petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 06 2008 | books, cities, horticulture, ecology, environment, research, development
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 30 2007 | international, environment, ecology, biodiversity, gis, geography, development, planningQuoted: Outcomes and benefits of a global informational system will include: disaster reduction, integrated water resource management, ocean and marine resource monitoring and management, weather and air quality monitoring, forecasting and advisories, biodiversity conservation, sustainable land use and management, public understanding of environmental factors affecting human health and well being, better development of energy resources, adaptation to climate variability and change.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 23 2007 | news, environment, nature, travel, animals, conservation, geography, india, international, world, ecology
I'm so interested in these floating islands in Loktak Lake.
Quoted: THE sangai, or Manipur brow-antlered deer (Cervus eldi eldi), a delicately beautiful animal found only in the hilly north-east Indian state of Manipur, has already had one let-off. In 1951 it was ruled extinct. Happily, a half-dozen were found two years later living on a vast island of floating biomass on Loktak lake, the second-biggest lake in India, to the south-east of Manipur's state capital, Imphal.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 12 2007 | books, ecology, development, environment, international, world, sustainability
Looking forward to reading this. The title definitely grabbed my attention.
Quoted: Bringing together some of the leading researchers in development, the book discusses the theory, growth, and impact of political ecology. In-depth case material drawn from across the developing world is used to explore the realities and impact of sustainability, while emphasizing both the environment and social theory as areas of contention and struggle.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 10 2007 | environment, travel, ecology, world, biodiversity, international, conservation
Includes a list of UNESCO WH forests, with introductory information on each.
Quoted: Ranging in size from 18 hectares (Vallée de Mai, Seychelles), to 8.8 million hectares (Lake Baikal, Russia), World Heritage forest sites now have a total surface area of over 76 million hectares...Given these figures, it is clear that the World Heritage Convention is uniquely positioned amongst international conventions, programmes and agencies to play a leading role for in-situ conservation of forest biodiversity.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 16 2007 | news, environment, ecology, geography, nature, biodiversity, development, sustainability, climate, research
Quoted: Within the fence area, scientists have observed a strange phenomenon: above the native vegetation, the sky is rich in rain-producing clouds. But the sky on the farmland side is clear.
This is fascinating. A team of researchers led by Udaysankar Nair and Tom Lyons have proposed three possible explanations.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 15 2007 | international, organizations, development, ecology, sustainability, biodiversity, environment
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 12 2007 | technology, tools, research, environment, sustainability, ecology, development, globalization, cities, urbanization, agriculture, biodiversity, demographics
Quoted: The UN and other international organisations collect large amounts of statistics each year from all over the world...With Globalis, we have made these statistics available in a simpler and more visual format. The tool contains a large database where we have explained and categorised new UN statistics...
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 11 2007 | news, cities, development, sustainability, demographics, international, economics, environment, conservation, urbanization, policy, ecology
Excellent article on urbanization in the developing world.
Quoted: ...urbanisation has stabilised in Europe and the Americas with about 75 percent of the population living in urban areas. By comparison, only 35 percent of Africa and Asia's current population is urban. But the developing world is projected to absorb 95 percent of the world's urban growth over the next 20 years...
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 12 2007 | news, people, conservation, environment, ecology
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