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Scott Faulkner representing Region 6 on Conservation Fund Advisory Board: Outdoors column
Scott Faulkner has been an outdoors person all his life. “My father would hunt, and I would go with him,” he said. “We loved to hunt woodchucks. We’d go squirrel hunting. When I got to be about 12, I’d go with him during deer season.” A couple of years later, he began hunting small game,…
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Making Connections
Corridors for communities It is not only wildlife that benefits from the creation of ecological corridors, however; local communities can reap the benefits too. On one level, there are economic opportunities. In northern Botswana, efforts to create safe corridors for elephants’ daily commute routes have resulted in an ‘elephant economy’, in which elephants act as…
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Beyond government solutions: Unleashing the potential of philanthropy
As the year draws to a close and the holiday season envelops us in its festive glow, I’m reminded of Charles Dickens’s timeless sentiment from A Christmas Carol: “I have always thought of Christmas time as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; when men and women seem by one consent to open their…
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MSU-Maguindanao hosts 3-day envi, forest conservation gab
Ceremonial signing of MOU on Research and Academic Exchange, cooperation The event also highlighted the ceremonial signing of the memorandum of understanding for all the delegates from Institut Pertanian Bogor Indonesia, Kastamonu University, MSU-System President, and representatives from MSU-General Santos City, MSU-Sulu, MSU-Buug, School Head of MSU-Maigo School of Arts and Trade, Superintendent of MSU-Lanao National…
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An archdiocese in Kenya advocates for river conservation among local communities
The impacts of climate change and intense human activity threaten a river owned by a Catholic archdiocese in Kenya. Through better informing local communities and farmers about what causes the river to dry up and become polluted, the Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri hopes to aid in protecting the Kalondon River and its surrounding land. Made…
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Can the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund make a difference?
The world’s new biodiversity framework fund is without any real financial commitment to meet conservation targets The world has been scrambling for money to conserve biodiversity since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. Almost 30 years later, on August 27, 2023, countries established the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) with a promise to resolve this long-standing…
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Can the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund make a difference?
The world’s new biodiversity framework fund is without any real financial commitment to meet conservation targets The world has been scrambling for money to conserve biodiversity since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. Almost 30 years later, on August 27, 2023, countries established the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) with a promise to resolve this long-standing…
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Rising Tides: exploring the expanding horizons of bathymetric Lidar applications
In this article, we examine the evolving landscape of bathymetry with insights from Anders Ekelund, vice president of airborne bathymetric Lidar at Hexagon Geosystems. Beyond mapping seagrass, Ekelund unveils Lidar’s pivotal role in addressing climate-driven challenges, from coastal management to flood prediction. Anticipating a shift towards full waveform data analysis, he emphasizes Hexagon’s expertise in…
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Discovering the Island of Saint-Louis: A Journey Through Architectural History and Conservation Challenges
Discovering the Island of Saint-Louis: A Journey Through Architectural History and Conservation Challenges Aerial view of Saint-Louis Island, Senegal. Image © scholesphotography ShareShare Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1010005/discovering-the-island-of-saint-louis-a-journey-through-architectural-history-and-conservation-challenges Clipboard“COPY”Copy Located 270km north of Dakar, the capital of Senegal, and near the border with Mauritania, is the Island of Saint-Louis. It is a prominent…
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LOCAL COLUMN: The environment is important in Norman
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Bill Scanlon Local Columnist“Pay attention class: our subject for this year is CONSERVATION.” I’ve written about this subject previously. Those words of introduction (or similar) were spoken by my seventh grade Social Studies teacher at Holdenville Junior High (that’s…