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California's next innovation: performance-based rainforest conservation
2013-07-22 21:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Often misunderstood, REDD+ forest carbon offsets are a must have for any realistic climate-change mitigation strategy. Californians are known as innovation leaders, and once again, we are on the verge of demonstrating critical leadership. Only this time it isnt about the Internet, social networking, reality television, venture capital or electric cars. It is about stopping tropical deforestation and supporting local communities. What!? you say? How is the great state of California, home of...
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Canada needs to up conservation game, preserving half of boreal forests: paper
2013-07-22 04:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Windsor Star: A group of top international scientists says Canada needs to dramatically up its conservation game to ensure its vast northern forests remain healthy in the face of increasing industrial pressure. In a paper to be presented today at the International Congress of Conservation Biology in Baltimore, Md., its authors argue that Canada needs to preserve about half of its boreal forest. That's significantly more than the 10 per cent level researchers previously thought was necessary to conserve natural...
NRCS on Watersheds, Water Quality and Conservation Investment
2013-07-15 20:11:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
LimelightPlayerUtil.initEmbed("limelight_player_905536"); The annual Conservation Technology Information Center's (CTIC) Conservation in Action Tour held Tuesday and Wednesday July 9-10 in central Illinois' Livingston County was kicked off by the Acting Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Jason Weller. In this Corn & Soybean Digest video by Editor Kurt Lawton, Weller talks about several key conservation efforts. read more
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Nations Will Discuss Antarctic Ocean Conservation Proposals in Germany
2013-07-12 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Representatives from 25 countries and the European Union plan to discuss whether to declare a large portion of ocean around Antarctica as a protected area, though the rights to fish in the waters off Antarctica's coast may stall or break the deal. Two proposals are being discussed. One, submitted by the United States and New Zealand, would focus on protecting the Ross Sea, south of New Zealand; the other, submitted by France, Australia and the European Union, would set aside huge areas of the...
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Architectural Indirect Lighting fosters energy conservation.
2013-07-11 14:30:12| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Offered as linear, suspended luminaire with LED or T5 fluorescent source, acanthus1 glare-free ambient/accent uplight measures 2 in. wide x 5 in. high and comes in 7 nominal lengths from 2–12 ft. Mounting options foster positioning capabilities, while internal reflector design and LED spacing minimize dappled appearance. Available color temperatures are 3000°K, 3500°K, or 4000°K, and LED light options are available with 100, 500, and 1,000 lm/ft outputs at 5, 7, and 14 W/ft, respectively. This story is related to the following:Display and Presentation EquipmentLuminaires | Commercial LED Lighting | LED Products
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