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Farmers in Britain are finding it is in their interests to provide a habitat in which the endangered barn owl can thrive. 
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The Last Wild Wolves in British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest.
The problem is that people are becoming so disconnected from their environment, to which all life on Earth depends. I hope videos like this encourage people to go outside an appreciate the beauty of the raw outdoors and all that it has to offer because once enough people recognize the value in healthy functioning ecosystems societies focus might change from economy boosting exploitation to conservation, respect and appreciation. A happy healthy environment equals happy healthy people!
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Plantlife argues that managing neglected English woodlands to produce wood fuel could boost declining species of flowers...
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Increasing farm output must not be achieved at the expense of the environment, the RSPB has warned.
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And so we, "Grist", begin a weekly series of artistically altered images from around the sustainable food world. First up: biodiversity on the farm.
Industrial agriculture = monoculture. Small farms = biodiversity. Small, organic farms like Rick Knoll's are able to eliminate their reliance on petrochemical-based fertilizers and pesticides. The results are fewer pollutants, less environmental degradation, and cleaner air. And by using cover cropping and other soil fertilization principles they are able to sequester carbon and keep topsoil -- which is carbon heavy -- from being lost into the atmosphere (the latter also contributes to climate change).
Biodiversity = Weeds + trees + crops + critters + soil = An integrated food web allowing biota to self-regulate = A self-regulating, multi-layered farm that requires little maintenance and no pesticides.
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Water and forest is interrelated to each other. Forests feed rivers and from them we use for our live. Thus, can we live without water and forest? Every year 13 million hectares of forest are destroyed because of political corruptions, greed, wealth, development and agriculture. Here is the list of world’s capital cities around the world. All of them depend on water and all of them located near the water sources.
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SYDNEY: A large-scale study has confirmed for the first time that biodiversity has a positive impact on the functioning of dryland ecosystems. Scientists now understand that having a high number of various species of plants, not just a large number of plants, helps dryland ecosystems to perform many functions.
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Mashable, February 20, 2015 WATCH VIDEO (3:15) DW (English), December 02, 2011 GORILLA HABITAT IN RWANDA'S VIRUNGA FORESTS UNDER THREAT Gorilla habitat in Rwanda Rwanda's verdant Virunga forests are home to rare mountain gorillas. Their habitat however is critically endangered. New projects seek to protect the primates and improve life for local communities.,, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNnRTKLV29c&feature=youtu.be Treehugger, February 17, 2015 New York Times, November 06, 2014 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/07/movies/virunga-a-searing-documentary-set-in-congo.html?_r=0 Guardian, February 07, 2015 One Green Planet, January 08, 2015 World Wildlife Fund, December 16, 2013 Guardian, October 5, 2013 ================== -▶ SURROUNDED BY DEFORESTATION, CRITICALLY ENDANGERED GORILLAS HANG ON BY A THREAD http://sco.lt/7yO9ZJ ================== VIDEO
WATCH VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK http://www.youtube.com/user/gorillacd The Independent, September 06, 2014 New York Time, November 15, 2014 ▶ VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of Congo OIL DISPUTE TAKES A PAGE FROM CONGO'S BLOODY PAST http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/16/world/oil-dispute-takes-a-page- WWF, February 14, 2014 Mother Nature Network, November 05, 2014 ▶ 'VIRUNGA' REVEALS PARADISE IN PERIL http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/virunga-reveals-paradise-in-peril
FILM TRAILER The Dodo, September 10, 2014 Quartz, December 06, 2014 from-congos-bloody-past.html?_r=0
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PRIMATOLOGIST WARNS OF POSSIBLE GREAT APE EXTINCTION WATCH ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON EXTINCTION CRISIS IN 40 YEARS WE HAVE DISAPPEARED HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILD ANIMALS http://sco.lt/8fK5eT ======================= Treehugger, March 4, 2013 -▶ NEARLY 3,000 WILD GREAT APES STOLEN EACH YEAR http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Nearly_3000_wild_great_apes_stolen_each_year_UN_999.html VIDEO Africa Geographic, February 27, 2014 World Widlife Fund - PHOTOS
▶ HUNTING SEED DISPERSING ANIMALS PUSHING CENTRAL AFRICAN FORESTS TOWARD ECOLOGICAL COLLAPSE http://sco.lt/6Q8PZp -▶ THE BARBARIC ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE FLOURISHES AND MUST CEASE http://sco.lt/66Lk8n ▶ THE ECONOMICS OF THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE POACHING TRADE - ONE OF THE MOST LUCRATIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE BLACK MARKETS IN THE WORLD http://sco.lt/4q4CB7 FILM ****REMEMBERING "GREEN" An Award Winning Documentary by Patrick Rouxel on the Indonesian rainforest, deforestation and orangutan extinction "GREEN" has now won top awards from the two most prestigious wildlife film festivals in the world...and more than 30 others... http://greenplanetfilms.org/product_info.php?products_id=682 -▶ HUMANS ARE TURNING THE EARTH INTO A 'LONELY AND VERY DANGEROUS PLANET,' ECOLOGIST WARNS http://sco.lt/4xff17
VIDEO -▶ FOREIGN CORPORATIONS DESTROYING ECOSYSTEMS, INDIGENOUS LIVELIHOODS, NULLIFYING LAND RIGHTS, CREATING DEPENDENCY AND POVERTY ON A GLOBAL SCALE http://sco.lt/4l725B -▶ FOOD FORESTS CAN MITIGATE RISKS OF "FEAST OR FAMINE" - BIG CORPORATE AG IS NOT THE ANSWER http://sco.lt/5U402L
-▶ DEFORESTATION, MINING RISES AGAIN IN BRAZIL'S AMAZON IMPACTING ECOSYSTEMS, CLIMATE, DEVASTATING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES http://sco.lt/6831nN ▶ ENOUGHNESS : WESTERN THOUGHT vs INDIGENOUS PHILOSOPHY http://sco.lt/6EFbPt AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD The Natural Eye Project http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/
THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US. CAN HUMANS SURVIVE?
