Article Archive for December 2007

Indonesia at risk: Climate change threatens people and nature
By solonavi
Posted in Habitat on 5 December 2007
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WWF The devastating impact of global warming is already evident in Indonesia and will likely worsen due to further human-induced climate change, warns WWF. The review from the global conservation organization, Climate Change in Indonesia – Implications for Humans and Nature, highlights that annual rainfall in the world’s fourth most populous nation is already down [...]

College Seeks to Improve Switchgrass Yield
By solonavi
Posted in Technology on 5 December 2007
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AP Since President Bush slipped the seldom-heard term “switchgrass” into his 2006 State of the Union Address, the prairie grass has been in vogue. Because it’s a perennial crop, it needs less fertilizer, recycling nutrients at the end of every season. It also puts down a deep root system, which helps it combat soil erosion, [...]

Gunmen ravage colony of rare fruit bats in Cyprus
By solonavi
Posted in Endangered & Extinction on 5 December 2007
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reuters A protected colony of rare fruit bats in Cyprus has almost been wiped out by unidentified gunmen using them for target practice, conservation groups and authorities said on Thursday. Dozens of the mammals, which are under threat of extinction, were killed in a shooting spree in a fenced-off cave in the western district of [...]

Actor-activist leading push for 150 new homes for New Orleans’ 9th Ward
By solonavi
Posted in Campaign, General on 5 December 2007
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 MSNBC www.makeitrightnola.org Actor-activist Brad Pitt greenlighted a bold initiative this summer to start making things better in New Orleans’ flood-devastated Lower 9th Ward. Now, he’s expanding on that with a new foundation called “Make It Right,” pledging that the first of at least 150 environmentally friendly homes will be ready by next summer. : Like [...]