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Subsistence poaching found to have little impact on biodiversity in the Amazon’s environmental protection areas
The researchers installed 720 camera traps in 100 human communities inside and outside nine sustainable-use protected areas. Credit: Ricardo Sampaio The presence of Indigenous communities and traditional river dwellers in extractive reserves located in Legal Amazonia is not a threat to birds and mammals considered subsistence poaching targets, according to a study reported in the…
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Finding Common Ground –
I attended the Common Ground Alliance meeting on Friday at Gore Mountain in North Creek. Groups from across the Adirondack Park come together and talked about policy issues they care about and how to better be heard in Albany. Topics included housing, broadband and cell service, climate change, invasive species and bond act and environmental…
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Governor Hochul Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Milestone with Completion of First Orphan Well Plugging Project
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of the first gas well safely plugged with funding from a $25 million federal grant to New York State through the landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. New York State is working with landowners to plug aging and abandoned oil and natural gas wells to protect public safety, help reduce…
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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity Through Seed Breeding
Editor’s Note: This post is the second in a two-part series about seed breeding. This series explores the history of seed breeding in the US, the impacts of consolidation and concentration of seed breeding on farmers and our food systems, and what a more democratic seed breeding system might look like. This series was created…
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GCSAA: Announces the 2023 Environmental Leaders in Golf Awards winners
Lawrence, Kan. (Oct. 24, 2023) – Four golf course superintendents have been named winners of the 2023 Environmental Leaders in Golf Awards (ELGA). The annual awards are presented by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) and Golf Digest in partnership with Syngenta. Eight runners-up also received recognition for their environmental efforts. The awards…
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Environmental Conservation officers patrol state canal system in Cayuga County
The Citizen staff New York Department of Environmental Conservation officers helped patrol the state canal system in Cayuga County this fall. As part of its weekly activity report, the department said Wednesday that in September and October, officers in DEC Region 7 teamed up with members of the U.S. Coast Guard to patrol the state…
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Next Steps to Protect Stability
Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2023Contact: [email protected] WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration today announced next steps in the Administration’s efforts to protect the stability and sustainability of the Colorado River System and strengthen water security in the West. The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation released a revised draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) as part of the…
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Environmental groups reject deep-sea mining as key UN meeting looms
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Environmental groups on Wednesday urged a moratorium on deep-sea mining ahead of a meeting in Jamaica of a U.N. body that conservationists fear will soon authorize the world’s first license to harvest minerals from the ocean floor. More than 20 countries have called for a ban or moratorium on deep-sea…
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2024 Environmental Stewardship Award Program Nominations Now Open
Nominations are now open for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Environmental Stewardship Award. Established in 1991, the Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP) annually recognizes outstanding stewardship practices and conservation achievements of cattle producers across the nation. “Cattle producers across the country are committed to conserving natural resources for future generations,” said NCBA President Todd Wilkinson.…
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Subsistence poaching has little impact on biodiversity in the Amazon’s environmental protection areas
image: The researchers installed 720 camera traps in 100 human communities inside and outside nine sustainable-use protected areas view more Credit: Ricardo Sampaio The presence of Indigenous communities and traditional river dwellers in extractive reserves located in Legal Amazonia is not a threat to birds and mammals considered subsistence poaching targets, according to a…