Category Archives: Biodiversity

ARE BIOFUELS WORSE FOR THE CLIMATE THAN PETROLEUM?

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Bruce

from Conservation Magazine September 8, 2016 Conservation This Week Biofuels have for years divided energy experts and environmentalists. Critics say that they displace farmland and cause deforestation. Proponents argue they are a green, low-carbon alternative to petroleum-based fuels. A new … Continue reading →

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Capital Gazette: Driven to serve: Watershed leader Kincey Potter honored by bay trust

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Bruce

From the Capital Gazette, about Kincey’s ” Ellen Fraites Wagner Award” from the Chesapeake Bay Trust, for her efforts at watershed restoration and Bay improvements over the past 13 years. Driven to serve: Watershed leader Kincey Potter honored by bay … Continue reading →

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Guana Island Research Film Documents “French Grunt” Behaviors in the BVI

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Bruce

Fascinating link from Lianna Jarecki, the coordinator of the well-respected science programs at Guana Island, in the British Virgin Islands. Maybe it’s just the geek in me, but I really think these projects that convey how science is done are … Continue reading →

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Conservation Magazine: Science-based Biodiversity Conservation for the Continental USA

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Bruce

The kind of approach to conservation planning that needs to be extended to lots of areas, including multi-island/transnational planning for island areas. From the April edition of Conservation Magazine —  conservationmagazine.org http://conservationmagazine.org/2015/04/the-us-could-save-its-unique-wildlife-by-protecting-9-areas/ The US Could Save its Unique Wildlife by … Continue reading →

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