A Great Oak in Guyana鈥檚 Windsor Forest and an observant little tree 鈥榩repared to care for humanity鈥 helped 15-year-old Charl茅e Gittens from Barbados and 13-year-old Wang Sa from China to win gold medals in the Universal Postal Union鈥檚 40th International Letter-Writing Competition for Young鈥
鈼 Rangelands development and extension services should build on pastoral indigenous rangelands knowledge 鈼 Pastoral rangeland management capacity can be strengthened through support to customary institutions 鈼 Local and global monitoring of rangelands degradation should use local knowledge to鈥
A unique international project partnership involving 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Member organizations, the Royal Society for Protection of Birds, The Nature Conservancy and the US Fish & Wildlife Service is helping to restore a series of islands and seabird habitats in the Pacific by removing alien invasive rats鈥
This scoping study was carried out to identify entry points for building the resilience of livestock systems to climate change and variability.聽
Livestock production is increasing throughout Africa, driven by human population growth, improving living standards and urbanization. Seventy percent of the rural poor own livestock and over 200 million people rely on livestock for income.
For the first time, all species of scombrids (tunas, bonitos, mackerels and Spanish mackerels) and billfishes (swordfish and marlins) have been assessed for the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Red List of Threatened Species鈩. Of the 61 known species, seven are classified in a threatened category, being at serious risk of鈥
Paris, France, 29 June, 2011.聽Four outstanding natural sites in Kenya, Jordan, Australia and Japan were given World Heritage status following the advice of 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播聽to the World Heritage Committee, which closes today in Paris. An extension to an existing World Heritage Site in Ukraine and Slovakia鈥
Paris, France, 23 June, 2011 (香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播) 鈥 Extractive industries and governments that licence their activities should commit to stopping all mining and oil/gas exploration and exploitation activities that could damage World Heritage Sites, says the International Union for Conservation of Nature (香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥
The first is now open, accepting Threatened Species and Rapid Action Grants. Deadline for applications is August 12, 2011.聽
Poverty and environmental degradation go hand-in-hand throughout the world; each can cause the other. With the global population likely to reach nine billion by 2050 there is an urgent need to address both in tandem when devising new economic development models.