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Wildlife Society asks Ghana govt to implement climate sensitive interventions

2013-04-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Ghana Business News: Mr Rueben Ottou, Acting Executive Director of the Ghana Wildlife Society, has called on government to take the lead in ensuring that climate sensitive policies are incorporated into district level development plans. He said adequate capacity for the implementation of climate sensitive interventions at the district level would help reduce vulnerability, increase resilience of communities and safeguard life and property against climate related risks. Mr Ottou made the call in a statement issued...

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Wildlife Sanctuaries Along Coasts and Sea Level Rise

2013-04-21 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: A new report on the potential effects of climate change on NOAA's Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary uses existing observations and science-based expectations to identify how climate change could affect habitats, plants and animals within the sanctuary and adjacent coastal areas. It also outlines new management recommendations for the sanctuary, and sanctuary officials called it the first step toward addressing them. They also said the report issued by the sanctuary, Climate Change and the...

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Climate Change Could Hurt Winemaking, Wildlife

2013-04-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

NBC: Climate change could dampen spirits. Literally. That's according to a new worldwide analysis of global warming on wine production, which appeared this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers found the area suitable for wine production will shrink by as much as 73 percent by 2050 in certain parts of the globe -- about 70 percent in California -- with high potential for stress on rivers and other freshwater ecosystems, as vineyards use water to cool grapes...

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