Tag: rainforest
Can the World Feed Itself Without Ruining the Planet?
Written by Darci Palmquist | October 12th, 2011
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A new study says “yes” and offers a road map for getting there. But it’s going to take a lot of hard work, cooperation and innovation… find out what the solutions are.
The Board in Brazil: Misconceptions and Vital Lessons
Written by Roger Milliken, Jr. | September 16th, 2011
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A trip to the Amazon tested the knowledge of some of the Conservancy’s leaders but confirmed the importance of the work we’re doing there, in the U.S. and around the world.
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, May 24
Written by Darci Palmquist | May 24th, 2011
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It’s a bright, shiny green morning here:
- Climate scientists say Chicago will get warmer and wetter—and urban planners are taking heed of the warning. (The New York Times)
- Meanwhile, the Australia Climate Commission projects global sea-level rise will be higher than previously thought. (BBC)
- Get the latest update on declining bats, penguins and lemurs. (Extinction Countdown)
- How could fewer people mean LESS biodiversity in Mexico? (Conservation Journal Watch)
- Barcodes on trees could help save rainforests in war-torn Liberia. (YaleE360)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, April 7
Written by Darci Palmquist | April 7th, 2011
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These 5 green news links are worth a read:
- The Conservancy’s work with fishermen in California makes headlines. (Triple Pundit)
- American consumers are lazy, habitual and confused about how to go green–do you agree? (Green Biz)
- What will Richard Branson find at the bottom of the sea? (BBC)
- The disaster in Japan could result in more logging of Indonesia’s rainforests. (Mongabay)
- Oil will run out in 50 years… then what? (Treehugger)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, November 9
Written by Nicole Levins | November 9th, 2010
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The latest and greatest in cool and green:
- Beak deformities are on the rise among birds in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, but no one knows why. (Dot Earth)
- Eating fish will save the rainforest, suggests one scientist. (Grist)
- Don’t recycle these things. (The Daily Green)
- The top five eco-video games (?!) are… (Treehugger)
- Do dimmer switches really save any energy? (Guardian Eco)
How to Keep Salmon in the Trees
Written by Dustin Solberg | October 22nd, 2010
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In the Tongass, salmon need the forest and the forest needs the salmon. To help keep this relationship in balance, Rob Bosworth, a Conservancy fish biologist, has a goal: restore 500 miles of salmon streams.
Cool Green Morning: Friday, August 13
Written by Darci Palmquist | August 13th, 2010
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Does Friday the 13th give you the heebie-jeebies? Our round-up of cool green news will cure that:
- When it comes to local environmental issues, compromising with industry works. (Green)
- Why is Borneo’s orangutan population falling, even in pristine forest areas? (Mongabay)
- Tracking turd is a mainstay of wildlife monitoring, but the dung beetle is making scat surveys unreliable in the tropics. (Conservation JournalWatch)
- Where does your bottled water come from? Um… most likely the tap. (The Daily Green)
- “I do… want to save the forest.” Planting trees is now a law for newlyweds in an Indonesian province. (Huffington Post)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, July 19
Written by Darci Palmquist | July 19th, 2010
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Mondays should always be cool and green, shouldn’t they?
- Looking beyond clean-up in the Gulf to… The Nature Conservancy’s vision for long-term restoration. (Green)
- Does Guatemala’s rainforest stand a chance against drug traffickers, cattle ranchers, poachers, looters and loggers? (The New York Times)
- A re-cap on cap-and-trade, and lingering questions about an energy bill. (The Vine)
- Is the Gulf oil spill polluting as much air as water? (Christian Science Monitor)
- Can cat rehab save endangered birds on Japan’s Ogasawara Islands. (Treehugger)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, January 7
Written by Darci Palmquist | January 7th, 2010
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Start off your day with the top 5 green news links online:
- Scientists have discovered a thicket of scrub oaks in California that can reproduce by cloning. (The New York Times)
- See video of yesterday’s violent boat crash between protesters and Japanese whalers. (Dot Earth)
- Collisions — by boat and car — are the cause for 2009′s increase in panther and manatee deaths in Florida. (Extinction Countdown)
- Political turmoil in Madagascar threatens to destroy gains in rainforest protection. (YaleE360)
- Looking for a green job this year? Check out this opportunity to protect puffins. (Treehugger)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, September 15
Written by Darci Palmquist | September 15th, 2009
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There might not be much hope for the Goose Creek milkvetch, but at least you can now heat your home with an ethanol fireplace. Read on for that and weightier topics like sunspots, the Peruvian Amazon conflict and REDD (one of the most important strategies in fighting climate change, says Conservancy president Mark Tercek). Goose Creek milkvetch (pictured [...]
