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Listed numerically by zip code
Zip code | Name | Area Code(s)
06001 Avon
06002 Bloomfield
06006 Northeast Area
06006 Windsor
06010 Bristol
06010 Forestville
06011 Bristol
06013 Burlington
06013 Unionville
06016 Broad Brook
06016 East Windsor
06016 Melrose
06016 Windsorville
06018 Canaan
06018 No Canaan
06018 North Canaan
06019 Canton
06019 Collinsville
06020 Canton Center
06020 Cherry Brook
06021 Colbrook
06021 Colebrook
06022 Collinsville
06023 East Berlin
06024 East Canaan
06025 East Glastonbury
06025 East Glstnbry
06026 East Granby
06027 East Hartland
06028 East Windsor Hill
06028 East Windsor Hl
06029 Ellington
06030 Farmington
06030 University of Ct Health Center
06031 Canaan
06031 Falls Village
06031 South Canaan
06032 Farmington
06032 Talcott Village
06032 The Exchange at Talcott Vill
06032 West Farms Mall
06033 Glastonbury
06034 Farmington
06035 Granby
06037 Berlin
06037 Kenington
06037 Kensington
06039 Hotchkiss School
06039 Lakeville
06040 Manchester
06041 J C Penney Co
06041 Manchester
06042 Manchester
06043 Bolton
06043 Manchester
06045 Manchester
06050 New Britain
06051 New Brit
06051 New Britain
06052 New Britain
06053 New Britain
06057 Bakersville
06057 Nepaug
06057 New Hartford
06058 Norfolk
06059 North Canton
06060 North Granby
06061 Pine Meadow
06062 Plainville
06063 Barkhamsted
06063 Pleasant Valley
06063 Winsted
06064 Poquonock
06065 Riverton
06066 Rockville
06066 Talcottville
06066 Turnpike
06066 Vernon
06066 Vernon Rockville
06066 Vernon Rockvl
06066 Vernon-Rockville
06067 Rocky Hill
06068 Salisbury
06069 Sharon
06069 Sharon Valley
06069 West Woods
06070 Simbury
06070 Simsbury
06071 Connecticut State Prison
06071 Somers
06072 Somersville
06073 South Glastonbury
06074 Bissell
06074 South Windsor
06074 Wapping
06075 Stafford
06076 Stafford
06076 Stafford Sp
06076 Stafford Springs
06076 Union
06076 West Stafford
06077 Staffordville
06078 Suffield
06079 Salisbury
06079 Taconic
06079 Twin Lakes
06080 McDougal Correctional Fclty
06080 Suffield
06081 Simsbury
06081 Tariffville
06082 Enfield
06082 Hazardville
06082 North Thompsonville
06082 Scitico
06082 Thompsonville
06083 Enfield
06084 Tolland
06085 Burlington
06085 Farmington
06085 Lake Garda
06085 Unionville
06087 Accr A Data
06087 Unionville
06088 East Windsor
06088 Scantic
06088 Warehouse Point
06089 Simsbury
06089 Weatogue
06090 Granby
06090 West Granby
06091 West Hartland
06092 Simsbury
06092 West Simsbury
06093 Suffield
06093 West Suffield
06094 Winchester
06094 Winchester Center
06094 Winchestr Center
06094 Winsted
06095 Wilson
06095 Windsor
06096 Bradley International Airpor
06096 Windsor Locks
06098 Winchester
06098 Winchester Center
06098 Winchestr Center
06098 Winsted
06101 Hartford
06101 HTD
06101 HTFD
06102 Hartford
06103 Central
06103 Hartford
06104 Hartford
06104 Main Office
06105 Hartford
06105 HFD
06105 HTFD
06105 West Hartford
06106 Hartford
06106 HTFD
06106 West Hartford
06107 Hartford
06107 West Hartford
06107 West Hartfrd
06107 West Htfd
06108 East Hartford
06108 East Htfd
06108 Forbes Village
06108 Hartford
06108 Hartfrd
06108 HFD
06108 HTFD
06109 Hartford
06109 HFD
06109 HTFD
06109 Weathersfield
06109 Weth
06109 Wethersfield
06109 Wethersfld
06110 Corbins Corner
06110 Elmwood
06110 Hartford
06110 West Hartford
06110 West Hartfrd
06110 West Htfd
06111 Hartford
06111 HFD
