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National park plants could indicate climate change
2014-06-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NV Daily: Shenandoah National Park is home to two plants that, though globally common, are considered rare in Virginia. And they might be able to reveal the impacts of climate change. Botanists with the park will spend the summer monitoring the three-toothed cinquefoil and Appalachian fir clubmoss that grow on the park's rock outcrops. Both are considered imperiled in the commonwealth, according to botanist Wendy Cass. The plants usually grow in the north, so those found in Shenandoah National Park are...
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Soco abandons drilling plans in Virunga national park after WWF campaign
2014-06-11 14:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: British oil company Soco has agreed to halt its oil exploration activities in Africas oldest national park, following a year-long campaign from WWF. The company has also pledged to avoid other world heritage sites in the future, with the agreement described as a victory for our planet by environmentalists. The Virunga national park, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is Africas oldest and most diverse national park. It is home to around a quarter of the worlds critically endangered...
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In Troubled African National Park, New Battle Over Oil Exploration
2014-05-01 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale 360: Africas oldest national park will soon be echoing with the sounds of geologists conducting seismic surveys to establish the size of the parks oil reserves -- in direct defiance of requests from the United Nations, conservation groups, and the British government. The survey in Virunga National Park, a World Heritage Site in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is set to begin any day now. This comes just two weeks after the parks chief warden, Belgian prince and conservationist...
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Nintendo Joins with the National Park Foundation to Support the 2014 White House Easter Egg Roll
2014-04-19 06:18:36| Electronics - Topix.net
Nintendo of America announced today that it will join with the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks, to bring fun, active-play video games to the White House Easter Egg Roll.
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PBS KIDS And The National Recreation And Park Association Kick Off Annual Explore The Outdoors' Initiative
2014-03-19 07:09:15| publicworks Home Page
Recently,PBS KIDS and the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) announced the annual Explore the Outdoors campaign and partnership, which encourages families to celebrate nature and the outdoors this spring. Starting April 7, PBS KIDS kicks off Earth Month with themed on-air programming and online and mobile content
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