View allAll Photos Tagged ECOSYSTEMS
Soil is highly underrated. Most of us never really give it a thought. Like the bottom of our oceans it tends to be out of sight out of mind. But healthy soil is the lifeblood of our entire food chain. As a 'supporting service', it is the foundation of our agricultural practices around the world and the food which reaches our table every day. But soil faces a range of threats such as erosion and nutrient delepletion making good soil harder to find. It stores that fashionable thing called carbon too.
Two Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) projects were implemented to address adaptation needs in Dar-es-Salaam and the following coastal districts: Pangani, Rufiji, Bagamoyo, Mkoani and Mijni.
Learn more about UNEP's work on adaptation: www.unep.org/explore-topics/climate-change/what-we-do/cli...
Photo credit: UNEP
This set from another family ‘opihi-picking morning: Leaving the ‘opihi-picking to the men, I went inland instead to see how the anchialine ponds were progressing at Kūki‘o: They are doing a magnificent job with their restoration.
I’d learned of anchialine ponds and their significance while I was at the Hualalai Resort: More about them in the set story.
Ambyvalley rd.,(Duttawadi rd.,Kurvande),Lonavala,Mah.,India
triphala is an ayurvedic tonic and detoxifier made up of three fruits in equal proportions, including Emblica officinalis, or amla; Terminalia bellirica, or bibhitaki, and Terminalia chebula, or haritaki. All three fruits are potent ayurvedic remedies in their own right.
19 abril 2023
Conference Artificial Intelligence and Ecosystems Management
More information, please visit eventos.uva.es/92504/detail/artificial-intelligence-and-e...
Palencia, Spain
Photo by Pilar Valbuena/iuFOR
ORGANIZED by SMART Smart Global Ecosystems Universidad de Valladolid-SNGULAR
FUNDED by Diputación de Palencia, iuFOR, SNGULAR, UVa-Campus de Palencia, JCyL and FEDER (iuFOR Escalera Excelencia projects)
With support from ETS Ingenierías Agrarias, CESEFOR, Parque Científico UVa, IUFRO
More information on iuFOR, please visit sostenible.palencia.uva.es
More information on Máster en Gestión Forestal Basada en Ciencia de Datos, please visit sostenible.palencia.uva.es/content/master-en-gestion-fore...
If you use one of our photos, please credit it accordingly and let us know.
You can reach us through our Flickr account or at: instituto@forest.uva.es.
26 January 2016, European Innovation Ecosystems: Good governance and effective support for smart specialisation
Belgium - Brussels - January 2016
© European Union / Nuno Rodrigues
This plot near the important Mabamba Ramsar wetland has been planted with exotic pine trees that require heavy application of pesticides and fertilizers.
This slide, from the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers, understates all the things that have go right for 4K to get too far in the mass market.
The Paseo de las Iglesias Phase 1 project has 3 main goals per the Bond: River Park, Ecosystem Restoration and Erosion Protection. Below is a summary of each of the final amenities in each category to be constructed onsite.
The project will provide river park pathway and amenities including 2.7 miles of paved pathway (16’ wide), 2.2 miles of DG pathway (8’ wide) and 10,305 new trees, shrubs and cacti irrigated using permanent irrigation, temporary irrigation and Dri-water irrigation methods. The water sources will be reclaimed water. With the construction of Paseo de las Iglesias the Loop will have an 8 mile continuous section on the Santa Cruz River. Amenities will also include 3 parking areas; the west side paved parking area with restroom, ramada and seating, east side paved parking and ramada, and west side equestrian staging area with dirt parking and mounting block.