06111 HTFD
06111 Newington
06112 Blue Hills
06112 Hartford
06112 HTFD
06114 Barry Square
06114 Hartford
06114 HTFD
06115 Hartford
06115 HFD
06115 HTFD
06115 Main Office
06117 Bishop's Corner
06117 Hartford
06117 West Hartford
06117 West Hartfrd
06117 West Htfd
06118 East Hartford
06118 East Htfd
06118 Hartford
06119 Hartford
06119 West Hartford
06119 West Hartfrd
06119 West Htfd
06120 Hartford
06120 Unity Plaza
06123 Hartford
06126 Hartford
06127 Hartford
06127 West Hartford
06127 West Hartfrd
06128 East Hartford
06128 Hartford
06129 Hartford
06129 Weathersfield
06129 Wethersfield
06129 Wethersfld
06131 Hartford
06131 Newington
06132 Hartford
06133 Elmwood
06133 Hartford
06133 West Hartford
06133 West Hartfrd
06134 Hartford
06137 Bishops Cor
06137 Bishops Corner
06137 Hartford
06137 West Hartford
06137 West Hartfrd
06138 East Hartford
06138 Hartford
06138 Silver Lane
06140 Hartford
06140 HFD
06140 HTFD
06141 Hartford
06141 HFD
06141 HTFD
06142 Hartford
06142 HFD
06142 HTFD
06143 Hartford
06143 HFD
06143 HTFD
06144 Hartford
06144 HFD
06144 HTFD
06145 Hartford
06145 HFD
06145 HTFD
06146 Hartford
06147 Hartford
06147 HFD
06147 HTFD
06150 Bank of America
06150 Hartford
06150 Hartford National Bank
06150 HFD
06150 HTFD
06151 Bank of America
06151 Hartford
06151 HFD
06151 HTFD
06152 Hartford
06152 HFD
06152 HTFD
06153 Allstate
06153 Hartford
06153 HFD
06153 HTFD
06154 C T Mutual Insurance Co
06154 Hartford
06154 HFD
06154 HTFD
06155 Hartford
06155 Hartford Insurance Group
06155 HFD
06155 HTFD
06156 Aetna Life
06156 Hartford
06156 HFD
06156 HTFD
06160 Aetna Insurance
06160 Hartford
06160 HFD
06160 HTFD
06161 Ct Dept of Motor Vehicles
06161 Hartford
06161 Wethersfield
06167 A A R P Pharmacy
06167 Hartford
06167 HFD
06167 HTFD
06176 Hartford
06176 HFD
06176 HTFD
06176 IRS
06180 Bank of America
06180 Hartford
06180 HFD
06180 HTFD
06183 Hartford
06183 HFD
06183 HTFD
06183 Travelers Ins
06199 Hartford
06199 HFD
06199 HTFD
06226 Chestnut Hill
06226 Conantville
06226 Perkins Corner
06226 Willimantic
06230 Abington
06231 Amston
06232 Andover
06233 Ballouville
06233 Killingly
06234 BKLN
06234 Brooklyn
06235 Chaplin
06235 Mansfield Center
06235 North Windham
06237 Columbia
06238 Coventry
06239 Danielson
06239 East Brooklyn
06239 Killingly
06239 South Killingly
06241 Dayville
06241 Killingly
06241 Killingly Center
06242 Eastford
06243 East Killingly
06243 Killingly
06244 East Woodstock
06245 Fabyan
06246 Grosvenor Dale
06246 Grosvenor Dl
06247 Hampton
06248 Hebron
06249 Exeter
06249 Lebanon
06250 Ashford
06250 Mansfield
06250 Mansfield Center
06250 Mansfield Hollow
06250 West Ashford
06251 Mansfield Depot
06251 Mansfield Dpt
06251 Merrow
06251 Storrs Mansfield
06254 Franklin
06254 Franklin Hill
06254 North Franklin
06255 Fabyan
06255 North Grosvendale
06255 North Grosvenordale
06255 North Grosvenordl
06256 North Windham
06256 South Chaplin
06256 Windham
06258 Pomfret
06259 Elliot
06259 Pomfret Center
06259 Pomfret Landing
06259 Ponfret Center
06260 East Putnam
06260 Laurel Hill
06260 Putman
06260 Putnam
06260 Putnam Heights
06260 Putnm
06260 Rhodesville
06260 Sawyer District
06262 Quinebaug
06263 Killingly
06263 Rogers
06264 Scotland
06265 South Willington
06266 South Windham
06267 South Woodstock
06268 Gurleyville
06268 Mansfield
06268 Storrs
06268 Storrs Manfld
06268 Storrs Mansfield
06268 Storrs/Mansfield
06269 Storrs
