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Conservationists to press on for Atlantic Ocean monuments
2016-03-29 19:09:48| Waste Management - Topix.net
Environmental conservationists dealt a blow by President Barack Obama's decision not to create a national monument in the Atlantic Ocean say they will keep pressing for preservation. The White House Council on Environmental Quality said last week that Cashes Ledge is not under consideration for monument status.
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With pollinators in decline around the world, conservationists turn to traditional farmers for answers
2016-03-01 06:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ensia: In northwestern India, the Himalaya Mountains rise sharply out of pine and cedar forests. The foothills of the Kullu Valley are blanketed with apple trees beginning to bloom. Its a cool spring morning, and Lihat Ram, a farmer in Nashala village, shows me a small opening in a log hive propped against his house. Stout black-and-yellow native honeybees -- Apis cerana -- fly in and out. For centuries, beehives have been part of the architecture of mountain homes here, built into the thick outside...
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Sami reindeer herders battle conservationists and miners to cling to Arctic culture
2016-02-20 18:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When Europes indigenous Arctic people want to find their reindeer in a snowstorm and temperatures of -30C, they turn to their 10,000 snowmobiles and an app that is also used by British sheep farmers. In seconds, the satellite tracking device linked to their phone tells them if the animals are on a frozen lake, up a mountain or, in the worst case, have fallen prey to wolves or lynx. So far, so simple, thanks to new technology. But when the Sami people of northern Norway want to complain about...
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Billionaire Conservationist's Yacht Damages Coral Reef
2016-01-29 23:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Billionaire Paul Allen has given millions of dollars to conservation causes over the years, including ones that support ocean exploration and preservation. But earlier this month, his 300-foot yacht Tatoosh allegedly caused significant damage to a protected coral reef in the Cayman Islands. The anchor and chain of the vessel allegedly damaged 14,000 square feet of reef on January 14, according to Cayman Islands' Department of Environment. The incident occurred in a protected area of Grand Cayman...
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NFU Salutes Earth Day, Family Farmers as the Original Conservationists
2015-04-22 15:55:49| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (April 22, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today saluted Earth Day and family farmers, ranchers and fisherman for their role in protecting the earth while providing the world with a safe and abundant food supply. Americas family farmers and
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