Biodiversity

KUCHING: An international advisory board will be set up to advise the state government on biodiversity and research and development.  

An endangered mammal, 71 birds, seven amphibians and 19 reptiles are among the finds of a biodiversity survey recently conducted in Quanda Nature Reserve near Hermidale.  

Grupo Nais announces the December 3 opening of the Nais Aquarium, the First Restaurant-Aquarium in Latin America, in Guatemala City, placing it on the map as one of six cities worldwide -- Nashville, Colorado City, Dallas, Houston and Dubai -- that have similar tourist and ecological attractions.  

A two-day workshop "Linking Geodata with Biodiversity Information in the Himalayas" organised by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Global Mountain Biodiversity Programme (GMBA) concluded on Sunday (Nov 16) with a call to create a mountain biodiversity...  

Trusted Translations, Inc., www.trustedtranslations.com, announced its aggressive initiative to "go green" and adopt a company-wide environmentally friendly policy across all operations. (PRWEB Nov 23, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.emediawire.com/releases/green...  

[CHENNAI] Researchers have shown that some types of tropical agriculture can sustain biodiversity, contrary to popular belief.  

The government Thursday approved the National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP), aimed at safeguarding India's natural wealth and to integrate biodiversity conservation into the planning process for economic and social development.  

Long established, low-impact farming methods can help sustain the biodiversity of tropical forests, a study shows.  

Congress' failure to act now on a required technical correction will jeopardize energizing the real estate market, advancing green environmental programs, and delay much-needed energy efficiency improvements to the nation's existing building stock. By not making the technical correction to the...  

NatureAir, the world's first carbon neutral airline, has joined the Climate Neutral Network (CN Net), an initiative led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to promote global action towards low-carbon economies and societies. (PRWeb Nov 20, 2008) Read the full story at http...  

This feature is under development and will be available soon. YAKIMA -- Tom Tebb, a 17-year veteran of the state Ecology Department, has been named director of the agency's central region, director Jay Manning announced Thursday.  

Seattle-based O Ecotextiles, debuting in the U.S. this year, was announced today at the Greenbuild Int'l Expo as one of BuildingGreen's 2008 Top-10 Green Building Products by the editors of Environmental Building News and GreenSpec®, the leading national directory of green building products. This...  

The American Society of Training & Development Greater Philadelphia Chapter (ASTD-GPC) hosted its first-ever full-day online conference, and turned to iLinc (AMEX:ILC), a leading provider of web conferencing software and online collaboration solutions, to power the web conference and provide...  

Dr. Pamela Jull from Applied Research Northwest was recently selected to participate in an external review of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Coastal Training Program. She was nominated to the position by Cathy Angell, Coastal Training Program Coordinator at the...  

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