06269 Storrs Manfld
06269 Storrs Mansfield
06269 Storrs/Mansfield
06269 University of Ct
06277 East Thompson
06277 Mechanicsville
06277 Thompson
06278 Ashford
06278 Warrenville
06279 East Willington
06279 West Willington
06279 Willington
06280 Windham
06281 Woodstock
06282 Woodstock Valley
06320 Fort Trumbull
06320 New London
06320 U S Coast Guard Acadamy
06320 United States Coast Guard Acadamy
06330 Baltic
06330 Sprague
06331 Canterbury
06331 South Canterbury
06332 Central Village
06333 East Lyme
06334 Bozrah
06334 Fitchville
06335 Gales Ferry
06336 Gilman
06338 Ledyard
06338 Mashantucket
06339 Gales Ferry
06339 Ledyard
06340 Borough
06340 Center Groton
06340 Groton
06340 Groton Long Point
06340 Jupiter Point
06340 Noank
06340 Poquonock Bridge
06349 Groton
06349 Naval Submarine Base
06349 Navsub Base
06349 Sub Base New London
06349 Submarine Base
06350 Hanover
06351 Baltic
06351 Canterbury
06351 Griswold
06351 Hopeville
06351 Jewett City
06351 Lisbon
06351 Preston
06353 Montville
06354 Moosup
06355 Masons Island
06355 Mystic
06357 Niantic
06359 North Stonington
06360 Norwich
06360 Norwichtown
06360 Occum
06360 Poquetanuck
06365 Norwich
06365 Preston
06370 Chesterfield
06370 Oakdale
06371 Lyme
06371 North Lyme
06371 Old Lyme
06372 Old Mystic
06373 Oneco
06374 Plainfield
06375 Quaker Hill
06376 Point O Woods
06376 South Lyme
06377 North Sterling
06377 Sterling
06378 Lords Point
06378 Shawondassee
06378 Stonington
06379 Pawcatuck
06380 Taftville
06382 Uncasville
06383 Versailles
06384 Glasgo
06384 Voluntown
06385 Jordan Village
06385 Millstone
06385 Waterford
06387 Wauregan
06387 West Wauregan
06388 Mystic
06388 West Mystic
06389 Yantic
06401 Ansonia
06403 Beacon Falls
06404 Botsford
06405 Branford
06408 Cheshire
06408 Macys By Mail
06409 Centerbrook
06410 Cheshire
06411 Bloomingdales by Mail Ltd
06411 Cheshire
06412 Chester
06413 Clinton
06414 Cobalt
06415 Colchester
06416 Cromwell
06417 Deep River
06418 Derby
06419 Deep River
06419 Killingworth
06420 Colchester
06420 Salem
06422 Durham
06423 East Haddam
06424 East Hampton
06424 Haddam Neck
06426 Essex
06437 Guilford
06438 Haddam
06439 Hadlyme
06440 Hawleyville
06441 Higganum
06442 Ivoryton
06443 Madison
06444 Marion
06447 East Hampton
06447 Marlboro
06447 Marlborough
06450 Meriden
06451 Meriden
06455 Middlefield
06456 Middle Haddam
06457 Middletown
06459 Middletown
06459 Wesleyan
06460 Milford
06461 Milford
06467 Milldale
06468 Monroe
06468 Stepney
06468 Upper Stepney
06469 Moodus
06470 Newtown
06471 North Branford
06472 Northford
06473 No Haven
06473 North Haven
06474 North Westchester
06475 Fenwick
06475 Old Saybrook
06477 Orange
06478 Oxford
06478 Seymour
06479 Plantsville
06480 Portland
06481 Rockfall
06482 Sandy Hook
06483 Seymour
06484 Huntington
06484 Shelton
06487 South Britain
06488 Southbury
06489 Southington
06491 Stevenson
06492 Wallingford
06492 Yalesville
06493 Ct Gen Med Claims Office
06493 Wallingford
06494 Fosdick Corp
06494 Wallingford
06495 International Masters Pub
06495 Wallingford
06497 Stratford
06498 Westbrook
06501 New Haven
06501 North Haven
06502 New Haven
06502 North Haven
06503 New Haven
06503 North Haven
06504 New Haven
06504 North Haven
06505 New Haven
06505 North Haven
06506 New Haven
06506 North Haven
06507 New Haven
06507 North Haven
06508 New Haven
06508 North Haven
06509 New Haven
06509 North Haven
06510 New Haven
06510 North Haven