WATCH "HOME" Yann Arthus-Bertrand An Exquisite Dedication To the Stewards of Our Planet Solutions For A Sustainable Planet http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/home-an-exquisite-story-of-our-world/
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VERY, VERY IMPORTANT VIDEO - A global indepth report about the very dangerous biotech juggernaut moving quickly across the globe and the enormous irreversible damage to our environment. forests, species and natural world...in a way never explained before by people from all walks of life, agroforest and health experts: Worth every minute of it. Dr. David Suzuki "What is the rush to apply these new biotech ideas when we don't have a clue what the long-term manipulation is going to be."
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January 13, 2012 5:26 AM
David Suzuki is doing great work for the benefit of all people in creating awareness about the impact of GMO on our health but also on the environment. one of the things Bayer Monsanto Pfizer ignore for shortterm profit
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“Permaculture made total common sense to me,” insists Nadia Lawton, “it also fitted with my life ethics a a Muslim.” While the first part of Nadia’s statement may not be considered unique, her remark about Islam is. Permaculture is defined as the design and maintenance of agriculturally productive systems that have the diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems. It basically looks at growing in a holistic framework which promotes sustainability, the conservation of resources and biodiversity.
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 13, 2012 - Preserving diverse plant life will be crucial to buffer the negative effects of climate change and desertification in in the world's drylands, according to a new landmark study.
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A bold new initiative is designed to raise public awareness of the issue of biodiversity and the need to incorporate native species back within London...
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If they didn't have enough to worry about from dodging poachers, snow leopards, and landslides in Central Asia's rugged mountains, a population of endangered markhor—a majestic wild goat species—has contracted pneumonia, detected for the first time...
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While conservation has long been science driven, success will ultimately come down to changing the way people relate to nature. Guinness World Records declared in 2008 that Indonesia had the world’s fastest deforestation rate. Borneo alone has lost more than 50 percent of its original forest cover; half of that loss occurred in the past 20 years due to logging, mining, fire, development of palm oil plantations and other habitat-destroying human activities.
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The use of genetically modified crops as food and feed is a heated issue in many European countries due to health and environmental concerns. BASF Plant Science will move its headquarters to Raleigh, North Carolina, from Limburgerhof, Germany, and close sites in Gatersleben, Germany, and Svaloev, Sweden. The number of employees at the Limburgerhof site will fall to 11 from 157.
BASF said it would strengthen research facilities in Raleigh as well as at its metabolite profiling subsidiary Metanomics GmbH in Berlin and biotech unit CropDesign in Ghent, Belgium.
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SciDev.net:Climate models should include the effects of trees on the local climate, say agroforestry experts...
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Earthscan Live Site... 'The [TEEB] project should show us all how expensive the global destruction of the natural world has become and - it is hoped - persuade us to slow down.'
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Watch this short animated movie explaining sustainability created for RealEyes by Igloo Animations... Via pdjmoo
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Blame an anti-inflammatory drug. Vultures that ingested animal carcasses containing diclofenac contracted kidney failure and died within weeks, scientists found.
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Are you fully clued-up or totally clueless about #biodiversity? Find out by having a go at our quiz!
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Africa 'hugely threatened' by loss of species Global Ideas spoke with Volker Homes, a specialist in species conservation at WWF Germany, about how Africa's national parks can adapt to climate change and better protect its wildlife.
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Arab Spring in Egype has been a failure for sharks. Since last year’s political uprising, and consequent deterioration of law enforcement, poachers supplying restaurants with illicit shark fins have driven the Red Sea shark population down by as much as 80 percent. The scenario without the top-feeder sharks is a downward spiral of ecological destruction.
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LEBANON harbors over 2600 plant species of which 119 are counted to be endemic. The unique climatic and landscape diversity in Lebanon has shaped 22 bio-climatic zones which fosters one of the most precious ecological services: genetic diversity. Unfortunately, the conservation of biodiversity in Lebanon is increasingly at risk due the largely uncontrolled and unidentified introduction of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) in the domestic market and the absence of national policies that specifically outline biosafety legislation.
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Washington DC (SPX) Jan 13, 2012 - Land areas that are a priority for wildlife conservation provide relatively high levels of ecosystem services such as pollination, water purification, food production, and climate regulation, so safeguarding them is expected to benefit people.
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Sylvia Earle Alliance (SEA):
Have Fun Exploring Biodiversity on Google Earth! What reef animal comes in a rainbow of crazy colors, can throw out its stomach to immobilize predators, then creep away and regrow a brand-new stomach? Its the sea cucumber, prized as a gastronomic delight by some cultures and beginning to yield some of its secrets to scientists. Google Earth Tour videos offer us the opportunity to explore our ocean planet's biodiversity - featuring Sea Grapes, Arctic Tern, Sea Cucumber and the magnificent Bluefin Tuna in the video below. To learn more about the project and see all the tours, click here! Google Earth - Encyclopedia of Life
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