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Photo provided by Tim T. who volunteered on the Conservation Volunteer Australia programme from April to May 2009
Surviving Milestone on the A417, Faringdon to Wantage road, in parish of SHELLINGFORD (VALE OF WHITE HORSE District). Located Faringdon Road; Kitemoor House, positioned in centre of very wide grass verge on West side of road. Made of stone with no attachment in a design referred to as Faringdon Tombstone. Erected by Wallingford, Wantage and Faringdon Turnpike Trust in the 19th century. Grade II Listed. NGR: SU 3174 9442: Milestone Society National ID: BE_WAFA07 (see turnpikes.org.uk)
Thanks to Shannon Elizabeth for these pictures from the Fiji Marine Conservation & Diving. Find out more at www.frontiergap.com
What Is Panboola?
www.thebegavalley.org.au/panboola.html
Panboola is a conservation, restoration, educational and passive recreational and tourism project, embracing the history and diversity of the wetlands within the floodplain.
You will find:
.fresh water billabongs
.saline areas around the former racecourse
.saltmarsh and mangroves
.plantings of thousands of trees, shrubs and ground covers
.walking and cycle tracks
.tables and seats
E Alu PÅ« translates to 'Move Forward Together' .. This pre- IUCN Conservation Congress gathering, held in O'ahu brought together many cultures from around the world to exchange insight and chart a path forward, protecting our planet and people for the future. The Sustainable Southeast Partnership joined indigenous leaders from across British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest was honored to attend the E Alu Pu Gathering and IUCN World Conservation Congress, representing our globally unique communities and ecosystems.
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Photos not to be used without explicit permission of Bethany Goodrich and/or the Sustainable Southeast Partnership
Thanks to Iona Topp for these photos from Tanzania Marine Conservation & Diving. Find out more at www.frontiergap.com
Councillor Campbell, Andrew Golobic and Councillor Tovey at the CVC 2012 Conservation Awards. © Copyright Credit Valley Conservation 2013, all rights reserved.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Farmington, Utah is losing Critical Wet Lands to over Development
Released, rehabilitated orangutan coming in for a free feed.
Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, Sabah Borneo
Clifford's Tower, York
What conservation work is taking place?
Exposed to the elements for more than 300 years, the historic fabric of the tower needs specialist care. Our team have repaired and repointed the tower’s historic stonework, including the walls, arrow slits and fireplaces, and undertaken works to allow visitors to climb two spiral staircases which have been inaccessible for centuries.
Specialists have also conserved the chapel roof and interior to allow the public to access it again, cleaned the stonework, replaced structural joists to support the roof and replaced tiles to make it water-tight. The intricate plaques above the entrance door, which show the coats of arms of Charles I and Henry Clifford, have also been repaired and conserved.
As part of the major conservation works at Clifford’s Tower, the memorial plaque to commemorate the massacre of the Jewish community in 1190 has been removed for conservation. The memorial plaque will be reinstated before the tower reopens.
[Historic England]
Clifford's Tower is perched atop the mighty castle mound raised by William the Conqueror in 1068. It was the keep and chief strongpoint of York Castle, one of the greatest fortresses in medieval England. The castle served as the backdrop for events of national and international significance including, most notoriously, the attack on the Jewish community in 1190 when the Jews of York took refuge from a vicious pogrom in a wooden predecessor to Clifford's Tower and died in the most tragic circumstances..
The large stone tower, which we now know as Clifford's Tower, was built in the 1250s during the reign of King Henry III.
For much of the 14th and 15th centuries, Clifford's Tower was used as treasury, exchequer, mint, gaol and seat of royal power. During the Civil War (1642-9), Clifford's Tower was held by the royalists while the city was under siege.
In 1684 the tower was reduced to a shell after a fire. Eventually, most of the castle buildings were swept away when a new prison and court were built in the 18th and 19th centuries, leaving Clifford's Tower as the principal surviving remnant of the York Castle.
[Historic England]
Humidification is something archivists do to relax paper that has become tightly curled, so it will flatten. NOTE: Humidification of photographs should really only be done by a conservator, BUT this photo was a copy of a copy from my own collection, and I wanted to see how/if it would work.
Photo #2 is from Feb 6th, 6:30 p.m. (after 2.5 hrs humidification)
Department of Conservation administered forest park in North Island. Site of some anti-logging activists "tree sitting" in giant totara trees during 1978 that led to a government-imposed logging moratorium and, eventually, the end of native forest logging in the Park.
A recent report by UNEP and GRID Arendal, Protecting Arctic Biodiversity, highlights the four major areas relating the Arctic region and biodiversity that need strengthening and further funding. The primary arising issue is climate change and its effect on wildlife and ecosystems.
Read more: www.southafricanbiodiversity.co.za/biodiversity/609-prote...
Councillor Mullin, Matteo Zamaria and Councillor Adams at the CVC 2012 Conservation Awards. © Copyright Credit Valley Conservation 2013, all rights reserved.