• IEEM Conference: Biodiversity Beyond 2010: Missed Targets, New Opportunities

    Updated: 2010-08-31 10:24:40
    2-4 November 2010 Dublin, Ireland The conference aims to: - investigate how biodiversity policies and legislation including the Common Agricultural Policy, Fisheries Policy and the Marine and Coastal Access Bill) are affecting and driving biodiversity conservation; – showcase biodiversity tools and methods available to ecologists; and - review case studies of some of the more practical methods used [...]

  • Fantastic Images from Indonesia’s Deep Sea and the Explorer-Okeanos

    Updated: 2010-08-30 00:54:58
    As creatures of the land, it’s easy to forget that most of the living space on Earth resides in the oceans. Not only do oceans cover 70 percent of the planet’s surface, but the fact that they’re three-dimensional provides an incredibly wide range of habitats throughout the water column, with uniquely specialized ecosystems reaching from [...]

  • Businesses harness biodiversity to boost profits

    Updated: 2010-08-26 10:07:53
    Companies are increasingly seeking business opportunities in preserving biodiversity rather than viewing it as a threat to their profits, according to a new McKinsey survey. The survey of some 1,500 executives of companies in all global regions and industries found that 59% of respondents view biodiversity as an opportunity rather than a threat to their [...]

  • Whirling Column of Fire in Brazil Caught on Video

    Updated: 2010-08-26 10:00:50
    Brush fires, fueled by severe drought and spun by strong winds produced what’s being called a “fire tornado” — and some dramatic video — near Sao Paulo, Brazil.

  • LIFECYCLE OF A SEED

    Updated: 2010-08-24 15:54:00
    This is not only a beautiful animation, it also tells a great story about the life-cycle of the food we eat

  • Policy Priorities for UK Nature Conservation Identified

    Updated: 2010-08-24 12:51:36
    A group led by Professor Bill Sutherland at Cambridge University has identified the top 25 issues in conservation in greatest need of attention from policy-makers; either through the production of new or amendments to existing policy. The group, representing governmental organisations, NGOs and academia, focused on those areas where there may be options to fill [...]

  • Can Biodiversity Learn Lessons from Climate Change? CCI Wants Your Views

    Updated: 2010-08-20 15:25:26
    The Cambridge Conservation Initiative, a partnership of NGOs and departments at the University of Cambridge, is seeking your views on whether the way in which climate change has been communicated to policy-makers and the public can provide lessons for the communication of biodiversity loss. How can biodiversity move up the political agenda, with policy-makers and [...]

  • GLOBAL WARMING HITS STREETS

    Updated: 2010-08-20 12:24:59
    It's often the case that unexpected street art can conjure up more passionate responses than a gallery space

  • Still Water Permaculture Guild launches green living at UMaine

    Updated: 2010-08-18 23:40:20
    This fall, five UMaine students will practice sustainable living as part of their education  in a permaculture homestead at the south edge of campus . Inheriting a greenhouse, coldframe, swaled garden beds, perennial gardens and the planting of food forest trees along a corridor into campus from former student projects onsite,these students will model green living as [...]

  • Wild bird populations: farmland birds in England 2009

    Updated: 2010-08-18 11:26:11
    From the Society of Biology’s Science Policy weekly news update: Key results • The unsmoothed farmland bird population index for England, covering 19 species, decreased by 5 per cent between 2008 and 2009. The index is now at its lowest recorded value, at 53 per cent lower than its 1966 starting value. • Twelve species (almost two-thirds of [...]

  • Planted or Un-Planted, Manmade Wetlands Make Good Carbon Sinks – New Research Shows How

    Updated: 2010-08-06 15:00:00
    photo: Dean Forbes via flickr Restoring wetlands is great way to reestablish natural carbon sinks --a low-risk geoengineering method--and reap the benefits of the ecosystem services they provide. Now researchers from Ohio State University have demonstrated that after 15 years, it doesn't matter if those wetla... Read the full story on TreeHugger

  • Why Does Digg Hate Global Warming?

    Updated: 2010-08-06 14:47:00
    Image via Encefalus Any respectable blogger working today is at least aware of the many social media websites that contribute to our articles reaching a wider audience: Reddit , Yahoo Buzz, Stumble Upon, and, of course, the granddaddy of them all, Digg .

  • Gone fishin’

    Updated: 2010-08-06 09:26:04
    In case you hadn’t noticed, consblog has been on hiatus due to field work outside of the deathly grip of the internet. See you in the fall.

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