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Biodiversity

The mangrove whisperer

A Class II Dropout Farm Worker Is The Man Behind Kerala

Publication Date: 
28/01/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Kerala, Mangroves, Forests, Kannur (D), Biodiversity
Biodiversity

Declare mangroves protected forests

Is it a case of fence eating the crop? Green activists say the government is the biggest culprit for the depletion of mangrove forests in India.

Publication Date: 
28/01/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mangroves, Forests, Biodiversity, High Court, Ecosystems, Natural Disasters, Maharashtra
Biodiversity

Mapping ecologically sensitive, significant and salient areas of Western Ghats: proposed protocols and methodology

The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India (GOI) has been asked to identify ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs) along the Western Ghats, and to suggest how to manage them. The concept of ESAs has been extensively
discussed in the literature.

Publication Date: 
25/01/2011
Madhav Gadgil, R. J. Ranjit Daniels, K. N. Ganeshaiah & et al
Current Science
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Western Ghats, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Protected Area Conservation, Public Participation, Government Of India (GOI)
Biodiversity

Need to protect bio-diversity

Minimising consumption of natural resources, development of sustainable agriculture and effective conservation measures and awareness of importance of bio-diversity among people were essential to protect bio-diversity and prevent thousands of species from extinction.

These were suggested at a national-level conference on bio-diversity held at Gandhigram here on Wednesday.

Speakers said bio-d

Publication Date: 
21/01/2011
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Biodiversity, Wildlife, Agriculture, Ecosystems, Carbon Dioxide, Environment
Fisheries

No plan to release exotic fish varieties into reservoirs

Exotic fish varieties will not be introduced in reservoirs as part of the reservoir fisheries programme, said P. Krishnaiah, Chief Executive Officer, National Fisheries Development Board.

Talking to mediapersons here on the sidelines of the Asian-Pacific Aquaculture and giant prawn conference, Mr.

Publication Date: 
20/01/2011
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kochi, Kerala, Fisheries, National Fisheries Development Board, Forests, Biodiversity
Biodiversity

Long-term effects of a trophic cascade in a large lake ecosystem

Introductions or invasions of nonnative organisms can mediate major changes in the trophic structure of aquatic ecosystems. Here we document multitrophic level impacts in a spatially extensive system that played out over more than a century.

Publication Date: 
18/01/2011
Bonnie K. Ellis, Jack A. Stanford, Daniel Goodman & et al
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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1070
Tags:
Invasive Alien Species, Lakes, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, United States Of America (US)
Biodiversity

Tk 128cr project for dev of ecosystems in Sundarban

The government has taken an initiative to develop the ecosystems as well as production capacity of the Sundarban, the world’s largest mangrove forest, by increasing its resilience against natural c

Publication Date: 
15/01/2011
New Age (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Bangladesh, Sundarbans, Ecosystems, Mangroves, NGO, Forests
Biodiversity

The trouble with bumblebees

A survey of bumblebees in North America provides unequivocal evidence that four previously common and abundant species have undergone recent and widespread population collapse. Various explanations remain possible.

Publication Date: 
13/01/2011
Mark J. F. Brown
Nature
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Bees, N C America, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, United States Of America (US)
Biodiversity

The end of the wild

Climate change means that national parks of the future won't look like the parks of the past. So what should they look like?

Publication Date: 
13/01/2011
Emma Marris
Nature
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National Parks, United States Of America (US), Climate Change, Forest Fires, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation
Biodiversity

Think big

The best way to manage national parks in the face of the effects of climate change is not to manage at the park level, but to work with landscapes. A new US initiative shows the way. (Editorial)

Publication Date: 
13/01/2011
Nature
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Tags:
National Parks, Climate Change, United States Of America (US), Protected Area Conservation, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Agreements

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