . . .
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June 12, 2006 06:13 AM EDT --
Flaming Gorge Dam in Utah will mimic natural river flow
In February, public agencies and conservation groups celebrated an important victory for both native fish species and collaborative approaches to . . .
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July 04, 2007 07:29 PM EDT --
Oceans are vitally important to human communities around the world. We depend on oceans and coasts for food, medicines and protection from storms, among other resources — more than $20 trillion annually . . .
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August 29, 2006 07:18 AM EDT --
One Year After Hurricane Katrina
Gulf Coast communities and ecosystems are recovering, but much still needs to be done
In the year since Hurricane Katrina devastated coastal areas across the Gulf of Mexico, . . .
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August 16, 2006 06:36 AM EDT --
Transforming Coral Reef Conservation
A Global Program for Sustainable Tropical Marine Conservation
Across the oceans, The Nature Conservancy is promoting a worldwide effort to conserve coral reefs and . . .
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June 20, 2006 03:24 PM EDT --
Nature Conservancy Study Finds Today's Kids Are Choosing TV Over Trees
Nature Conservancy-Funded Study Finds Visits to National Parks Decline; Video Games, Television, and Internet Use May Be the . . .
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December 13, 2006 07:38 PM EST --
Simple Ways That You Can Make a Difference
Think climate change is too big of a problem to solve? Think again! Small changes in our everyday lives can make a big difference.
Just ask Patrick Gonzalez, . . .
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June 29, 2007 08:00 AM EDT --
Is there any wilderness left? A new article in Science magazine co-authored by The Nature Conservancy's chief scientist says not really — and that conservation's task is no longer to "preserve . . .
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August 17, 2006 10:23 PM EDT --
Climate Change: Impacts and Adaptation
Global climate change is changing the places we know and cherish. Within our lifetimes, we will see the visible effects of global climate change on coastlines, coral . . .
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December 17, 2006 06:08 PM EST --
I’ve learned a new word while we’ve been traveling around New Zealand: tapu. It’s a Maori word that means, literally, “unknown”. I was told that the Maori use . . .
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May 31, 2006 09:57 AM EDT --
Is Poverty Relevant to Conservation? (Travels in Sierra Leone)
By M.A. Sanjayan, Nature Conservancy lead scientist
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Live Web Audio Chat: Poverty and . . .
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May 29, 2006 09:24 PM EDT --
Conservationists can't afford to look past poverty
A live web audio chat on poverty and conservation featuring Andrés Ferrer, Director, The Nature Conservancy in the Dominican Republic
Join us . . .
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June 07, 2006 08:52 PM EDT --
Fire, Ecosystems and People
Humans have been affecting the way fire occurs on landscapes for millennia. In many areas, over many years, fires started by people may have played an important role in creating . . .
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May 31, 2006 09:41 PM EDT --
A Piece of Paradise is a documentary about Vanuatu, a group of tropical islands in the South Pacific.
On paper, it's one of the poorest countries on earth -- yet there is very little poverty. No one . . .
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January 26, 2007 05:47 PM EST --
To Shoot a Lion
By Sanjayan
Note: Sanjayan is one of two lead scientists of The Nature Conservancy, where he works to ensure that the Conservancy is using the best available scientific methods in order . . .
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June 15, 2006 07:04 AM EDT --
Nature Stories podcast: Farming the Desert
Produced by Ross Chambless
When the pioneers were first trecking out into the arid western states, it was commonly believed that the rain would follow the plow. . . .
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June 23, 2006 06:36 AM EDT --
Nature Stories podcast: The Secret Life of New York's Bees
Produced by Kate Hinds
Although a sharp decline in the honeybee population has led many states to encourage beekeeping, New York City has . . .
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June 08, 2006 07:58 AM EDT --
Nature Stories Podcast: A Map of the Sea
Produced by Chris Brookes for Homelands Productions
In this sad, insightful, moving podcast, Chris Brookes examines the ways in which Newfoundland's fishing . . .
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July 22, 2006 07:17 PM EDT --
A Quiz on Global Warming and Climate Change
Climate change, more commonly known as global warming, is caused by the emission of heat-trapping gases, primarily carbon dioxide (CO2). These heat-trapping . . .
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