06511 Hamden
06511 New Haven
06511 North Haven
06512 East Haven
06512 New Haven
06512 North Haven
06513 East Haven
06513 Fair Haven
06513 New Haven
06513 North Haven
06514 Hamden
06514 New Haven
06514 North Haven
06515 New Haven
06515 North Haven
06515 Westville
06516 Allingtown
06516 New Haven
06516 North Haven
06516 West Haven
06517 Hamden
06517 New Haven
06517 Whitneyville
06518 Centerville-Mount Carmel
06518 Hamden
06518 Mount Carmel
06518 New Haven
06518 North Haven
06519 New Haven
06519 North Haven
06520 New Haven
06520 North Haven
06521 New Haven
06521 North Haven
06524 Bethany
06524 New Haven
06525 New Haven
06525 North Haven
06525 Woodbridge
06530 New Haven
06530 North Haven
06531 New Haven
06531 North Haven
06532 New Haven
06532 North Haven
06533 New Haven
06533 North Haven
06534 New Haven
06534 North Haven
06535 New Haven
06535 North Haven
06536 New Haven
06536 North Haven
06537 Advertising Distr Co
06537 New Haven
06537 North Haven
06538 Advertising Distr Co
06538 New Haven
06538 North Haven
06540 Conn Bank & Trust Co
06540 New Haven
06601 Bridgeport
06602 Bridgeport
06604 Bridgeport
06605 Bridgeport
06606 Bridgeport
06607 Bridgeport
06608 Bridgeport
06610 Bridgeport
06611 Bridgeport
06611 Trumbull
06612 Bridgeport
06612 Easton
06614 Bridgeport
06614 Stratford
06615 Bridgeport
06615 Stratford
06650 Bridgeport
06650 Stratmar Fulfillment Corp
06673 Bridgeport
06673 Promotion Marketing Ser Inc
06699 Bridgeport
06699 Controlled Distribution
06701 U S Postal Service
06701 Waterbury
06701 Wtby
06702 Waterbury
06702 Wtby
06703 Waterbury
06704 Plaza
06704 Waterbury
06704 Wtby
06705 East End
06705 Waterbury
06705 Wolcott
06705 Wtby
06706 Waterbury
06706 Wtby
06708 Waterbury
06708 Wtby
06710 Waterbury
06710 Wtby
06712 Prospect
06712 Waterbury
06716 Waterbury
06716 Wolcott
06720 Waterbury
06720 Wtby
06721 Waterbury
06721 Wtby
06722 Waterbury
06722 Wtby
06723 Waterbury
06723 Wtby
06724 Waterbury
06724 Wtby
06725 Waterbury
06725 Wtby
06726 Waterbury
06726 Wtby
06749 Middlebury
06749 Uniroyal Inc
06749 Waterbury
06750 Bantam
06750 Litchfield
06751 Bethlehem
06752 Bridgewater
06753 Cornwall
06754 Cornwall Brg
06754 Cornwall Bridge
06754 Warren
06755 Gaylordsville
06756 Goshen
06757 Kent
06758 Lakeside
06758 Morris
06759 Litchfield
06762 Middlebury
06763 Morris
06770 Naugatuck
06770 Union City
06776 New Milford
06776 Northville
06777 Marble Dale
06777 New Preston
06777 New Preston Marble Dale
06777 New Preston Marbledale
06777 New Preston-Marble Dale
06777 Warren
06777 Washington
06777 Washington Depot
06777 Washington Dt
06778 Litchfield
06778 Northfield
06778 Thomaston
06779 Oakville
06779 Watertown
06781 Pequabuck
06782 Plymouth
06783 Roxbury
06784 Sherman
06785 South Kent
06786 Terryville
06787 Northfield
06787 Thomaston
06790 Torrington
06791 Harwinton
06791 Torrington
06792 Harwinton
06792 M B I Inc
06792 Torrington
06793 Washington
06793 Washington Depot
06793 Washington Dt
06793 Washington Green
06794 Washington
06794 Washington Depot
06794 Washington Dt
06795 Oakville
06795 Watertown
06796 Cornwall
06796 West Cornwall
06798 Woodbury
06801 Bethel
06804 Brookfield
06804 Brookfield Center
06804 Brookfld Center
06807 Cos Cob
06810 Danbury
06811 Danbury
06812 Danbury
06812 New Fairfield
06813 Danbury
06814 Danbury
06814 Shared Zip For Brm
06816 Danbury
06816 Grolier Entrprz Inc
06817 Danbury
06817 Union Carbide Corp
