The World Conservation Union is the world’s largest and most important conservation network. The Union brings together 82 States, 111 government agencies, more than 800 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership.

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Global land use models
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New study warns damage to […]

Research on the current and future impacts of human-induced climate change on reef-building corals is causing scientists and managers to become increasingly concerned about the future of coral reefs. A healthy reef ecosystem literally buzzes with sounds, activity and colors and is populated by incredibly dense aggregations of fish and invertebrates.

Seagrasses are angiosperms that are restricted to life in the sea. Seagrasses colonised the sea, from terrestrial angiosperm ancestors, about 100 million years ago, which indicates a relatively early appearance of seagrasses in angiosperm evolution.

The advent of agriculture ushered in an unprecedented increase in the human population and their domesticated animals. Farming catalyzed the transformation of hunter-gatherers into urban dwellers. Today, over 800 million hectares is committed to agriculture, or about 38% of the total landmass of the Earth.

Canada contains one-fourth of the world’s wetlands and has been divided into seven wetland regions by the National Wetlands Working Group. These regions (arctic, subarctic, boreal, prairie, temperate, oceanic and mountain ) generally resemble broad climatic/vegetation zones.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have characterized Clostridium botulinum as the name of a group of bacteria commonly found in soil. These rod-shaped organisms grow best in low oxygen conditions.

Mark McGinley is an Associate Professor in the Honors College and Department of Biological Sciences at Texas Tech University.

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Earth population ‘exceeds limits’
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The village of Sangha (Sanga or Songo), on the crest of the Bandiagara escarpment, lies at the center of the sanctuary. It overlooks the village of Banani at the base of the escarpment, 44 kilometers (km) north-east of Bandiagara Town and 107 km east of Mopti, in the fifth administrative and economic region of Mopti. 14°00′-14°45′N, 3°00′-3°50′W

Economic progress is evaluated in terms of welfare (or utility) – measured as willingness to pay for goods and services consumed. Thus, economic policies typically seek to increase conventional gross national product (GNP), and induce more efficient production and consumption of (mainly marketed) goods and services.