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How climate change threatens panda conservation
2016-06-08 09:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Pandas do not like it hot and rising temperatures can also put pressure on their food supply by eliminating vast amounts of bamboo plants, researchers say. "Higher climate temperatures would upset the entire system in the panda reserves and the wild, eliminating vast amounts of bamboo," said one of the researchers James Spotila, professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US. But burning out food sources is not the only problem when it comes to climate change. Rising temperatures...
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Maines governor is at war with a state conservation group
2016-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Gov. Paul LePage (R) stepped up his attacks on the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) in dramatic fashion this week by sending personal letters to the environmental group`s donors. "I would request that you carefully review NRCM`s policy positions before donating to them in the future," the governor wrote, after directing members of his staff to find addresses of donors posted in the environmental organization`s public documents. "It is an activist group that says 'no` to every opportunity...
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Epilogue: Conservation still divided, looking for a way forward
2016-05-24 23:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Thirty years is not a long time in the history of the world, but a lot can change in 30 years. Thirty years ago the Soviet Union was still a thing, the human population was 2 billion smaller than it is today, and Pluto was still a planet. The Earth was also significantly cooler and it was still home to golden toads, baijis, and dusky seaside sparrows. Although conservationists today are still working to stem the tide of extinctions, the field of conservation has also changed a lot in 30 years. Weve...
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married men doing 'the most dangerous conservation job in the world'
2016-05-23 09:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: It was 2006 the first time Aline Burasa fled her home. The second time was in 2007 or 2008, she cant remember which. In 2012, she was forced off her land a third time. It could easily happen again. And every time it does, her family has to start all over. Burasa lives in Rumangabo, Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Virunga National Park is headquartered. The 3,000-square-mile forest is probably best-known for being home to a quarter of the worlds mountain gorillas. But its also occupied...
NFU Pleased by Absence of GIPSA and Organic Livestock Riders in Senate Appropriations Bill, Disappointed by More Conservation Cuts
2016-05-19 19:09:29| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2016 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (May 19, 2016) The Senate Appropriations Committee today marked up the fiscal year 2017 appropriations bill, and National Farmers Union (NFU) was pleased to see controversial provisions excluded from the bill. The organization, representing nearly 200,000 family farmers and ranchers, applauded the […]
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