06820 Darien
06820 Noroton
06820 Noroton Heights
06820 Tokeneke
06824 Fairfield
06825 Fairfield
06828 Fairfield
06828 General Electric
06829 Georgetown
06830 Belle Haven
06830 Greenwich
06831 Glenville
06831 Greenwich
06836 Greenwich
06838 Greens Farms
06840 New Canaan
06850 Norwalk
06851 Norwalk
06852 Norwalk
06853 Norwalk
06853 Rowayton
06854 Norwalk
06854 South Norwalk
06855 East Norwalk
06855 Norwalk
06856 Norwalk
06857 M B I Inc
06857 Norwalk
06858 Norwalk
06858 Setan Industries
06859 Norwalk
06859 Perkin Elmer Corp
06860 Norwalk
06860 Shared Zip For Brm
06870 Old Greenwich
06875 Redding Cen
06875 Redding Center
06876 Redding Ridge
06877 Ridgefield
06878 Riverside
06879 Promotion Systems Inc
06879 Ridgefield
06880 Saugatuck
06880 Westport
06881 Westport
06883 Weston
06888 Promotional Dev Inc
06888 Westport
06889 Websters Unified
06889 Westport
06890 Southport
06896 Redding
06896 West Redding
06897 Wilton
06901 Stamford
06902 Stamford
06903 Stamford
06904 Stamford
06905 Ridgeway
06905 Stamford
06906 Glenbrook
06906 Stamford
06907 Springdale
06907 Stamford
06910 Stamford
06911 Stamford
06912 Stamford
06913 Shared Zip For Brm
06913 Stamford
06914 Shared Zip For Brm
06914 Stamford
06920 Conn National Bank
06920 Stamford
06921 Champion International
06921 Stamford
06922 Clairol Co
06922 Stamford
06925 Conn Bank & Trust
06925 Stamford
06926 Pitney Bowes Inc
06926 Stamford
06927 Gecc
06927 Stamford
06928 International Masters Pub
06928 Stamford
Why is zip code data on an environmental science site?
In 2002 I was working on a project that correlated pollution and income for zip codes across the United States. Visitors told me the data files were very useful so I left them on the site and now update the postal information on a periodic basis even though the focus of the site is conservation.
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Palm oil both a leading threat to orangutans and a key source of jobs in Sumatra
(09/24/2009) Of the world's two species of orangutan, a great ape that shares 96 percent of man's genetic makeup, the Sumatran orangutan is considerably more endangered than its cousin in Borneo. Today there are believed to be fewer than 7,000 Sumatran orangutans in the wild, a consequence of the wildlife trade, hunting, and accelerating destruction of their native forest habitat by loggers, small-scale farmers, and agribusiness. Gunung Leuser National Park in North Sumatra is one of the last strongholds for the species, serving as a refuge among paper pulp concessions and rubber and oil palm plantations. While orangutans are relatively well protected in areas around tourist centers, they are affected by poorly regulated interactions with tourists, which have increased the risk of disease and resulted in high mortality rates among infants near tourist centers like Bukit Lawang. Further, orangutans that range outside the park or live in remote areas or on its margins face conflicts with developers, including loggers, who may or may not know about the existence of the park, and plantation workers, who may kill any orangutans they encounter in the fields. Working to improve the fate of orangutans that find their way into plantations and unprotected community areas is the Orangutan Information Center (OIC), a local NGO that collaborates with the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS).
