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The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
One of the intensive learning courses held on campus during May traveled to Camp Alta Mons where they investigated historic and contemporary land use and ecosystems of the upper roanoke River through hiking, overnight camping, research, and written exercises.
•Wang Shuo, Managing Editor, Caixin Media, People's Republic of China; Young Global Leader at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 11 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum
ESP10 - 10 years advancing ecosystem services science, policy and practice for a sustainable future.
Opening Day of the 10th ESP world conference on 21st of october at Leibnitz University in Hannover/Germany.
photographer all pictures: www.franzbischof.de
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia
Philadelphia, commonly referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the second-most populous city in the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Philadelphia is known for its extensive contributions to United States history, especially the American Revolution, and served as the nation's capital until 1800. It maintains contemporary influence in business and industry, culture, sports, and music. Philadelphia is the nation's sixth-most populous city with a population of 1,603,797 as of the 2020 census and is the urban core of the larger Delaware Valley (or Philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest and one of the world's largest metropolitan regions consisting of 6.245 million residents in the metropolitan statistical area and 7.366 million residents in its combined statistical area.
Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker and advocate of religious freedom. The city served as the capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's independence following the Revolutionary War. Philadelphia hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774, preserved the Liberty Bell, and hosted the Second Continental Congress during which the founders signed the Declaration of Independence, which historian Joseph Ellis has described as "the most potent and consequential words in American history". Once the Revolutionary War commenced, the Battle of Germantown and the siege of Fort Mifflin were fought within Philadelphia's city limits. The U.S. Constitution was later ratified in Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. Philadelphia remained the nation's largest city until 1790, when it was surpassed by New York City, and it served as the nation's first capital from May 10, 1775, until December 12, 1776, and on four subsequent occasions during and following the American Revolution, including from 1790 to 1800 during the construction of the new national capital of Washington, D.C.
With 18 four-year universities and colleges, Philadelphia is one of the nation's leading centers for higher education and academic research. As of 2018, the Philadelphia metropolitan area was the state's largest and nation's ninth-largest metropolitan economy with a gross metropolitan product of US$444.1 billion. The city is home to five Fortune 500 corporate headquarters as of 2022. As of 2023, metropolitan Philadelphia ranks among the top five U.S. venture capital centers, facilitated by its proximity to New York City's entrepreneurial and financial ecosystems. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, owned by Nasdaq since 2008, is the nation's oldest stock exchange and a global leader in options trading. 30th Street Station, the city's primary rail station, is the third-busiest Amtrak hub in the nation, and the city's multimodal transport and logistics infrastructure, includes Philadelphia International Airport, and the rapidly-growing PhilaPort seaport. A migration pattern has been established from New York City to Philadelphia by residents opting for a large city with relative proximity and a lower cost of living.
Philadelphia is a national cultural center, hosting more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other city in the nation. Fairmount Park, when combined with adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park in the same watershed, is 2,052 acres (830 ha), representing one of the nation's largest and the world's 45th-largest urban park. The city is known for its arts, culture, cuisine, and colonial and Revolution-era history; in 2016, it attracted 42 million domestic tourists who spent $6.8 billion, representing $11 billion in economic impact to the city and its surrounding Pennsylvania counties.
With five professional sports teams and one of the nation's most loyal fan bases, Philadelphia is often ranked as the nation's best city for professional sports fans. The city has a culturally and philanthropically active LGBTQ+ community. Philadelphia also has played an immensely influential historic and ongoing role in the development and evolution of American music, especially R&B, soul, and rock.
Philadelphia is a city of many firsts, including the nation's first library (1731), hospital (1751), medical school (1765), national capital (1774), university (by some accounts) (1779), stock exchange (1790), zoo (1874), and business school (1881). Philadelphia contains 67 National Historic Landmarks, including Independence Hall. From the city's 17th century founding through the present, Philadelphia has been the birthplace or home to an extensive number of prominent and influential Americans. In 2021, Time magazine named Philadelphia one of the world's greatest 100 places.