The project will provide ecosystem restoration element including a plant pallet comprised of native species local to this part of the Santa Cruz but also sustainable for current conditions, water harvesting basins, preserve in place areas for vegetation and habitat, and special habitat structures like lizard habitat and raptor perches. Additionally, Lizard and amphibian salvage to be performed by RFCD though subcontract to Dr. Rosen at U of A. RFCD contracted with Dr. Rosen to collect and monitor lizards in a fenced off area off Cottonwood Lane south of the Community Garden. The fence has been constructed by Dr. Rosen and lizard catching is in progress. Other amphibians will also be salvaged for later release. This will be treated as a do not disturb area during construction. The focus of the restoration work will be improvement to Mesquite Circle Pond which is home to 9 unique and special interest native species and one of the jewels of urban Tucson herpetological community.
The project will provide erosion protection including 1.4 miles of new soil cement bank protection, 0.4 miles of gabion bank protection, and additional methods such as rip rap, rock plating and terracing.
In addition to the decorative elements designed by the landscape architect there will be Public Art elements. With the assistance of the Tucson Pima Arts Council, we selected public artist Andy Dufford. He has been working on an entry monument and ramada for the project site. We have also been working with Las Artes, a local Arts and Education center, on a tile mural at the restroom.
During the design process our individual Section 404 permit was obtained from the Army Corps of Engineers, cultural resources mitigation was performed and letter of clearance issued from SHPO, Intergovernmental Agreement obtained with from the City of Tucson regarding property within the project area and permits with ADOT applied for. A cultural resources/archeological Phase I, Class III study was completed. The study was conducted to the current standard and determined the extent of archeological resources on site. Based on the results from the study a mitigation plan was created to determine and plan for the extent of the impacts of the project and the necessary remediation. Additionally, a goal of the project is to create signage for a segment the proposed pathway to represent the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail along the west bank of the Santa Cruz River that commemorates the 1775-1776 expedition and the historic Paseo de las Iglesias Trail.
Two Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) projects were implemented to address adaptation needs in Dar-es-Salaam and the following coastal districts: Pangani, Rufiji, Bagamoyo, Mkoani and Mijni.
Learn more about UNEP's work on adaptation: www.unep.org/explore-topics/climate-change/what-we-do/cli...
Photo credit: UNEP
This is a photo of one of the Phoebe parents feeding the babies. I had to take this from a, less than perfect, distance:-) I like the blend of manmade and natural elements here.
People are a part of the ecosystem. We are not separate-viewing from afar.
My grandfather used to take me on evening drives around his farm. From his vehicle, we viewed foxes playing without fear. They had adapted to the sounds and sights of machinery. They even thrived while the farmers worked around them!
At the risk of sounding political, I want everyone to know that ,from my experience, man and Nature CAN live in harmony. Those against manmade, "eco-friendly" projects in wild areas, may want to reconsider the anticipated negative effects on the animals.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
26 January 2016, European Innovation Ecosystems: Good governance and effective support for smart specialisation
Belgium - Brussels - January 2016
© European Union / Nuno Rodrigues
26 January 2016, European Innovation Ecosystems: Good governance and effective support for smart specialisation
Belgium - Brussels - January 2016
© European Union / Nuno Rodrigues
Oh in an ideal world we'd have all these up and running instead of the largest coal plant in the world.
Ecosystem services valued at over US $72 trillion a year.
Yet two thirds are considered degraded from damage, mismanagement and failure to invest and re-invest in productivity, health and sustainability.
Roll the statistics around in your mind, say them out loud and roll them off your tongue. Look out the window and think about them: natural wetlands provide services of nearly US $7 trillion, forest wetlands treat more wastewater per unit of energy and have up to 22 fold higher cost-benefit ratios than traditional sand filtration in treatment plants. Crops including the cup of tea, or coffee that you had this morning rely on pollination and pest control services of birds and insects. Projected loss of ecosystem service could lead up to 25% loss in food production and by 2050 increase the risk of hunger. These are a few of the statistics mentioned in UNEP's report; Dead planet, living planet: Biodiversity and ecosystem restoration for sustainable development.
Read more: www.southafricanbiodiversity.co.za/economy/608-dead-plane...