Prince Charles making progress in effort to save rainforests, says leading British environmentalist
(09/22/2009) Prince Charles of Great Britain has emerged as one of the world’s highest-profile promoters of a scheme that could finally put an end to destruction of tropical rainforests. The Prince’s Rainforest Project, launched in 2007, is promoting awareness of the role deforestation plays in climate change—it accounts for nearly a fifth of greenhouse gas emissions. The project also publicizes the multitude of benefits tropical forests provide, including maintenance of rainfall, biodiversity, and sustainable livelihoods for millions of people. But the initiative goes beyond merely raising awareness. Prince Charles is using his considerable influence to bring political and business leaders together to devise and support a plan to provide emergency funding to save rainforests. Tony Juniper, one of Britain’s best-known environmentalists and Special Adviser to the project, spoke about Prince Charles' efforts in an interview with mongabay.com.
Community engagement is key to saving the rarest zebra
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Concerns over deforestation may drive new approach to cattle ranching in the Amazon
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Activists target Brazil's largest driver of deforestation: cattle ranching
(09/08/2009) Perhaps unexpectedly for a group with roots in confrontational activism, Amigos da Terra - Amazônia Brasileira is calling for a rather pragmatic approach to address to cattle ranching, the largest driver of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. The solution, says Roberto Smeraldi, founder and director of Amigos da Terra, involves improving the productivity of cattle ranching, thereby allowing forest to recover without sacrificing jobs or income; establishing a moratorium on new clearing; and recognizing the economic values of maintaining the ecological functions of Earth's largest rainforest.
Power, profit, and pollution: dams and the uncertain future of Sarawak
(09/03/2009) Sarawak, land of mystery, legend, and remote upriver tribes. Paradise of lush rainforest and colossal bat-filled caves. Home to unique and bizarre wildlife including flying lemurs, bearcats, orang-utans and rat-eating plants. Center of heavy industry and powerhouse of Southeast Asia. Come again? This jarring image could be the future of Sarawak, a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo, should government plans for a complex of massive hydroelectric dams comes to fruition. The plan, which calls for a network of 12 hydroelectric dams to be built across Sarawak's rainforests by 2020, is proceeding despite strong opposition from Sarawak's citizens, environmental groups, and indigenous human rights organizations. By 2037, as many as 51 dams could be constructed.
Saving Africa's 'unicorn', the okapi
(09/02/2009) The giraffe is one of Africa's most recognizable animals, but its shy and elusive forest cousin, the okapi, was so little known that until just over a century ago the western world believed it was a mythical beast, an African unicorn. Today, a shroud of mystery still envelops the okapi, an animal that looks like a cross between a zebra, a donkey, and a giraffe. But what is known is cause for concern. Its habitat, long protected by its remoteness, was the site of horrific civil strife, with disease, famine, and conflict claiming untold numbers of Congolese over the past decade. Now, as a semblance of peace has settled over Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the okapi's prospects have further dimmed, for its home is increasingly seen as a rich source of timber, minerals, and meat to help the war-torn country rebuild. In an effort to ensure that the okapi does not become a victim of economic recovery, the Okapi Conservation Project (OCP) is working to protect the okapi and its habitat. Founded by John Lukas in 1987, well before the conflict, OCP today manages the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, a 13,700-square-kilometer tract of wilderness in the Ituri Forest of northeastern DRC.
Mining and biodiversity offsets in Madagascar: Conservation or 'Conservation Opportunities?'
(08/30/2009) Rio Tinto's ilmenite mine in southeastern Madagascar is among the largest on the planet. At peak capacity, its owners say, it could produce as much as 2 million tons of the stuff—worth roughly $100 a ton—each year, to be shipped off and smelted abroad. What's left of it after refining—some 60 percent of the ore that arrives from Madagascar—will be sold for $2000 a ton as titanium dioxide, a pigment used in everything from white paint and tennis court lines to sunscreen and toothpaste. At current levels of demand, the Fort Dauphin mine will provide 9 percent of the world supply over the next 40 years, amounting to more than $60 billion of titanium dioxide. Even that is a conservative estimate: demand for ilmenite has been growing at 3-5 percent annually, with major mines slated to close in coming years and few untapped sources known worldwide.