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(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(Pennsylvania) "بنسلفانيا" "宾夕法尼亚州" "Pennsylvanie" "पेंसिल्वेनिया" "ペンシルベニア" "펜실베니아" "Пенсильвания" "Pensilvania"
(Philadelphia) "فيلادلفيا" "费城" "Philadelphie" "फिलाडेल्फिया" "フィラデルフィア" "필라델피아" "Филадельфия" "Filadelfia"
A little ecosystem surrounded on all sides by a lot of traffic and a shopping centre. The trees will most likely be goon soon as the Biltema store will expand. Photographed from a pedestrian bridge.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District gave presentations to 120 third graders at Marshpoint Elementary about the Corps' Regulatory Program. Regulatory Specialist Brian Moore used an interactive floodplain model to demonstrate how wetlands absorb storm water and filter drinking water. He also explained the Corps of Engineers' role in issuing permits for developers or citizens who want to build projects on or near streams and wetlands. Regulatory Specialist Donald Hendrix showed the students a variety of animal items—snake skins, furs, deer antlers, and sharks teeth—to demonstrate the various animals and habitat within Georgia. The visit was part of a unit of study about Georgia's ecosystems, natural resources, and conservation efforts. USACE photo by George Jumara.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
La Camargue est une région naturelle préservée qui possède un riche écosystème. Le domaine de Méjanes, c'est un des meilleurs moyen pour venir le découvrir !
Crédits photos: J&G. VLASSIS
Attendees at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 11 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum
They are in millions but fast disappearing. The plateau of Kaas is loosing it's glory. With the number of people visiting this place each year rising exponentially there are hardly any measures been taken to control the mass who have actually got nothing to do with the ecosystem part of this sensitive valley. I have seen people playing ball games and walking at will over these delicate plants.
The Bureau of Land Management conducted a prescribed fire at Pompeys Pillar National Monument in Montana. This prescribed fire improved ecosystem health and reduced the amount of hazardous fuels on the ground.
Credit: Colby K. Neal, Bureau of Land Management
•Wang Shuo, Managing Editor, Caixin Media, People's Republic of China; Young Global Leader, at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 11 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
Fishing production dramatically increase through the century peaking in late 1980s. At this time there were major declines in several fish populations in different areas of the world. The catch reported by governments is in some cases adjusted to correct for likely errors in data.
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This photo has been graciously provided to be used in the GRID-Arendal resources library by: Philippe Rekacewicz, Emmanuelle Bournay, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Spotted during a surveillance flight Monday, manatees are taking refuge from the cold weather in a mitigation feature built by SFWMD just south of Port of the Islands in Collier County.
Completed in April 2016, the three deep pools ensure the local manatee population continues to have a warm water refuge in the Port of the Islands area that’s compatible with restoration efforts at Picayune Strand. When complete, the CERP project will re-establish a more natural flow of water to 55,000 acres of wetlands and uplands in the Western Everglades.
29 May 2018 - OECD Forum 2017 - Start-up Ecosystem. OECD, Paris, France.
Moderator
Jeanne Dussueil, Editor in Chief & Co-Founder, GLOBALIZ
Speakers
Tamas Foldi, CEO, Starschema
Scott Frisch, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, AARP
Eugene Kandel, Chief Executive Officer, Start-Up Nation Central, Israel
Marija Rucevska, Co-founder, TechChill Foundation, Latvia
Photo: MarcoIlluminati/OECD
On this voyage, the research vessel Dr Fridtjof Nansen will be conducting ecosystem surveys for 20 days along the coast of Ghana
Two FAO staff members, Fabio Carocci, Fishery data and information specialist and Peter Psomadakis, Fish Taxonomist, are on board for this journey and they will be sending pictures and blog posts to keep you up to date with the goings on board the vessel.
On 31 March, cruise participants boarded the vessel for what will be one of the last trips for this soon-to-be-retired ship. A new vessel is being built, and will be launched in 2017.
