The Cycling Silk expedition launches today, a year-long, two-woman field research expedition that aims to explore and promote wilderness conservation and connectivity across borders. Over the course of 2011, Kate Harris and Melissa Yule, both young wilderness conservationists, are riding nearly…
Islamabad – January 18, 2011 Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, International Union for Conservation of Nature inaugurated a two-day Workshop on Upper Lower Riparian Issues and Options at Islamabad We need mutual trust and science based multi-stakeholder dialogues to understand and resolve upper lower riparian issues and…
The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the Eastern Himalaya
A rescue plan for the five Democratic Republic ofÌýCongo sites inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger will be the focus of today’s high-level meeting organized by the Congolese authorities and UNESCO.
Development of water resources in the Eastern Himalaya region is expanding at a rapid rate and there is a serious lack of information to guide conservation and development planning. This is putting freshwater ecosystems and the species within them at risk, along with the livelihoods and…
As the people of Haiti mark a painful anniversary this week and slowly rebuild their earthquake-torn country, scientists from Conservation International (CI) and the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ÌýAmphibian Specialist Group (ASG) report news they hope might become a source of pride and hope for the country’s…
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