Posts Tagged ‘Science’
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A Wild Encounter
One of the many perks of not having an office job: looking up from your work to see a 1,300 kg (almost 2,900 lb) mammal swim by. While National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists Giuseppe Di Carlo (now CI’s Marine Climate Change Manager), John Burke and Jud Kenworthy were collecting fish samples near the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, they encountered a West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) grazing on a nearby seagrass bed. The waters off western Puerto Rico have a small resident manatee population, whose survival depends on the health of nearby rivers emptying into the sea, as ... -
World Water Week 2009 Wrap-up
World Water Week is an annual meeting to discuss the planet’s most urgent water-related issues, held in Stockholm, Sweden. This year’s conference ended August 22. To learn more, visit http://www.conservation.org/water2009. Read a dispatch from Lina Barrera, policy manager at Conservation International, below. We were part of three sessions, the first described in Ian's post a few days ago on environmental flows, another on assessing vulnerability to climate change as an input to decision making around land uses, protected area siting, construction of dams, and lastly a presentation of the innovative Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) as useful for decisions with freshwater ... -
Dispatch From World Water Week 2009
World Water Week is an annual meeting to discuss the planet’s most urgent water-related issues, held in Stockholm, Sweden. This year's conference ended August 22. To learn more, visit http://www.conservation.org/water2009. Read a dispatch from Ian Harrison, CI scientist and conference attendee, below. On Saturday August 16, a seminar session on Environmental Flows for Sustainable Development, Poverty Alleviation, and Biodiversity Conservation was convened by the Global Environmental Flows Network (eflowNet), USAID Global Water for Sustainability Programs (GLOWS), Conservation International, Deltares, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Swedish Water House (SWH), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), UNEP-DHI Centre for Water ... -
SCB 2009 Conference: Wrap up
The 23rd annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, the premier professional conservation science association, was widely agreed to be a remarkable success. The first-ever SCB meeting held in Asia survived both the global recession and fears about swine flu threatened – although rumors of quarantine for suspicion of H1N1 were rampant, the absence of a number of lead authors and presenters was likely due to the pressures of recession on non-profits and academic institutions rather than health detainments. Conservation International (CI)’s delegation included roughly twenty staff who presented work on a range of topics, examining conservation ... -
SCB 2009 Conference: Day 2
A symposium on crane conservation in Eastern Asia, moderated by the International Crane Foundation, explored the ways in which successful community engagement has been critical to the success of crane conservation efforts in the region. Through efforts such as micro-lending programs, educational efforts in schools and community enterprise programs, crane conservation efforts in the region have galvanized communities around conservation of these beautiful birds – efforts that serve as a gateway to build stronger alliances in communities and broaden conservation efforts. On a less positive note, the freshwater conservation section featured a presentation detailing the decline of the Yangtze River Dolphin, or ... -
SCB 2009 Conference: Day 1
The first full day of the Society for Conservation Biology's 2009 International Congress for Conservation Biology started off strong. -
Everybody loves a see-through frog
Though Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum isn't new to science, it is beautiful and amazing. We're excited to see so many people interested our discoveries! So far we've been featured on the BBC, Treehugger, Bloomberg, Yahoo Buzz and more. If you have a Yahoo account, buzz us up and spread the word! And tell your friends and favorite websites about the exciting expedition discoveries in Ecuador. http://www.Conservation.org/Nangaritza http://www.Conservation.org/Nangaritza-photos -
Amazing species new to science discovered in Ecuador
Today, CI announces a scientific expedition has revealed a fascinating array of species, many of which are believed to be new to science. The new species were found by Conservation International’s Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) in the mountainous forests of the Cordillera del Condor of southeastern Ecuador, an area of high biological, ecological and social importance near to the border with Peru. The survey concentrated on the Upper Nangaritza River Basin, which is geologically isolated from other parts of the Andes, helping to stimulate the evolution of species which are found nowhere else (endemic species). The newly discovered creatures – four amphibians, a ... -
Where are they now: the true stories of each racing turtle
All turtles were tagged off Halifax, Nova Scotia, in July 2008, and began their migrations in September. They began to cross into the Caribbean in late January-early February, and the data used to create the Race went through the beginning of March. Therefore, the real duration of the leatherbacks’ migrations was four to six months, but the Race compressed that time into a two-week period. Here we present what we think actually happened to each of the turtles in the Race based on their tracks during the Race and since the Race ended. Wawa Bear Turtle Stats Wawa Bear nested on the same ...