On board this trip, the crew of the Dr Fridtjof Nansen welcomed nine scientists from Ghana (five women, including the cruise leader, and four men), and the two FAO staff. The survey will return to port in Ghana on 20 April.
Ecosystem surveys will be conducted within the coastal waters of Ghana, at depths from 20 to 200 m, which will be performed in two stages:
1. The first stage will assess the demersal resources of the area, steaming from the Eastern to the Western part of the Ghanaian EEZ for the first 12 days.
2. The second stage will assess the pelagic resources, going from the Western to the Eastern part of the Ghanaian EEZ for the remainder of the journey.
Before departing on 1 April from the Port of Tema, a brief ceremony took place on board and the crew and participants welcomed a delegation from the Ministry of Fisheries of Ghana and from the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ghana.
The Dr Fridtjof Nansen left the port that afternoon and the first trawls took place in the morning of 2 April, leaving just enough time for participants to get over their seasickness from choppy weather that left only a few of the experienced crew still standing.
Once recovered, however, the first few hours of steam-time allowed the participants to familiarize themselves with the boat and the equipment, and watch-teams were divided with morning and evening shifts.
Bright and early at 6:45am on 2 April, the first CTD (conductivity, temperature, and depth) station was deployed and, soon after, the first trawl of the trip.
For the next 12 hours, six CTDs and six bottom trawls were set, leaving the participants very busy with many species to sample, sort, weigh, and measure.
Thanks to Peter, the taxonomy expert on board, all of the species were correctly identified and processed quickly before the next trawl came in.
The mood on board is one of camaraderie, and with some of us laid up with a bad case of seasickness, others have been helping to take over their shifts until they recover which speaks to their dedication and commitment to the research.
Activities will become routine over the next few days, but there is always a general air of excitement right before a trawl is brought on board and catches reveal the species diversity of the Ghanaian waters.
Photo credit must be given: © IMR/Merete Kvalsund. Copyright © Merete Kvalsund
•Lord Turner, Senior Fellow, The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), United Kingdom
at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 11 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
Диаграмма, показывающая источники финансирования (местные и международные) проектов в сфере биоразнообразия в горах Центральной Азии, а также некоторые программы сотрудничества.
A diagram showing domestic and international funding of biodiversity projects in the mountains of Central Asia, as well as some cooperation programs.
English version here.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District gave presentations to 120 third graders at Marshpoint Elementary about the Corps' Regulatory Program. Regulatory Specialist Brian Moore used an interactive floodplain model to demonstrate how wetlands absorb storm water and filter drinking water. He also explained the Corps of Engineers' role in issuing permits for developers or citizens who want to build projects on or near streams and wetlands. Regulatory Specialist Donald Hendrix showed the students a variety of animal items—snake skins, furs, deer antlers, and sharks teeth—to demonstrate the various animals and habitat within Georgia. The visit was part of a unit of study about Georgia's ecosystems, natural resources, and conservation efforts. USACE photo by George Jumara.
29 May 2018 - OECD Forum 2017 - Start-up Ecosystem. OECD, Paris, France.
Moderator
Jeanne Dussueil, Editor in Chief & Co-Founder, GLOBALIZ
Speakers
Tamas Foldi, CEO, Starschema
Scott Frisch, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, AARP
Eugene Kandel, Chief Executive Officer, Start-Up Nation Central, Israel
Marija Rucevska, Co-founder, TechChill Foundation, Latvia
Photo: MarcoIlluminati/OECD
Tiger Leaping Gorge (虎跳峡) is a canyon on the Yangtze River – locally called the Golden Sands River (金沙江) – located 60 km north of Lijiang City, Yunnan in southwestern China. It is part of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas World Heritage Site.
Geography
Around 15 km in length, the gorge is located where the river passes between 5,596 metre Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (玉龙雪山) and 5,396 m Haba Xueshan (哈巴山) in a series of rapids under steep 2000 metre cliffs. Legend says that in order to escape from a hunter, a tiger jumped across the river at the narrowest point (still 25 metres wide), hence the name.
