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Human Ecosystems in Sao Paulo: the Real-Time Museum of the City
Human Ecosystems is coming to Sao Paulo, at SESC Vila Mariana, from September 23rd to 28th 2014.
From September 23rd to 28th, as a parallel program of the International Meeting on Culture and New Technologies, the SESC Vila Mariana will hosts the Human Ecosystems project, by the Italian artists Salvatore Iaconesi and Oriana Persico (Art is Open Source).
Human Ecosystems is a global project which captures the real-time public conversations happening on major social networks in cities, to analyse them, to create real-time interactive visualisations, and transform them into a source of open data.
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Chainsaw worker returns to the boat during low tide in Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) study on above-ground and below-ground biomass in mangrove ecosystems part of Sustainable Wetlands Adaptation and Mitigation Program (SWAMP). Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Photo by Sigit Deni Sasmito/CIFOR
Related research publication on mangrove:
Mangroves among the most carbon-rich forests in the tropics
www.cifor.org/online-library/browse/view-publication/publ...
Carbon storage in mangrove and peatland ecosystems
www.cifor.org/online-library/browse/view-publication/publ...
For more information about CIFOR’s wetlands research visit: cifor.org/swamp
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: cifor-mediainfo@cgiar.org and m.edliadi@cgiar.org
NORFOLK - Employees plant baby oysters, or spat, at their new home, a santuary reef in the Elizabeth River just off the shoreline of historic Fort Norfolk and the Corps district. The reef, built by Norfolk District employee-volunteers, and the oysters which have been grown by students at Seatack Elementary in Virginia Beach, Va., has been successful in filtering water and improving the overall ecosystem of the river. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)
Myanmar 18.09.18 At sea on board “Dr. Fridjof Nansen”
By: Jens-Otto Krakstad, IMR. Cruise Leader
It feels good to be back at sea again, and a pleasure to be back in the waters of Myanmar. After a great reception and a crew change in Yangon in the middle of the survey, the vessel and crew is back at work. The first leg completed more than half of the ecosystem survey, the third one in recent years, and the first with the third “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen”.
The purpose of the survey is as previously to get updated information of the living marine resources and environment in Myanmar waters, and in addition, as a new goal, to identify spawning areas of commercial fish species along the coast. These are areas that should receive special protection to be able to increase fish production in other areas. In addition, this survey is in yet another season (after the Summer (southwest) Monsoon) than the two previous surveys (November-December 2013 (Onset of the winter monsoon) and May 2015 (onset of the Summer Monsoon) complimenting the overall picture of the seasonality of both fish distribution and variability in the marine environment.
On-board are 17 scientists from Myanmar and participants from India (1) and Thailand (2). The inclusion of scientists from neighbouring countries are important to stimulate regional cooperation. In addition, there are 10 scientists and technicians from IMR and FAO that are responsible for the data collection within the different scientific disciplines on board and carry out on-the-job training of the local scientists.
The results from the survey are all very preliminary but we see very important seasonal changes in the ecosystem that we are aware of on a large scale, but which we need to understand in a more local context. We observe a high biodiversity as in the previous surveys and new species not discovered in any of the two previous. In addition, we observe that this season is relative non-productive. Water masses are relatively well mixed in the surface (to 80-90 m) then strongly stratified. Upwelling observed in other periods of the year is now virtually non-existing and primary production is low. This is also reflected in fish biomass who is now possibly at its lowest level seasonally as fish are migrating to other more productive areas.
On-board is a variety of scientific equipment used for our research during this survey. Data on the physical oceanography are collected by a thermosalinograph and a CTD who record environmental parameters like temperature, salinity, oxygen and fluorescence in the water column at selected stations and continuously from the surface water (4 m). For plankton sampling we use four different plankton net with different mesh sizes depending on the type of plankton we search for. Phytoplankton uses a very fine messed net 10 mikron, for zooplankton we use a 180 mikron net called a WP2, while fish egg and larvae are collected with a multinet, and from a so-called manta trawl skimming the surface. In addition, we pump water continuously trough another net to collect fish egg and larvae from the surface. The two last mentioned nets are also used for collection of micro plastic. Plastic pollution and microplastic in the ocean has received considerably attention lately. The Nansen program has recorded plastic in the trawl catches for many years already, but now also microplastic receive special attention and all plastic that we find are carefully recorded, measured and taken to Norway for further laboratory analyses.
Our trawls are historically the equipment that has stayed unchanged the longest. During this survey, we use three different trawls. A bottom trawl for demersal fish, a small pelagic fish trawl and a high speed pelagic fish specially designed for fast swimming species. Once the catch is on board we sort the catch and record the number and weight of all species caught in addition to other biological parameters. Myanmar has an enormous fish biodiversity and all species are carefully identified, while species that cannot be identified will be sent to expert taxonomist around the world.
Another new ting we focus on is food quality. Very little is known about pollution levels; pesticides, heavy metals and other pollutants, in fish flesh. Therefore, fish and fish fillets are collected regularly during the survey, dried, preserved and taken to specialised laboratories to analyse for these substances. This is part of a big international food safety study to identify potential health risks when we eat fish and fish products.
This artistic provocation seeks to estimate the orders of magnitude of critical ecosystem services that are fundamental to all planetary life processes.
