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The Carpathians: Integrating Nature and Society Towards Sustainability

2013-04-23 06:54:54| Springer Environmental Sciences titles

series:Environmental ScienceThe Carpathians are a distinct mountain chain in the core of Central and Eastern Europe holding valuable biological resources and a rich cultural heritage. The last twenty years have witnessed an increasing awareness of the Carpathians value for European society and strengthened research cooperation in the region, especially after the enlargement of the European Union in 2004 and 2007.This ...

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Earth Day: Time to Recognize the Rights of Nature

2013-04-22 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CNBC: It's Earth Day 2013, and it's a good time to step back and see how we've been doing since the first one 1970. That's when 20 million people took to the streets to protest rivers on fire, DDT-poisoned birds, sewage on beaches and a devastating oil spill off the pristine Santa Barbara, Calif., coast. Soon after, many of our basic national environmental laws were passed in direct response to this massive grassroots movement. Is there another wave of this activism coming? Since those early days,...

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Iceland Project Plays Dice With Nature, And Loses

2013-04-22 09:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: Since the controversial Karahnjukar dam in East Iceland was brought into operation in 2006, conditions in the downstream Lagarfljot lake have become much worse, according to information gathered by the energy company Landsvirkjun. Some of the changes are irreversible, scientists say. The information divulged by Landsvirkjun comes from a draft report that was presented to the local municipal council. Lagarfljot lake is 92 km long and is actually a series of lakes with a river running through...

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