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African nations try to bring in eco-tourists
Grist
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
African nations are hoping to boost their economies by attracting the ecologically curious, following the example of nations like Costa Rica, which thrives on ecotourism. The island nation of Madagascar has boosted protection of forests and wetlands and boasts biodiversity rivaled only by the rainforests of Brazil. Other countries rebranding
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Entomology workshop offered in Davis
Sacbee.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
DAVIS -- Kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers wishing to bring Madagascar hissing cockroaches, Vietnamese walking sticks, blue death feigning beetles, Chilean rose-haired tarantulas or other many-legged critters into the classroom can learn how at a summer workshop being taught at the University of California,
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eaders want biodiversity pay off
(AP)
Yahoo! News
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
AP - High in the rain forest canopy, a lemur with orange, black and white fur leaps among the branches to cries of delight from onlookers below.
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African symposium to focus on how nature can help alleviate poverty
EurekAlert!
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
An unprecedented international symposium called "Defying Nature.s End: The African Context," will examine how conserving the continent.s unmatched biodiversity can help alleviate poverty, fight disease and improve the quality of life for people.The symposium from June 20-24 in Madagascar.s capital will examine how biodiversity conservation can help Africa reach the
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Leaders Want Biodiversity Pay Off
azcentral.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
MANTADIA NATIONAL PARK, Madagascar (AP) -- High in the rain forest canopy, a lemur with orange, black and white fur leaps among the branches to cries of delight from onlookers
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Healthy coral reefs of Madagascar resisting damage from climate change
EurekAlert!
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Healthy coral reefs of Madagascar's northeast coast have so far resisted the damaging effects of warmer ocean temperatures attributed to global climate change, say scientists who recently studied the region.The survey of a previously unexplored region by scientists from Conservation International documented a much greater variety of life than expected,
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New Lemur species named for CI President
EurekAlert!
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
To recognize an internationally renowned primatologist and champion of Madagascar's unique biodiversity, scientists who discovered three new species of mouse lemur on the island nation have named one in honor of Russell A. Mittermeier, the president of Conservation
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nteresting Anthropology News: and Other Stuff as Well [Afarensis]
ScienceBlogs
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Lemurs!
Three new species of lemurs have been discovered in Madagascar according to MSNBC . They are Microcebus jollyae - after Allison Jolly, Microcebus simmonsi and Microcebus mittermeieri . Microcebus mittermeieri is pictured below - cute little
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Healthy Coral Reefs Of Madagascar Resisting Damage From Climate Change
Science Daily
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Healthy coral reefs of Madagascar's northeast coast have so far resisted the damaging effects of warmer ocean temperatures attributed to global climate change, say scientists who recently studied the region.
The survey of a previously unexplored region by scientists from Conservation International documented a much greater variety of life than expected,
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Madagascar's reefs escape damage from global warming
Mongabay.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
A survey of coral along Madagascar's northeast coast suggests that they island's reef may have so far escaped the damaging effects of warmer ocean temperatures attributed to global climate change. Researchers from Conservation International (CI), a leading conservation group, found that the region's coral reefs have avoided the bleaching that
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Africa's deforestation rate may be underestimated
Mongabay.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Africa's deforestation rate may be underestimated by satellite imagery according to a researcher at the University of Wisconsin. Holly Gibbs, a Ph.D. candidate at the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment at the University of Wisconsin, presented her findings at a conservation conference held in Antananarivo, the capital
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3 new lemurs named in Madagascar
Mongabay.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
To recognize an internationally renowned primatologist and champion of Madagascar's unique biodiversity, scientists who discovered three new species of mouse lemur on the island nation have named one in honor of Russell A. Mittermeier, the president of Conservation
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FEATURE - Laos Boosts Development Prospects With Dam Hopes
Moreover
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
FEATURE - Laos Boosts Development Prospects With Dam Hopes MADAGASCAR: MADAGASCAR: MADAGASCAR: NORWAY: NORWAY: PAKISTAN: ROMANIA: THAILAND: UK: UK: UK: UK: US: US: US: US: This site developed by , and managed by Planet Ark using RPM-NT. Site designed
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Madagascar Declaration' focuses African development policies on value of nature
EurekAlert!
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Ambitious goals for reducing poverty and disease in Africa are unreachable without radical changes that make biodiversity and its socioeconomic value the foundation for development policies, a global environmental conference concluded Saturday.The symposium organized by Conservation International, titled "Defying Nature's End: The African Context," produced a five-page "Madagascar Declaration" that
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U and Madagascar initial new fisheries partnership agreement
Food and Agriculture Organization
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Source: Europa Press Release
The European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, and Madagascar, have concluded a new 6-year fisheries partnership agreement (FPA) that will replace the current agreement, due to expire on 31 December 2006. This new agreement, which exclusively covers tuna, marks a new era in fisheries relationships
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Three New Lemurs Discovered, Add to Madagascar's Diversity
National Geographic
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Too small to eat—or at least too much trouble—mouse lemurs have eluded hunting pressure on the African
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ew Madagascar-Japan cooperation agreement in the fisheries sector.
Food and Agriculture Organization
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Source: AllAfrica
Un groupement de pêche au Japon a conclu un protocole d'accord sur la pêche avec Madagascar en 1998, mais ce document est tombé en désuétude depuis, dû, semble-t-il, à quelques quiproquos
Actuellement, des négociations entre les deux parties ont repris et ont abouti à la signature, hier, d'un Mémorandum sur
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edia Shower: Game on!
Grist
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
I don't know if anyone else pays attention to the Google ads in Gristmill, but I just clicked on an ad for the game Xeko Mission: Madagascar and, wow, it sounds really cool! I'm all for creative ways of educating the public and this seems like a great way for
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adagascar: Vitamin A saves children's lives [with video]
Moreover
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
In Madagascar, a small capsule of vitamin A saves children's lives UNICEF/Madagascar/2006 Children receive life saving vitamin A twice a year in Madagascar. By Misbah M. Sheikh FENERIVE EST, Madagascar, 23 May 2006 - It may seem like a routine
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If it's not one virus, it's another
Waking Up Costs
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Bird flu has been very much in the news, but now another type of virus is also threatening: chikungunya virus (named with a Swahili word meaning 'bent up').
"The chikungunya virus has infected around one-third of the population (about 250,000 people) on the French island
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