| Date |
Title |
Subject |
| February 24, 2007 |
Success Story:
CONNECTIVITY CONSERVATION
SUCCESS IN AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
2800km coastal route for Aussie wildlife
to escape warming |
"A 2800-kilometre wildlife corridor
will be established along almost the entire east coast of Australia,
allowing plants and animals to move as climate changes.
State and federal governments, led by NSW, have
agreed that the plan is one of Australia's highest environmental
priorities for this year"...more |
December 4, 2006 |
Success Story:
CONNECTIVITY CONSERVATION
SUCCESS IN THE AMAZON
REGION OF SOUTH AMERICA
BBC NEWS
New Guyana
Shield Conservation Corridor in Amazon region
Vast tracts of rainforest in Brazil
are to get a new protected status |
Seven new areas will gain protection, and they
will link with existing reserves to form a huge conservation
corridor in the northern Amazon.
This corridor, known as the Guyana Shield region,
stretches from neighbouring Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana
into Brazil.
It is regarded a global
conservation priority, containing more than 25% of Earth's
humid tropical forests. Almost 90% of the Guyana Shield forest
is untouched, and the area also contains the most significant
freshwater reserves in the American tropics: almost 20% of
the world's water runs through it...more |
November
17, 2006
|
IUCN
Press Release
Connections
between mountain ecosystems to mitigate
climate change impacts |
"To mitigate the impacts of climate change
on mountain ecosystems, a global network of mountain experts
urges the world to better protect and restore lands that connect
mountain habitats"...more |
November 13, 2006
IUCN
Press Release |
IUCN
Press Release
Mountains Rise to Fight
Climate
Change
|
"Mountain species are forced to move higher up,
glaciers melt away at an alarming pace, and freshwater resources
are dramatically affected. Mountains are one of the ecosystems
most threatened by climate change.. At the same time, mountains
are crucial in mitigating the adverse impacts brought on by global
warming"...more |
| November 2006 |
Final
Workshop Programme Update for Participants |
Updated schedule and information |
| October 2006 |
Workshop
Programme for Participants |
Schedule of daily conference sessions
and information -- 12 pages in length (password
needed) |
| October 2006 |
Conference
Participant News #4 |
Update for participants on progress
of conference (password needed) |
| October 2006 |
Conference
Participant News #3 |
Update
for participants on progress of conference (password
needed) |
| September 2006 |
Conference
Participant News #2 |
Update for participants on progress
of conference (password needed) |
| August 2006 |
Conference
Participant News #1 |
Update for participants on progress
of conference (password needed) |
| 2006 |
Earthweek website:
Interesting weekly updates on Earth events
|
Species
migrations observed in England:
Animal species in Britain
have begun a discernible mass migration northward during the
past 25 years to escape global warming, according to researchers.
Cork
trees threatened in Portugal:
Researchers in Portugal are baffled by a massive
loss of cork trees, which have begun drying up at an alarming
rate. |