Administratively, the river in this area forms the border between Yulong Naxi Autonomous County of Lijiang City (right bank) and Shangri-La County of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (left bank).
Tiger Leaping Gorge is a contender for the world's deepest river canyon, depending on the exact definition used.[citation needed] The inhabitants of the gorge are primarily the indigenous Naxi people, who live in a handful of small hamlets. Their primary subsistence comes from grain production and foreign hikers. The gorge is not considered navigable. In the early 1980s, four rafters attempted to go down the gorge and were never seen again. In 1986, the first known successful attempt to sail through the gorge was made by the first expedition to float down the entire length of the Yangtze, starting at the river's high source at the Gelandandong glacier lake.
The area was officially opened to foreign tourists in 1993, but had attracted adventurous backpackers already in the 1980s. Officials plan to improve the existing trails and roads, bringing tour buses and more development. These plans arouse highly varied reactions among the local population, from strong opposition to strong support.
Natural crystals are mined from areas in and surrounding the Tiger Leaping Gorge.
Roads and Trails
Hiking the length of the gorge is possible. The hiking path ("the high road") is well-maintained and marked, although sometimes narrow, and is used by the Naxi as part of everyday life. This trail is longer than the lower road, approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi), but more varied. It features a variety of micro-ecosystems, waterfalls, and a fair number of guesthouses for trekkers. These guesthouses are not well heated, which combined with the unpredictable nature of high mountain weather makes this trek unadvisable during the rainy season, although in recent years the raining periods got shorter and it got possible to hike there again.
The lower road, stretching about 195 km (121 mi) from Qiaotou through the Gorge, is a stretch of pavement (until recently a simple mule track) crossed by several waterfalls, and frequently beset by rockslides. Some portions of the road have been known to disappear into the river below. The road follows the Yangtze, so there are more views of the river, and a stronger sense of being in a gorge than on the upper trail. Where the high road descends to meet the lower road, one can climb down to the river near the Tiger Leaping Stone, the point at which the tiger is said to have leaped. At the time being (July 2010) the gorge is closed, because a new lower road is being built. But individuals are allowed to use the upper trail. No busses go through the gorge.
Environmental Destruction
Although Tiger Leaping Gorge is an essential part of the World Heritage protected "Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan", the Chinese government has floated proposals for a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River since 2004. However, in 2007, the Yunnan provincial government scrapped this project.
Details of the scrapped project follow: Construction has already begun on the other 12 dams of the same project which lie just outside the boundaries of the heritage area, even though it has not been approved by the State Council. Media reports suggested that the Lijiang city government is waiving standard procedures in order to facilitate the project.
The project would displace up to 100,000 people to the north, mainly the Naxi minority, to a Tibetan area with harsh climate and the staples are such unfamiliar crops as barley and potatoes; virtually stop the flow of the upper Yangtze River, and irreparably alter the landscape of the Tiger Leaping Gorge. The project was abandoned in Dec 2007. This project was also related to the Three Gorges Dam and the South-North Water Transfer Project, which would cause massive environmental damage and the destruction of thousands of cultural sites.
Now that boulder has been there for a good long time.
2014 "Longest Day" Summer Solstice Photo Marathon.
Hour 8 (1 - 2) Lower Vasquez Creek, near Winter Park
To see some beautiful parts of Colorado a bit closer to Denver, please visit my Front Range Parks group:
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Spent all day on a marathon photo shoot. 15 hours Sunrise to Sunset. 15 photo locations. Shot 170 images. Hauled 25 pounds of photo gear in the car, then never switched from the 18-135 Canon zoom I use 90 percent of the time.
Drove 320 miles in the Colorado mountains with Debbie (who painted) and Poppyseed (who slept).
Light overcast, great for driving. Stay tuned for the rest of the trip over the next week or so.