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BBC
A new generation of medical treatments could be lost forever unless the current rate of biodiversity loss is reversed, conservationists have warned.
They say species are being lost before researchers have had the chance to examine and understand their potential health benefits.
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“While extinction is alarming in its own right, the book demonstrates that many species can [...]

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Costa Rica is the ultimate trailblazer when it comes to protecting the natural world. In the 1980s, Costa Rica’s forests looked like a moth-eaten sweater, more holes than forest. At its worst, only 21 percent of the country’s legendary jungles remained. Staring down these problems, the Central American nation got creative and started providing “conservation [...]

When is Earth Day celebrated?
Earth Day is celebrated around the world on April 22, although larger events such as festivals and rallies are often organized for the weekends before or after April 22. Many communities also celebrate Earth Week or Earth Month by organizing a series of environmental activities throughout the month of April.
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The Plant a Billion Trees campaign launched by The Nature Conservancy is working in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil to restore 2.5 million acres of land by planting 1 billion trees over the next seven years.
The Atlantic Forest is considered one of the world’s most endangered tropical forests — only 7 percent of this once [...]

University of Washington Office of News and Information
A fish that would rather crawl into crevices than swim, and that may be able to see in the same way that humans do, could represent an entirely unknown family of fishes, says a University of Washington fish expert.The fish, sighted in Indonesian waters off Ambon Island, has [...]

bizjournals.com
A recent study shows consumers are ready to go green but aren’t finding what they want in the market.
The 2007 National Technology Readiness Survey sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Service at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and technology research firm Rockbridge Associates Inc. found that there was a [...]