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Happy International Vulture Awareness Day!

September 5, 2009 – 11:04 pmComments (4)

Scavengers are often despiced, but they are vital part of ecosystem. Today September 5th 2009 is an international awareness day for vultures. Learn more about these carrion caretakers from IVAD09 site. And blog for vultures.

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World Environment Day 2009

June 5, 2009 – 3:31 amComments (0)

Human activity consumes natural resources

The theme of World Environment Day 2009 is “Your Planet Needs You!” So let’s do something to tackle the climate change.

One nice way is to consume less and act to save the natural ecosystems.

Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director, says: “Tens of billions of dollars are being earmarked for carbon capture and storage at power stations with the CO2 to be buried underground or under the sea…. But perhaps the international community is overlooking a tried and tested method that has been working for millennia, the biosphere. By some estimates the Earth’s living systems might be capable of sequestering more than 50 gigatones (Gt) of carbon over the coming decades with the right market signals.”

More daily do something tips.

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Is the Fate of the Saimaa Seal sealed?

May 5, 2009 – 1:42 amComments (0)

The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation informs 28th April 2009:

“A dispute over the protection of the Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis), a critically endangered species, is causing deep divisions among political parties in Finland. The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, the largest environmental organization in Finland, called for a ban on the use of fishnets in Lake Saimaa during the spring in order to prevent the extinction of this highly vulnerable species.

Sirkka-Liisa Anttila, the centre party’s Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, is trying to promote voluntary agreements: fishermen who stop using nets in waters where they have exclusive fishing rights will receive compensation.

Many government and opposition MPs find Minister Anttila’s proposals difficult to swallow: not all owners of fishing rights have signed agreements and continue using nets…”

Read the whole press release.

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Animals | Blog | Conservation | Nature | Outdoors

First Save the Frogs Day

April 28, 2009 – 12:47 amComments (2)

Today 28th April 2009 is the first annual Save the Frogs Day. Amphibians are the most threatened group of animals. About 1/3 of the world’s 6,317 species are on the brink of extinction.

Visit Save the Frogs site for more information.

The cartoon above illustrates graphically the differences of the breeding calls between Common Frog (Rana temporaria) and Moor Frog (Rana arvalis)…