It is common to describe our relationships with society, the world, and the biosphere with metaphors from economics, which has specific understandings of value. Today’s prevailing economic conventions are unable to recognise the inherent value of the ecosystems on which all life depends. In cultures overdetermined by concepts from economics, we are left without adequate discursive instruments to address the importance of ecosystem contributions to life on Earth socially or politically.
This experiment consists of 1 square meter of wheat, cultivated in a closed environment. Critical inputs such as water, light, heat, and nutrients are measured, monitored and displayed for the public. This procedure makes the immense scale of ecosystem contributions palpable and provides a speculative reference for a reckoning of the undervalued and over-exploited “work of the biosphere.”
Photo: Franz Wamhof
Firefighters fight fire at night. Outside Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan.
Photo by Aulia Erlangga/CIFOR
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A critically endangered Eastern Mountain Gorilla forages on a hillside just outside of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. A large deforested buffer zone of inedible tea plants has been created in order to keep the gorillas from leaving the park and disrupting local farms. However the gorillas still recognize this area as part of their grazing territory and are bypassing the tea crops to access the remaining patches of wild foliage beyond.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
The ITU Regional Seminar for CIS & Europe was held in St. Petersburg from 6 to 8 June to discuss the latest technologies and trends in the development of modern radiocommunication ecosystems. Co-organized by ITU and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), the seminar addressed the appropriate solutions for the sustainable use of the radio frequency spectrum as a scarce resource in enabling the development of the digital economy through mobile, transport, navigation and space systems.
Goal of this FAO-led project is to adopt an integrated ecosystems approach for the management of land resources in the Kagera Basin that will generate local, national and global benefits including: restoration of degraded lands, carbon sequestration and climate change adaptation and mitigation, protection of international waters, agro-biodiversity conservation and sustainable use and improved agricultural production, leading to increased food security and improved rural livelihoods.
More: www.fao.org/nr/kagera/about-kagera/en/
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Ecosystem infographic shows where your users are active online. Really cool infographic from Zabisco
Researchers from the Cape Eleuthera Institute capture, tag, and release bonefish in the mangrove and flats ecosystem of Eleuthera, The Bahamas.
Aambyvalley Rd.,Off Lonavala,Mah.,India
www.inaturalist.org/observations/26422762
Hemidactylus brookii complex
•Krisztina “Z” Holly, Adviser, National Advisory Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, USA; Global Agenda Council on Fostering, •Huang Mengfu, Honorary Chairman, All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC), People's Republic of China Entrepreneurship, - Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Chief Executive Officer, Fora, Canada; Global Shaper •Kristin Peterson, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Inveneo, USA; Social Entrepreneur •Mariana Mazzucato, R. M. Phillips Professor in Science and Technology Policy, University of Sussex, United Kingdom •Orlando Ayala, Chairman, Emerging Markets, Microsoft Corporation, USA; Global Agenda Council on Competitiveness at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 13 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum
In Japan and elsewhere, people often wash their produce before eating it. Why? Is it to rinse off the dirt and insects? Or maybe we are hoping to clean off all the dreaded pesticides?
Perhaps the question is: do we really need those pesticides? One pioneering organic apple grower, Akinori Kimura, has proven that we do not. For years now, he has been inundated by more orders than he can handle from those who want a taste of what has been nicknamed the Miracle Apple.
Read more at Our World 2.0!
(Photo by Mathatelle)
Rohingya man was carrying firewood for using as cooking fuel. Meanwhile deforestation already ruined the ecosystem of that part of Bangladesh, because Rohingya people still have very fewer alternatives for cooking other than firewood, and they're still heavily depended upon this option.
Healthy natural coastal ecosystems, such as mangrove forests, saltwater marshlands and seagrass meadows provide a vast array of important co-benefits to coastal communities around the world, including throughout the Arabian Peninsula. These benefits include ecosystem services such as a rich cultural heritage; the protection of shorelines from storms; erosion or sea-level rise; food from fisheries; maintenance of water quality; and landscape beauty for recreation and ecotourism. In a “Blue Carbon” context these ecosystems also store and sequester potentially vast amounts of carbon in sediments and biomass.
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This photo has been graciously provided to be used in the GRID-Arendal resources library by: Peter Prokosch
An expanse of burnt peat in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan.
Photo by Aulia Erlangga/CIFOR
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Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) scientists study on above-ground and below-ground biomass in mangrove ecosystems, part of Sustainable Wetlands Adaptation and Mitigation Program (SWAMP). Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Photo by Kate Evans/CIFOR
Related research publication on mangrove:
Mangroves among the most carbon-rich forests in the tropics
www.cifor.org/online-library/browse/view-publication/publ...
Carbon storage in mangrove and peatland ecosystems
www.cifor.org/online-library/browse/view-publication/publ...
For more information about CIFOR’s wetlands research visit: cifor.org/swamp
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: cifor-mediainfo@cgiar.org and m.edliadi@cgiar.org
Photo Courtesy of IMR
For the first time an ecosystem survey with R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen will be conducted in the coastal area of Gabon. Identification and abundance of birds, whales, fish, phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthos will be conducted in the period from 9-23 May. In addition environmental parameters such as temperature, salinity, current, chlorophyll and oxygen will be measured. A reception was help onboard the vessel before the start of the cruise and the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Security, the governor of Port Gentil, and the FAO representative in Central Africa, were among the distinguished guest.