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About Bruce

Work for sustainable development of small islands and the Chesapeake Bay; ex-Peace Corps (Volunteer and staff) in LA & Caribbean; cruised Caribbean on S/Y Meander for three years; like small tropical islands, French canals, Umbria, Tasmania, and NZ. Married 52 years to the late Kincey Burdett Potter (see Kincey.org). President of the now-sunsetting Island Resources Foundation.

Well, THAT Didn’t Work….

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Bruce

(See end of first paragraph.)

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Critical Review of Lima Climate Change Output by Slate Blogger

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Bruce

from Slate’s Future Tense: <http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/12/14/lima_peru_climate_change_negotiations_one_word_undermines_the_entire_thing.html&gt; [My imposed emphasis in blue.] THE CITIZEN’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE DEC. 14 2014 8:28 PM A Single Word in the Peru Climate Negotiations Undermines the Entire Thing 6246 16 By Eric Holthaus People ride … Continue reading →

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Dr Kenrick Leslie, CBE, ED of the CCCCC on Deeper Caribbean Climate Change Partnerships

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Bruce

from Caribbean Climate, “the region’s premier climate change blog,” published by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, <http://caribbeanclimateblog.com/2014/12/12/partnering-for-survival-dr-kenrick-leslie-calls-for-deeper-partnerships-to-address-climate-change-at-cop-20/&gt; “Partnering for Survival” – Dr Kenrick Leslie calls for deeper partnerships to address Climate Change at COP 20 Dr Kenrick Leslie, CBE, … Continue reading →

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NY Times: Where You From? — The Persistence of Upbringing . . . .

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Bruce

There’s an on-line, 25-question test you can take on the NY Times web site that will show where you’re from . . . . The link is also circulating on Facebook these days. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html Here’s my result — Red is … Continue reading →

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Woodcock

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Bruce

Photo by one of my favorite photographers — Emily Carter Mitchell — of the Anne Arundel Bird Club (you can follow her on Facebook — also publishes stuff under the name Bella Remy), who took up birding and wildlife photography … Continue reading →

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The Ambiguous Conservation Benefits of Valuing Ecosystem Service

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Bruce

Ann Sutton of Jamaica (contact details at the bottom) called our attention on the Birds Caribbean e-mail group this article from the RESEARCH website of Cambridge University (UK) <http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/does-it-help-conservation-to-put-a-price-on-nature&gt;. Readers may be reminded of the parallels between this drawback of … Continue reading →

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The End of Beaches

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Bruce

Small Island Developing States

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OK, No More Kayaking in the Bering Sea, at least until Next Week

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Bruce

From the Weather Underground weather site: <http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2852&cm_ven=tw-jm&gt; Typhoon Nuri Poised to Become an Alaskan Super Storm; TD Vance Hits Mexico By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 4:22 PM GMT on November 05, 2014 Share this Blog Short Link Full Link 1 … Continue reading →

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Shifting Baselines . . . . .

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Bruce

The story linked below, from the [Chesapeake] Bay Journal, is an excellent discussion of how exports of oysters from the Chesapeake to Louisiana is an example of the rapid changes that can take place (and incidentally overtake resource managers and … Continue reading →

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Illegal Fishing Control: Why Europe ANY FISHERIES REGION Needs a Common Software Platform

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Bruce

from the excellent IUU Fishing Blog at http://houseofocean.org/iuu-fishing-blog/ == probably not a problem in the Caribbean, eh? AUGUST 4, 2014 Illegal Fishing Control: Why Europe Needs a Common Software Platform Council Regulation 1005 / 2008 (the IUU Regulation) is a … Continue reading →

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