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'Bee Good to the Planet'  -  22 Oct 2007
CNNMoney.com...the Earth's richest regions of plant and animal diversity in the biodiversity hotspots, high-biodiversity wilderness areas and key marine ecosystems.

Greening the concrete jungle  -  Oct 19, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,The Bay Area is one of the most biologically diverse regions of the United States, one of the six most important biodiversity "hotspots" in the nation.

Costa Rica gets $26M debt-for-nature swap  -  Oct 18, 2007
Mongabay.comThe agreement will target forest protection in some of Costa Rica's best known biodiversity hotspots: the Osa Peninsula, Totuguero, La Amistad, Maquenque,

Carole's Bookmarks 3  -  Oct 6, 2007
Huffington Post,...economics, policy and community participation to protect the Earth's richest regions of plant and animal diversity in the biodiversity hotspots,

Ed Norton Speaks About Environmental Reform in China  -  Oct 5, 2007
Record-Harvard Law School,The Yunnan province is considered one of the world's key biodiversity hotspots, and is home to such animals as the Red Panda and the highly endangered

Stabbing the mountains  -  Sep 25, 2007
The Statesman,Nor did they think that with its dense forest cover and rich biodiversity, the Teesta river basin hosts one of the 25 biodiversity hotspots in the world and

Smallest Indian frog found  -  Oct 3, 2007
Hindu,Western Ghats is considered one of the 18 biodiversity hotspots in the world, and the new finding is yet another indication of how incomplete the knowledge

Ed Begley Jr. and Malibu's Organic and Ecco Festival  -  Sep 29, 2007
Malibu Arts Reviews,...the California Floristic Province, a zone of Mediterranean-type climate that has high levels of plant endemism characteristic of biodiversity hotspots.

Biodiesel demand could destroy world  -  Oct 5, 2007
Checkbiotech.org (press release),...mitigation guidelines, will likely further threaten the high concentrations of globally endemic species in these biodiversity hotspots," Koh continued.

Sarawak steps for biodiversity conservation  -  18 Aug 2007
The Brunei Times,Sarawak's position as one of the world's 12 mega biodiversity hotspots made it an ideal venue for an international conference as it gave the chance to

Biodiversity: Climate change and the ecologist  -  Aug 3, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),A combination of climate change, species invasions and reduced areas of natural habitat is likely to promote biotic homogenization in biodiversity hotspots

New Study Warns Limited Carbon Market Puts 20% of Tropical Forest ...  -  Aug 14, 2007
Forest NewsWatch.com (subscription),...the Earth's richest regions of plant and animal diversity in the biodiversity hotspots, high-biodiversity wilderness areas and key marine ecosystems.

UNESCO launches biodiversity project for 4 heritage sites  -  Jul 25, 2007
Hindu,...in Rajasthan and Nanda Devi in Uttaranchal-- in India as role models to demonstrate conservation management practises for other biodiversity hotspots.

New Unesco title for Kaziranga & Manas  -  Jul 27, 2007
Calcutta Telegraph,Unesco has just included both national parks in its list of World Heritage Biodiversity Sites, projecting them as role models for biodiversity hotspots

The slippery slope of winter sports  -  Aug 6, 2007
BBC News,Since wetlands are biodiversity hotspots and take many centuries to develop, such environmental losses can be irreversible. To make matters worse,

Camera-shy Deer Caught For First Time  -  Jul 24, 2007
Science Daily (press release)This densely forested mountain chain straddles the Laos-Vietnam border and is considered one the world's biodiversity 'hotspots.

The China syndrome  -  Aug 5, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,...venture with PetroChina that rerouted a pipeline around biodiversity hotspots and GE working with Chinese scientists to develop clean coal technologies.

Rare jungle deer photographed for the first time  -  Jul 24, 2007
Mongabay.comAnnamite Mountains, a densely forested mountain chain that straddles the Laos-Vietnam border and is considered one the world's biodiversity hotspots.

First time images of little known deer species captured in wild  -  Jul 25, 2007
NewKerala.com,This densely forested mountain chain straddles the Laos-Vietnam border and is considered one the world's biodiversity 'hotspots. WMPA staff had originally

UTC and CI partner to support reforestation in China  -  Sep 14, 2006
EurekAlert (press release),The biodiversity hotspots are 34 regions worldwide where 75 percent of the planet's most threatened mammals, birds, and amphibians survive within habitat ...

Guarding Mt. Porras in Sibalom, Antique  -  Sep 18, 2006
News Today Online,Area (KBA) whose protection and preservation can contribute to the delisting of the Philippines from the roster of top priority "biodiversity hotspots" in the ...

Meeting on mountain ungulates begins in Munnar  -  Sep 13, 2006
Gulf Times,Kerala is one of the 34 global biodiversity hotspots in the world and Munnar is a haven for the endangered Nilgiri tahr, a goat-like mammal with curved horns ...

Fighting to save Borneo's vital last rain forests  -  Sep 19, 2006
International Herald Tribune,According to Conservation International, an organization based in the United States, Southeast Asia contains four of the 34 "biodiversity hotspots" in the ...

New Protected Area Created in Brazilian Amazon  -  Sep 28, 2006
PlanetSave.com,Conservation Fund finances the creation, expansion, and long-term management of protected areas in the world’s biodiversity hotspots, high-biodiversity ...

Field Museum Receives $5 Million Grant from The John D. and ...  -  Sep 14, 2006
Yahoo! News (press release)...cultural resources. The Foundation and Museum are currently working together in four biodiversity hotspots in six countries. Eighty ...

Photo: Sun News Publishing  -  Sep 15, 2006
Daily Sun,...one of the oldest and surviving rainforests in Africa and in terms of conservation status, is one of the United Nations acclaimed Biodiversity hotspots in the ...




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