Solar powered conservation
(08/25/2009) Electricity can be a difficult commodity to procure in the remote areas where conservationists often work. Typically field researchers and wildlife rangers rely on gas-powered generators, which require imported fuel, often produce noxious fumes and disruptive noise, and can be costly to maintain. A better option, especially in sun-drenched parts of the world, is solar. Clean and silent, with no need for supplemental fuel, solar seems like an ideal fit for conservation work except for one major drawback: cost. But Stephen Gold – Solar and Technology Manager for Wildlife Conservation Network has been working to overcome that obstacle.
World's rarest camel survived nuclear tests but today threatened by hunger for its meat
(08/24/2009) Camels are among the most recognizable animals on the planet, yet few realize that wild populations are at a high risk of extinction. Of the world's two camel species, the Dromedary camel, characterized by a single hump, has already gone extinct in the wild. The second species, the two-humped Bactrian camel, was on a similar trajectory until very recently, but still less than 1,000 of the world's 1.4 million Bactrians are wild. The abundance of domesticated Bactrian camels relative to wild camels doesn’t address the question of whether it matters if another species of camels goes extinct. John Hare, founder and director of the Wild Camel Protection Foundation, argues that it does. Hare says the world will be a poorer place if wild Bactrian camels are allowed to follow their cousins into the sunset.
Rehabilitation not enough to solve orangutan crisis in Indonesia
(08/20/2009) A baby orangutan ambles across the grass at the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation’s Nyaru Menteng rehabilitation center in Central Kalimantan, in the heart of Indonesian Borneo. The ape pauses, picks up a stick and makes his way over to a plastic log, lined with small holes. Breaking the stick in two, he pokes one end into a hole in an effort to extract honey that has been deposited by a conservation worker. His expression shows the tool’s use has been fruitful. But he is not alone. To his right another orangutan has turned half a coconut shell into a helmet, two others wrestle on the lawn, and another youngster scales a papaya tree. There are dozens of orangutans, all of which are about the same age. Just outside the compound, dozens of younger orangutans are getting climbing lessons from the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS) staff, while still younger orangutans are being fed milk from bottles in a nearby nursery. Still more orangutans—teenagers and adults—can be found on “Orangutan Island” beyond the center’s main grounds. Meanwhile several recently wild orangutans sit in cages. This is a waiting game. BOS hopes to eventually release all of these orangutans back into their natural habitat—the majestic rainforests and swampy peatlands of Central Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. But for many, this is a fate that may never be realized.
World's rarest tree kangaroo gets help from those who once hunted it
(08/17/2009) The world's rarest tree kangaroo is in the midst of a comeback in a remote part of Papua New Guinea. On the brink of extinction in 2001 with a population estimated at fewer than 100 individuals, Scott's Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus scottae), or the tenkile, is recovering, thanks to the efforts of the Tenkile Conservation Alliance to motivate local communities to reduce hunting and respect critical forest habitat. The tenkile Conservation Alliance, led by Australians Jim and Jean Thomas, works to provide alternative sources of protein and raise environmental awareness among local communities.
Economic crisis threatens conservation programs and endangered species, an interview with Paula Kahumbu of WildlifeDirect
(08/17/2009) Founded in 2004 by legendary conservationist Richard Leakey, WildlifeDirect is an innovative member of the conservation community. WildlifeDirect is really a meta-organization: it gathers together hundreds of conservation initiatives who blog regularly about the trials and joys of practicing on-the-ground conservation. From stories of gorillas reintroduced in the wild to tracking elephants in the Okavango Delta to saving sea turtles in Sumatra, WildlifeDirect provides the unique experience of actually hearing directly from scientists and conservationists worldwide.
Are we on the brink of saving rainforests?
(07/22/2009) Until now saving rainforests seemed like an impossible mission. But the world is now warming to the idea that a proposed solution to help address climate change could offer a new way to unlock the value of forest without cutting it down.Deep in the Brazilian Amazon, members of the Surui tribe are developing a scheme that will reward them for protecting their rainforest home from encroachment by ranchers and illegal loggers. The project, initiated by the Surui themselves, will bring jobs as park guards and deliver health clinics, computers, and schools that will help youths retain traditional knowledge and cultural ties to the forest. Surprisingly, the states of California, Wisconsin and Illinois may finance the endeavor as part of their climate change mitigation programs.
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