Exhibition
"Aldabra, treasure of biodiversity"
From 22 May to 9 November 2008. Muséum National d'Historie
Nturelle. Paris, France
In the Indian Ocean, on the East of the African continent, Aldabra
is one of the biggest natural sancturay in the World still intact.
This unparalleled exhibition shows the ecosystem of this unique
atoll, now part of the UNESCO World Heritage. Contact: valhuber@mnhn.fr
Muséum National d'Historie Nturelle.
Exhibitions. Publicated: 22-5-2008
Trends
in the Health of Selected Forests in the Eastern Arc & Coastal
Forest Area
Most of the original crew members from the implementation team in
2000 were available to complete the re-measurement of our plots
and all the plots were re-marked and GIS coordinates measured. The
field work was completed in October 2006 and data based quality
assured by March 2007. Since that time the field manual and data
base were electronically shared with Kenya (Nature Kenya) and Tanzania
(Wildlife Conservation Society), to the Conservation and management
of Eastern Arc Forest Project and Antje Ahrends, PhD candidate,
University of York, UK. Any one can use the data as they see fit.
A draft report that summarizes all the data will be has been submitted
to CEPF. One scientific publication was submitted, gone through
the review process, and is currently being revised for publication.
Another is just being prepared for publication...
West Chester University. Final Project.
Publication: 22-5-2008
Eastern
Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests Email Update (Tanzania & Kenya)
Biodiversity Hotspots are defined as areas containing a minimum
of 1,500 endemic species of vascular plants that have already lost
70% of the original habitat. However, it is vital to understand
how these species are faring in the face of modern-day threats.
To this end, CEPF supported a project to update the Red List of
Plants from the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania
and Kenya...
CEPT. Newsletter. Vol. 6. Publicated: 22-5-2008
Mitigating
Environmental and Social Consequences of Development in Biodiversity
Hotspots of Southwest China, Final report - Centre for Biodiversity
and Indigenous Knowledge
This project was executed and managed under a small-grant-making
consultative committee based on civil society groups in Southwest
(SW) China. The mechanisms identified issues of environmental justice
(unfair distribution of socio-economic and environmental impacts
among different stakeholders) and emphasized rights-based solutions
in the form of legal aid, legal education, and legislative research
in order to strengthen public participation and uphold the roles
and rights of the grassroots community in resources governance and
conservation. Moreover, the mechanism has benefited from and contributed
to a stronger local NGO alliance that was expected to promote more
robust public discourse and greater participation in programs to
mitigate the effects of unregulated development projects (UDPs).
CEPT. Final Report. Publicated: 22-5-2008
The
IUCN Red List 2008: Climate change and continental drift
Climate change has become firmly established as an accelerant to
many of the factors which have put one in eight of the world's birds
at risk of extinction, today’s publication of the 2008 IUCN
Red List of Threatened Species of birds has found. Long-term drought
and sudden extreme weather are putting additional stress on the
pockets of habitat that many threatened species depend on. This
coupled with extensive and expanding habitat destruction has lead
to an increase in the rate of extinction on continents and away
from islands, where most historical extinction has occurred...
IUCN. News. Publicated: 22-5-2008
Two
distance learning masters of the international Institute of engineering
of water and the environment
With its 250 distance learning students, the international Institute
of engineering of water and environment (IE), located in Burkina
Faso, has the purpose of training more than 1000 people until 2011.
The Institute would have to reach this objective quite easily, considering
the development of its experts, the success of its students (90%
employees 6 months after its training), and mainly the hundreds
of million of public investments in infrastructures of expected
and planned water management in Africa for the next years.
The 2 IE offers currently:
- the distance learning professional Masters in Maintenance and
management of community infrastructures and equipments (Masters
M2 MGIEC), and also anticipates to offer online from this year:
- the Masters in Integrated Management of hydraulic resources
(M2 Masters TURNS)
Thot.cursus. Nouvelles de formation à
distance. Publication: 20-5-2008
The
International Day for Biological Diversity - 22 May 2008: Biodiversity
and Agriculture
Agriculture is a key example of how human activities have profound
impacts on the ecosystems of our planet. This year’s theme
for the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD), “Biodiversity
and Agriculture,” seeks to highlight the importance of sustainable
agriculture not only to preserve biodiversity, but also to ensure
that we will be able to feed the world, maintain agricultural livelihoods,
and enhance human well being into the 21st century and beyond.
CBD. Convention on Biological Diversity.
CEPA. Publicated: 13-5-2008
------------------------ Newsletter Nº 27
CVA
Monthly e-News: May Conservation Volunteers e-News
Conservation Volunteers e-News is the monthly email newsletter that
is filled with information about upcoming conservation projects,
nature holidays, opportunities to volunteer overseas and special
offers.
Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA).
Australia. Publicated: 5-5-2008 |
